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HackedServer
join:2008-07-12
Ossineke, MI
 ·Charter Pipeline
| PC Gaming
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People that say PC gaming is dead or dieing aren't PC gamers. There are many many reasons to play games on the PC instead of a counsel. Your get everything a counsel overs and much much more.
In GamePro once, they compared the graphics of a PS, Xbox, and a PC. PC blew the others out of the water. You could see graphics on the PC that the counsel's didn't even have, far off trees, shadows, and it was all crisp and clear. All the Display settings were maxed on the 3.
Keyboards and mice make gaming easier once you get used to it. You have so few button options on a counsel, about 17 for a play station 2 controller. (Counting the analog button, and R3/L3), but with a PC you have tons (Not going to count by keyboard). You can set up hotkeys and do things quicker. And a mouse is faster then a controller. A mouse moves as fast as you do, but a controller moves as fast as what the sensitivity is set at, so you have less control.
Why buy a counsel, when you can just upgrade your computer to handle games, instead of wasting $400 on a box that you can only use for games and movies, you can upgrade your comp that will make everything you do faster.
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I don't get why they put protection on games and movies. It only annoys the people who payed for a legit copy. The pirates will get a stripped version. Does the protection even do anything? Obviously not. No matter what, it will eventually be cracked. You might stop rookie copiers for a little bit until they find a solution on the Internet but thats all.
Programs like DVD Decrypter will strip a DVD of its protection when you put it in the tray. Wow that was hard.
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Protection is just an annoyance to the people who actually pay for the product. | |
hacker90
join:2005-09-01
Winnebago, IL
·Mediacom
| said by HackedServer  :2. I don't get why they put protection on games and movies. It only annoys the people who payed for a legit copy. The pirates will get a stripped version. Does the protection even do anything? Obviously not. No matter what, it will eventually be cracked. You might stop rookie copiers for a little bit until they find a solution on the Internet but thats all. Programs like DVD Decrypter will strip a DVD of its protection when you put it in the tray. Wow that was hard. Protection is just an annoyance to the people who actually pay for the product. So if no games had Cd checks or protection on them. Wouldn't that give no incentive to a pirate to purchase the game? Take Supreme Commander for instance. That game had a protection scheme for a while, until a official patch removed it. That essentially allowed anyone to play the game without needing a crack. The pirated copies have no incentive to go out and get a legit copy, why? Simple, they either will play the skirmish or use the LAN with friends. That in itself is a lost sale.
I can't remember the last time, I have seen anyone in games I have played complain about DRM. I myself had a minor issue back in 05 with Battlefield Vietnam, but a quick XP hotfix solved that. I had Starforce installed on this PC, all that "bad" stuff. Still able to burn, still able to do my usual crap. Still haven't seen "Sorry can't install because of Daemon tools etc.."
Quit making excuses to hide your guilt of stealing a game. Either purchase it and play it, or don't play it at all. How simple can it get? | |
hurfy
Premium
join:2002-08-06
Spokane, WA
| If i have played Roller coaster tycoon 3 recently i can't get Flatout 2 to find the CD in drive without trying several (min 3 tries)  After moving RCT3 to my other computer and cleaning up the garbage Flatout loads every time using the same CD.
The DRM schemes don't seem to play nice together. If you only play one games per PC or one developer or something perhaps.
Oh, Starforce did take out my DVD writer on the other computer, I never did get it to work right again. Finally tossed it into another computer and replaced it. Starforce and friends seemed much happier with the newer writer. Ok, it was an annoying DVD+R only or something odd. Hmm,I wonder if that means i should keep it around for some reason...
Not everyone has 2 decently matched computers to play mix and match between offending games. | |
rahvin112
join:2002-05-24
Sandy, UT | reply to HackedServer
WTF is a "counsel"? Do you mean Console? or do you mean Counselor? Personally I think you need the latter. | |
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