tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15434765.post5719088603963552441..comments2023-09-18T03:18:43.598-06:00Comments on Jeux Sans Frontieres: Crime and PunishmentAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18163213862433540221noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15434765.post-49711761397054636632008-07-04T09:20:00.000-06:002008-07-04T09:20:00.000-06:00Paul: There are of course other factors than the r...Paul: There are of course other factors than the restrictiveness of the DRM taht inform a buyers decision, so you can't argue that just because some games with DRM are being bought, the theory is automatically false. People would probably buy GTA4 with whatever on it. But it's definitely a factor: I never played Civ4 because of the horror stories from friends who did, for example. And there's even one game I worked on myself that I've never played after it was released (with Starforce protection).<BR/><BR/>And Tess, I'm one of those people. I have no-CD cracks for the games I own. Luckily, the country I live in hasn't made that illegal yet.<BR/><BR/>Interesting side note: Every PC game I've played in the last year has been a digital download.Ennohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809329423417848910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15434765.post-26401216360955444032008-05-19T19:49:00.000-06:002008-05-19T19:49:00.000-06:00Point taken, but the restrictiveness of DRM does n...Point taken, but the restrictiveness of DRM does not necessarily correlate with the inconvenience of the DRM. It's possible for DRM to be restrictive without disrupting normal usage patterns for paying customers.<BR/><BR/>For example, needing a CD in the drive is a disaster for laptop users. Unless someone is on an airplane (or otherwise off-net), a relatively quiet internet validation system is going to provide a much higher quality experience to a laptop user. I have known laptop users who would hunt down CD cracks for <I>all</I> of their games, to avoid having to haul an entire library of CDs around with them. We are basically leading people straight to the doorstep of the pirates, when this happens.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163213862433540221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15434765.post-28072313037847536462008-05-19T15:12:00.000-06:002008-05-19T15:12:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.miyamoto-SANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06428921012278931435noreply@blogger.com