Comments on: Command and Conquer 4 to require “always-on” Internet connection http://www.vg247.com/2009/07/14/command-and-conquer-4-to-require-always-on-internet-connection/ VG247.com Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:06:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Michael O'Connor http://www.vg247.com/2009/07/14/command-and-conquer-4-to-require-always-on-internet-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-87793 Michael O'Connor Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:54:31 +0000 http://www.vg247.com/?p=45770#comment-87793 Man, you'd think E.A. would have learned by now. Spore came out with a draconian DRM system, and became the most pirated game of all time. A few months later, The Sims 4 smashed that record. Who wants to bet this is going to end up doing just as well on the pirate "market"? I have to be connected to the internet just to play my game? Fuck that. Man, you’d think E.A. would have learned by now.

Spore came out with a draconian DRM system, and became the most pirated game of all time. A few months later, The Sims 4 smashed that record.

Who wants to bet this is going to end up doing just as well on the pirate “market”? I have to be connected to the internet just to play my game? Fuck that.

]]> By: theevilaires http://www.vg247.com/2009/07/14/command-and-conquer-4-to-require-always-on-internet-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-87785 theevilaires Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:28:56 +0000 http://www.vg247.com/?p=45770#comment-87785 then it will fail hahaha then it will fail hahaha

]]> By: SunKing http://www.vg247.com/2009/07/14/command-and-conquer-4-to-require-always-on-internet-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-87776 SunKing Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:58:20 +0000 http://www.vg247.com/?p=45770#comment-87776 I'm pretty much done with the C&C series now, but if it were play-to-play? Count me doubly-done. I’m pretty much done with the C&C series now, but if it were play-to-play? Count me doubly-done.

]]> By: Grimrita http://www.vg247.com/2009/07/14/command-and-conquer-4-to-require-always-on-internet-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-87772 Grimrita Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:47:48 +0000 http://www.vg247.com/?p=45770#comment-87772 Pay to play maybe? I know from my time at EA, they were trying to figure out new ways to get extra cash from the boxed product. They tested the water with Bad company and look how the idea of buying weapons bombed. And now they are trying it with heroes. Its a model they use in Asia alot and appears to work. The game is free but additional items are extra. Pay to play maybe? I know from my time at EA, they were trying to figure out new ways to get extra cash from the boxed product.

They tested the water with Bad company and look how the idea of buying weapons bombed. And now they are trying it with heroes.

Its a model they use in Asia alot and appears to work. The game is free but additional items are extra.

]]> By: Kamikaze_Tutor http://www.vg247.com/2009/07/14/command-and-conquer-4-to-require-always-on-internet-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-87767 Kamikaze_Tutor Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:02:53 +0000 http://www.vg247.com/?p=45770#comment-87767 56K is not cheap yo! 56K is not cheap yo!

]]> By: JesteR http://www.vg247.com/2009/07/14/command-and-conquer-4-to-require-always-on-internet-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-87752 JesteR Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:51:00 +0000 http://www.vg247.com/?p=45770#comment-87752 Im pretty sure this shit will be crack within a week after release..... @ghosst..... yeah dream on Im pretty sure this shit will be crack within a week after release…..

@ghosst….. yeah dream on

]]> By: SunKing http://www.vg247.com/2009/07/14/command-and-conquer-4-to-require-always-on-internet-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-87749 SunKing Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:44:03 +0000 http://www.vg247.com/?p=45770#comment-87749 I am extremely skeptical that this is something that couldn't have been done without an always-on internet connection. I am extremely skeptical that this is something that couldn’t have been done without an always-on internet connection.

]]> By: gh0sst http://www.vg247.com/2009/07/14/command-and-conquer-4-to-require-always-on-internet-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-87748 gh0sst Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:43:44 +0000 http://www.vg247.com/?p=45770#comment-87748 Videogame piracy is going to die soon. Videogame piracy is going to die soon.

]]> By: freedoms_stain http://www.vg247.com/2009/07/14/command-and-conquer-4-to-require-always-on-internet-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-87747 freedoms_stain Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:34:22 +0000 http://www.vg247.com/?p=45770#comment-87747 The most hardcore of hardcore PC gamers like their gaming machine to remain unconnected from the internet so they don't have to deal with resource hogging firewalls and AV and to protect their babies from internet nasties. They won't like this, and they're the type of people who play this particular breed of boring-ass game. The most hardcore of hardcore PC gamers like their gaming machine to remain unconnected from the internet so they don’t have to deal with resource hogging firewalls and AV and to protect their babies from internet nasties.

They won’t like this, and they’re the type of people who play this particular breed of boring-ass game.

]]> By: Hunam http://www.vg247.com/2009/07/14/command-and-conquer-4-to-require-always-on-internet-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-87735 Hunam Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:15:56 +0000 http://www.vg247.com/?p=45770#comment-87735 You might be fine with it, but what about our friends in the armed forces who want to play video games during their downtime but don't have an internet connection? I believe that was the complaint which toppled the 9 day DRM fiasco on Mass Effect. You might be fine with it, but what about our friends in the armed forces who want to play video games during their downtime but don’t have an internet connection? I believe that was the complaint which toppled the 9 day DRM fiasco on Mass Effect.

]]> By: BrokenSymmetry http://www.vg247.com/2009/07/14/command-and-conquer-4-to-require-always-on-internet-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-87733 BrokenSymmetry Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:10:03 +0000 http://www.vg247.com/?p=45770#comment-87733 That's a lot of words to justify the required internet connection for a single-player game, when everyone knows it's an anti-piracy measure. I'm fine with it, though, as I prefer this approach much to any other disc-based or rootkit-based DRM approach. That’s a lot of words to justify the required internet connection for a single-player game, when everyone knows it’s an anti-piracy measure. I’m fine with it, though, as I prefer this approach much to any other disc-based or rootkit-based DRM approach.

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