Zkuq on 12 October 2011
| twesterm said: It's one of those noble ideas that sounds like it should work...but it doesn't. There have been a good number of games that released without DRM or released for free and only asked for a donation yet they still showed up in record numbers on torrent sites. People are assholes and they don't want to pay for things. DRM is something that's needed so rather than trash it, it would be best if we could find one that isn't so obtrusive (which is an extremely difficult problem). |
I still don't get why people say DRM is needed because obviously it doesn't work. It only makes me want to pirate. Well, technically DRM doesn't make me want to pirate, it only makes me not want to buy the game. However, DRM is funny in the sense that I don't feel bad when I pirate a game that has DRM. I would like buying the game but I won't pay for something with DRM in it. I don't know why but if you really need a reason, let's just say that I don't want to pay to get a worse product than I would if I pirated.
Point is, the only DRM systems that work are ones that are so restrictive (always online, etc.) that they really do affect sales negatively. Otherwise DRM is just an annoyance for honest customers.
