Comments on: Tiny minority cares about DRM, says Riccitiello http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/15/tiny-minority-cares-about-drm-says-riccitiello/ VG247.com Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:34:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Esha http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/15/tiny-minority-cares-about-drm-says-riccitiello/comment-page-1/#comment-33400 Esha Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:31:57 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/15/tiny-minority-cares-about-drm-says-riccitiello/#comment-33400 David: I have to point out that that's not entirely true, because one form of DRM was a resounding success: Star Force. The only reason it worked though was because it literally stole the PC away from the person who happened to have it secretly injected into their system. And due to inevitable flaws within Star Force, it was just handing said system over to clever crackers. And that's the catch. DRM can either truly protect games whilst at the same time overtaking a user's computer and making it vulnerable to goodness knows how many flaws and issues, or as you've fairly pointed out it can act as a placebo to corporate bodies so they think their game is protected. One of these days, I think I might start a DRM firm that does little more than add "I FEEL RICH!" to executables, I'd put all my money into marketing and men who can technobabble, then I'd convince the corporate folks that my DRM was ten times more effective than SecuROM. And if games protected by my DRM got released via torrents? Well, that's just naughty bloody pirates for you. On a more serious note though, I do wonder which way it's going to go. Either we could get a DRM-free PC environment (please!) or we could see the birth of another Star Force. David: I have to point out that that’s not entirely true, because one form of DRM was a resounding success: Star Force. The only reason it worked though was because it literally stole the PC away from the person who happened to have it secretly injected into their system. And due to inevitable flaws within Star Force, it was just handing said system over to clever crackers.

And that’s the catch. DRM can either truly protect games whilst at the same time overtaking a user’s computer and making it vulnerable to goodness knows how many flaws and issues, or as you’ve fairly pointed out it can act as a placebo to corporate bodies so they think their game is protected.

One of these days, I think I might start a DRM firm that does little more than add “I FEEL RICH!” to executables, I’d put all my money into marketing and men who can technobabble, then I’d convince the corporate folks that my DRM was ten times more effective than SecuROM. And if games protected by my DRM got released via torrents? Well, that’s just naughty bloody pirates for you.

On a more serious note though, I do wonder which way it’s going to go. Either we could get a DRM-free PC environment (please!) or we could see the birth of another Star Force.

]]> By: sickpuppysoftware http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/15/tiny-minority-cares-about-drm-says-riccitiello/comment-page-1/#comment-33399 sickpuppysoftware Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:30:55 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/15/tiny-minority-cares-about-drm-says-riccitiello/#comment-33399 The tiny majority who care about DRM are called publishers. The rest of us think it's shit. World of Goo comes with no DRM as a small easily copyable file. Number of people I've passed World of Goo onto : 0 I can recommend people go and buy World of Goo, it's great. I can't recommend Spore as I haven't played it and I'm not likely to. The tiny majority who care about DRM are called publishers. The rest of us think it’s shit.

World of Goo comes with no DRM as a small easily copyable file.

Number of people I’ve passed World of Goo onto : 0

I can recommend people go and buy World of Goo, it’s great. I can’t recommend Spore as I haven’t played it and I’m not likely to.

]]> By: David http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/15/tiny-minority-cares-about-drm-says-riccitiello/comment-page-1/#comment-33383 David Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:03:11 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/15/tiny-minority-cares-about-drm-says-riccitiello/#comment-33383 DRM is bypassed so easily. DRM doesn't work against piracy fact. DRM is bypassed so easily. DRM doesn’t work against piracy fact.

]]> By: MesserWolf http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/15/tiny-minority-cares-about-drm-says-riccitiello/comment-page-1/#comment-33300 MesserWolf Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:36:20 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/15/tiny-minority-cares-about-drm-says-riccitiello/#comment-33300 These DRM are useless against piracy ... They only manage to enrage customers and to kill the used/rent market . These DRM are useless against piracy … They only manage to enrage customers and to kill the used/rent market .

]]> By: Doomsayer http://www.vg247.com/2008/10/15/tiny-minority-cares-about-drm-says-riccitiello/comment-page-1/#comment-33264 Doomsayer Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:02:47 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/10/15/tiny-minority-cares-about-drm-says-riccitiello/#comment-33264 Sounds to me like "Tiny majority has brains" ;) Sounds to me like “Tiny majority has brains” ;)

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