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crissindahouse on 09 June 2013

thought we get a thread without something about drm. how could i be so crazy



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Busted on 09 June 2013
Carl2291 said:

That would be really, really, reaaaaaaaally strange considering the project lead had a lot to say about DRM back in April.

http://au.gamespot.com/news/witcher-dev-drm-is-worst-thing-in-the-gaming-industry-6407588

"In my opinion, DRM is the worst thing in the gaming industry. It's limiting our rights to play games owned by us"

Nothing a couple of million$ can't fix ;)



NightDragon83 on 09 June 2013
Carl2291 said:

That would be really, really, reaaaaaaaally strange considering the project lead had a lot to say about DRM back in April.

http://au.gamespot.com/news/witcher-dev-drm-is-worst-thing-in-the-gaming-industry-6407588

"In my opinion, DRM is the worst thing in the gaming industry. It's limiting our rights to play games owned by us"

There's a big difference between DRM on PCs and DRM on consoles.  Consoles are closed platforms by nature, so they've always had "DRM" in some form or another.  M$ is just taking this concept a step further with Xbone.  It's not like each game has its own 3rd party DRM that can screw up your entire console,something the millions of PC gamers have been subjected to over the years.



On 2/24/13, MB1025 said:
You know I was always wondering why no one ever used the dollar sign for $ony, but then I realized they have no money so it would be pointless.

NightDragon83 on 09 June 2013
kowenicki said:
NightDragon83 said:
kowenicki said:
NightDragon83 said:
kowenicki said:
teigaga said:
I hope the MS conference isn't just a 3rd party/multiplatform fest.


Nevermind then. Better luck next year. 

Right, because there will be nothing from Rare, and other MS studios.

Go back and watch some of Sony's conferences back in the late 90's and the first half of the 00's... all that was there were 3rd party games, except back in those days most of them were exclusive to one console... Sony's console of course.  So it was OK.

Sorry? Are you having a go at me? I think we agree.  I'm saying better luck next year to teigaga. 

By telling him better luck next year you're basically saying too bad because the M$ conference WILL be a 3rd party / multiplat fest, when in fact this will not be the case.  There will be several 1st/2nd party offerings on display at the conference, not just COD and Madden and FIFA and the like.

You missed my sarcasm then. 

Guess so, my sarcasmn detector must be on the fritz.



On 2/24/13, MB1025 said:
You know I was always wondering why no one ever used the dollar sign for $ony, but then I realized they have no money so it would be pointless.

Carl on 09 June 2013
NightDragon83 said:

There's a big difference between DRM on PCs and DRM on consoles.  Consoles are closed platforms by nature, so they've always had "DRM" in some form or another.  M$ is just taking this concept a step further with Xbone.  It's not like each game has its own 3rd party DRM that can screw up your entire console,something the millions of PC gamers have been subjected to over the years.

DRM is DRM... And CD Projeckt Red have been very vocal about it, going all the way to the top. 

http://au.gamespot.com/news/witcher-2-dev-will-never-use-any-drm-6365165

"Every subsequent game, we will never use any DRM anymore. It's just overcomplicating things"

Maybe they have gone back on it, but like I said, would be strange.



                            

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Slimebeast on 09 June 2013

It's pretty obvious. Doesn't need a special announcement since we already know it's coming to PS4.



pokoko on 09 June 2013

I don't see the point in either Microsoft or Sony trotting out third-party titles that aren't exclusive. Both companies have tons of exclusive content to show off as it stands now.



ethomaz on 09 June 2013

I don't see the point if the game was announced to PS4 almost four months ago...



Legend11 on 09 June 2013
pokoko said:
I don't see the point in either Microsoft or Sony trotting out third-party titles that aren't exclusive. Both companies have tons of exclusive content to show off as it stands now.


Usually when Microsoft shows a third party game it has some sort of exclusive or timed exclusive content deal in place (although that's not always the case since there have been a few exceptions).



crissindahouse on 09 June 2013
ethomaz said:
I don't see the point if the game was announced to PS4 almost four months ago...

90 minutes and no handheld is a lot of time

and doesn't sony always do that as well? it's really standard to have third parties on the stage. they are a big part of microsoft's an sony's success, it's only fair to integrate them when you talk about the next year of your console and don't act as if they wouldn't be there.