Comments on: Of Nick and DRM… http://kavassalis.com/2010/03/of-nick-and-drm/ code, carriers, cars, cooking, cameras Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:06:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: AlexTheStampede http://kavassalis.com/2010/03/of-nick-and-drm/comment-page-1/#comment-6 AlexTheStampede Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:40:26 +0000 http://kavassalis.com/?p=72#comment-6 True, DRM on computers is getting crazy. The simple reading about it makes me prefer a console port of a given game even if on a computer it would be "so much better". Moreover we all know who gets it worse with DRM, usually.... it's the people that does buy the product. A brilliant example of this is (probably) that insane connection requiring evilness Ubisoft has: if you pay, you'll need a good stable connection. If you just set up a server locally (if that's how it works) and there you go, you might even be internet-less for months and still play. Plus, the whole ordeal about the lack of always on internet connection is real. Maybe not in the USA or Canada or other fairly developed countries, but for example the italian section of the PlayStation forum has a lenghty thread on how to set up and share an internet connection using an UMTS/HSDPA/whatever internet key. True, DRM on computers is getting crazy. The simple reading about it makes me prefer a console port of a given game even if on a computer it would be “so much better”. Moreover we all know who gets it worse with DRM, usually…. it’s the people that does buy the product. A brilliant example of this is (probably) that insane connection requiring evilness Ubisoft has: if you pay, you’ll need a good stable connection. If you just set up a server locally (if that’s how it works) and there you go, you might even be internet-less for months and still play.

Plus, the whole ordeal about the lack of always on internet connection is real. Maybe not in the USA or Canada or other fairly developed countries, but for example the italian section of the PlayStation forum has a lenghty thread on how to set up and share an internet connection using an UMTS/HSDPA/whatever internet key.

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