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"you found the battles too difficult, why didn't you simple drop the diffi"
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
"I posted in Mr. Sims's 1up blog:
When a developer pulls this kind of crap, I make the response I usually do. I vote with my wallet. I don't currently intend to buy Starcraft II because of the 3 SKUs scam to try and get three times the cash from players, I did not buy Bioshock or Mass Effect for PC because of SecuROM and Limited Activations, and I don't currently intend to buy MW2 even though I was really looking forward to it.
I remember the days before dedicated servers. I remember they were not enjoyable. Host advantage, ping issues, etc are a nightmare. Also, there is an entire INDUSTRY based around resting dedicated servers to clans and players. The people that run these services are getting cut right out of the industry with moves like this and NO ONE is making any noise about it.
Also, the argument that this was done to stop piracy is bogus and everyone knows it. Many games require you to contact an authorization server before being able to connect to multiplayer and there are other means to attempt to stop the unstoppable as well.
And lets face it: anyone who's been around the block with PC gaming knows you cannot stop piracy. It's not possible. There is no such thing as a DRM that can not and will not be broken before or shortly after release. You cannot try to get this supposed "lost revenue" back. Honestly, the majority of these pirates wouldn't have bought the game anyway because they don't believe it's worth their money. Trying to make the process more difficult with draconic DRM methods ends up doing little more than pissing off the people actually trying to support your product.
What pisses me off the most about this though is that any time I or anyone else does vote with our wallets, the games industry and now the games press as a whole PASSES OFF THE DROP IN SALES TO PIRACY. It's the scapegoat excuse of the ages and now it's allowing developers like Infinity Ward & publishers like Activision to pass off stripping the game of more freedom of use, ultimately giving them the ability to SHUT DOWN SERVERS and remove your ability to play half the game you've purchased whenever they want....like when the next sequel comes out and they want you to buy that.
That's the story that isn't being reported"
Sunday, November 01, 2009
