Sony Employees Respond to 'PS4 No DRM' Campaign

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sales2099 said:

Soleron said:

sales2099 said:
Just curious.......PC gaming uses DRM standard. I mean, I can't give my copy of Starcraft to a friend because the game is tied to my computer.

PC gaming is the master race apparently......

So what's with the double standard?

Huh? SC2 is tied to your bnet account not computer, you can sell your bnet account I guess. Get them to change the password. It's against ToS but not hard.

I stand corrected on the technicals, but my point stands that my game is tied to me.

PC gamers are the master race. So why is it bad for Xbox?

Lack of choice. People who release games on a PC can choose to have DRM or not, whereas on XB1 every game has it. And people don't exactly love DRM on PC either, remember SimCity?

Sometimes DRM is accepted because it adds value, for example Steam. It came out having a digital locker for your games that worked across many PCs, which was innovative for the time. And Gaikai and Onlive had streaming, instant gaming without downloads across many devices.

People might have accepted it on the XB1 if Microsoft added any kind of value, but they haven't managed to show any. So far, the only information they have given is negative.