angryangy
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I am 89.7 % in agreeance with you.
Copy Protection/ DRM for PC version
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MasterBlaster76
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Ha ha ha ha!!!
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No DRM, Codies! I've read several articles in magazines that state games that have no DRM sell more than those with DRM.
CaptainOZ
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The trouble is that 80 % of people don't believe in statistics whilst four out of five people polled stated never to take part in surveys and of those, 90 percent were convinced they didn't have an opinion!
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jb the badsign
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"That has to be the weakest statistical argument I've ever heard.
How perceptive
"...[T]here's absolutely zero merit in making up random numbers to try and convince [sic] that the majority of potential purchasers are likely to be put off [...] rhetoric just doesn't constitute an argument."
IT IS "rhetoric". Silly me, here I was trying to present some productive hyperbole for everybody's benefit in the hope that somebody important might see it and believe that somebody somewhere cared, that planetcricket represented a huge proportion of their likely PC-based customers... As for what has "zero merit"... well we'll never know now that this thread won't be stickied, will we? Seriously, not only do most (50%+ if you like) PC customers probably not care, the market for PC cricket (and all sport) games might not even be relevant next to the console market... While it's nice to see some people here care and are willing to vote with their money... ... :help
Maybe you could have indulged the community here in some hullabaloo instead of pointing out that perhaps DRM might not actually turn away "100%" of customers on your crusade to fight ignorance on the internet... well whatever, good for you playboy. Here's to being a clever cookie, pointing out "mistakes" when you see them, and generally being a force for tidy, ordered argumentation on internet forums
As for how "good" Steam is... is it as good as not requiring Steam? I mean, you are presenting it as though it does great things, as thought it "delivers content", as though Valve invented patching and we should feel privileged if some of the time "validation" isn't difficult... as though it were a "service" with "features" instead of a means to stop customers from using their product whenever and however they want.
Seriously, what are you a Steam salesman? Its memory footprint is small? You know what is even smaller? 0
"it clearly offers plenty more to the consumer than the pure hassle that other DRM systems entail."
How can a DRM system "offer" anything except to be smaller and require customers to jump through less flaming hoops? I want to put my game on my harddrive and then play it without any other process before, in between or after. Like in the 90s, I guess. Is that too much to ask? I guess it is, but with rips and cracks all over the internet, people will eventually have what belongs to them.
Here is a thread on the premier forum for owners of cricket games about how we don't want crappy copy protection on the upcoming Codies game... why would anybody want to put up any speedbumps at all? Because keyboard warrior gets aroused at the idea of point-by-point refutations of malformed argumentation anywhere?
Jesus christ kid, go with the flow or something
How perceptive
"...[T]here's absolutely zero merit in making up random numbers to try and convince [sic] that the majority of potential purchasers are likely to be put off [...] rhetoric just doesn't constitute an argument."
IT IS "rhetoric". Silly me, here I was trying to present some productive hyperbole for everybody's benefit in the hope that somebody important might see it and believe that somebody somewhere cared, that planetcricket represented a huge proportion of their likely PC-based customers... As for what has "zero merit"... well we'll never know now that this thread won't be stickied, will we? Seriously, not only do most (50%+ if you like) PC customers probably not care, the market for PC cricket (and all sport) games might not even be relevant next to the console market... While it's nice to see some people here care and are willing to vote with their money... ... :help
Maybe you could have indulged the community here in some hullabaloo instead of pointing out that perhaps DRM might not actually turn away "100%" of customers on your crusade to fight ignorance on the internet... well whatever, good for you playboy. Here's to being a clever cookie, pointing out "mistakes" when you see them, and generally being a force for tidy, ordered argumentation on internet forums
As for how "good" Steam is... is it as good as not requiring Steam? I mean, you are presenting it as though it does great things, as thought it "delivers content", as though Valve invented patching and we should feel privileged if some of the time "validation" isn't difficult... as though it were a "service" with "features" instead of a means to stop customers from using their product whenever and however they want.
Seriously, what are you a Steam salesman? Its memory footprint is small? You know what is even smaller? 0
"it clearly offers plenty more to the consumer than the pure hassle that other DRM systems entail."
How can a DRM system "offer" anything except to be smaller and require customers to jump through less flaming hoops? I want to put my game on my harddrive and then play it without any other process before, in between or after. Like in the 90s, I guess. Is that too much to ask? I guess it is, but with rips and cracks all over the internet, people will eventually have what belongs to them.
Here is a thread on the premier forum for owners of cricket games about how we don't want crappy copy protection on the upcoming Codies game... why would anybody want to put up any speedbumps at all? Because keyboard warrior gets aroused at the idea of point-by-point refutations of malformed argumentation anywhere?
Jesus christ kid, go with the flow or something
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jb the badsign
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They may, wish they'd tell us already tho XD
MasterBlaster76
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Umm, no they shouldn't (!)
CaptainOZ
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Hey, you're the one who posted rubbish stats pulled out of your kiester. Don't have anything to back it up? Then don't post it.
50%. 100%. Sheesh. Give us a break.
Kshitiz_Indian
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How has DRM ever stopped pirates anyways?
Satish555
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how bout they just release the game online for free :sarcasm
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pcfan123
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how bout they just release the game online for free :sarcasm
how about no, if people in the subcontinent actually bought original games, then cricket games would rake in a substantial amount of money and be much better than they are today. More sales mean more money for development in future projects. I hope Codies put a virus in the game for those who try to crack it, it destroys their PC.
Kshitiz_Indian
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With the official death of DRM announced by RIAA [One of the main supporters] can we please expect this game to be DRM free now?
Satish555
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Kshitiz_Indian
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And why would they do that?why only drm free? just make it free plain n simple
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