Comments on: Mass Effect PC will have bullet-proof anti-piracy measures

By: deanimate

deanimate — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:01:55 +0000

bioshock took about 2 weeks but was eventually cracked.
ill be pretty surprised if this isn’t as well.
i really think that if the price of PC games came down to £20 brand new than this would help.
be fun to watch all the various groups slagging each other off as they desperately try to be the first to release a working crack.

By: wz

wz — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:57:47 +0000

The “harder” the protection, the worse it will fuck up when it does.
Make a great game and you won’t need protection anyway, just look at Oblivion for example. I cannot remember it selling badly.

By: El_MUERkO

El_MUERkO — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:37:27 +0000

i wasn’t going to buy it and now i’m still not

as for the piracy issue, Steam and it’s ilk are the solution, not an ideal one but the only one i can think of

By: BillyBatts

BillyBatts — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:32:35 +0000

It isn’t, but never underestimate the lure of getting something for FREE. I’m sure a lot of people see it as £10 spent when it could be a tenner in your pocket after a little bit of rooting around on bit torrent.

By: patlike

patlike — Wed, 07 May 2008 10:47:16 +0000

I wish there was some bulletproof solution to PC games piracy. I fucking hate it. I love PC games, and it really does make me sad when companies like Iron Lore go bust. It’s not like PC games are even that expensive. Like, to an extent I can understand film piracy, because they’re very short and they cost quite a lot by comparison, but I paid a tenner for Dawn of War and the add-on the other day. I’ll be playing if for weeks. It’s not a lot to ask, is it?

By: BillyBatts

BillyBatts — Wed, 07 May 2008 10:44:45 +0000

Ditto. There will be a hack within a month or two.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Wed, 07 May 2008 10:33:53 +0000

Because the pirates will crack the protection within seconds of it hitting the streets anyway and it’s therefore the honest consumer that bears the brunt of any ‘fantastic’ copy protection issues.

By: that_happy_cat

that_happy_cat — Wed, 07 May 2008 10:28:38 +0000

Generally, for the average person this will be just fine 99.999% of the time. So what’s the problem. PC users deserve to be treated with a little caution because so many of them can’t be trusted!

If doing this helps a studio to get the reward they deserve, perhaps hinders 20 honest people who will get their problem sorted quickly and hinders 10,000 pirates who never get their problem sorted… well, I would think that’s a positive thing.

By: BillyBatts

BillyBatts — Wed, 07 May 2008 09:24:30 +0000

Jeez. Next: finger print scans on mouse buttons.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Wed, 07 May 2008 08:06:58 +0000

PC gaming’s great, isn’t it? I can’t remember why I ever gave up on it.