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Originally Posted by refraction
thats quite true, but as posted previously the activation servers could go down or get overwhealmed, making those who paid for a legitimate copy very annoyed.
On the other hand though, i dont think it will take as long as bioshock did to crack. The online activation method is well known now with the release groups, so they should be able to keep the time span down between release and warez. If essential files are required for download, no doubt they will download them pre to the scene release and stick them on the dvd image.
I hate to sound pro-piracy here for obvious reasons, but silly amounts of protection like that really gets on my goat, you CANT stop pirates, it will NEVER happen, ever. All you can do is slow them down, but once a protection method is known, removing it is like a walk in the park. The worst part about it is those who spend good money on a legitimate copy have to suffer the consequences.
What about those who dont have the internet on their computers? does that mean if you dont have the internet (which i believe many people still dont, some just have a gaming machine not on the web) you arent allowed to play the game? thats just ridiculous.
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yeah man i would say now that most people who pirate pc games do it not because they dont have pay for it, but because they dont have to put up with this crap. its these sort of things that make it look like they are just begging for their customers to start pirating their games and im not really backing the pirate community here either, but what publishers are doing nowadays to their legitimate customers is just as bad, if not worse. the more they do this the more customers they are going to lose and the more they will regret ever attempting to enforce this kind of a counter measure once they see their sales starting to drop off the face of the earth.