| daredevil.shark said:
We cant blame them for enforcing DRM and they operate to make money. |
Yes we can, and we should too. DRM is purely against our rights as consumers, and if those companies don't think about our rights or interests any more than they have to to sell the products, we don't have to think about their interests or rights either. And as you said, they operate to make money so we should operate in the way I just described. Companies don't feel pity for us and we shouldn't feel any for them, either. Those companies have more than enough power to defend themselves if need be, they don't need us consumers to do it for them.
DRM targets used games and piracy. Both follow pretty much directly from a bad price model. Games cost way too much, offer too little value, and practically every non-indie game costs the same, no matter the production costs or the value of the game as perceived by customers. No wonder customers are unhappy about the situation. There would be so much less need for any DRM if gaming companies priced their products properly and learned how to handle their game budgets properly. Basically DRM is what gaming companies are trying to use as a bandaid against a much larger problem of the industry.
