 kba4
join:2001-10-23
Canton, OH
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·AT&T U-Verse
| makes sense while I agree that DRM is more restrictive than protective, the idea that you must authenticate to utilize their online services seems perfectly reasonable to me. after all, unless they use Bit-Torrent and open source applications, it is their server, internet connection, etc. that you must use to get these updates. and since you must be *online* to get these updates, what a perfect opportunity to authenticate a *live* user. as long as this doesn't stray into anything more than entering a few fields' of data, even a few times a week, then what's the problem? I'd much rather have to enter my SN or whatever to get a patch from a server being used only by other legit users than wait in line and get a few KB/s because half the users are using the same SN on the same un-patched app (game in this case).
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| So I guess your okay with other games EA puts out like the current iterations of their NFS (need for speed) series that for online play, only lets you play on their servers. So, what if you want to organize a nice LAN game 5 years from now when EA has shut down their NFS-carbon online servers in favor of their current 'hit title' NFS-Rice burners (hey that's where their headed!).
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kba4
join:2001-10-23
Canton, OH Reviews:
·RoadRunner Cable
·AT&T U-Verse
| no I wouldn't go that far, nowhere near it in fact. The issue at hand is whether or not freeloaders should have access to patches and updates: I say no, because it ends up costing the legit gamers more in the end. It's not like it's Windows and the game will present a security risk to the net if left unpatched. It's a game, and gamers being a (large) niche market should expect preferential treatment. And we're talking about a one time license at POS, not a membership fee to download updates anyway.
Plus, I'm sure the more sophisticated gamers out there can figure out how to set up an update server somehow for LAN parties. But you'd expect that these gamers would be fine with the version of the game they have if they don't want to pay anyway. |
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