TPWW Forums - View Single Post

**Requiem** · 08-07-2011, 04:23 PM

People have been buying items off ebay for games for years. I GET THAT. Saying it 5 fucking times doesn't make me 'get it' any more. They did in the first 3 big MMOs, and they still probably do it to this day in current games. That doesn't excuse it, as it is still against those game's terms of service. It still ruins game economies in games where item loss/destruction doesn't exist, and it still gives unfair advantages to people who bought items. Don't understand how this is such a difficult concept for you people to understand.

Since the micro-transactions will be unavailable in hardcore mode, the bulk of my complaint about it is now gone. It's still stupid, it's still greedy, but it will largely not affect me as I feel hardcore mode is the reason to play this game online. It also gives FAR more people the ability to purchase items, where-as I would wager money that the vast majority of people do NOT purchase items illegally in these games. It's the ones that do, that ruin the games. Blizzard giving in and creating a market to regulate it is only opening up the option for more and more people that may not have ever done it before. Hence, greedy.

DRM is still a complete piece of shit though, and only affects people who purchase games, not people who pirate games. Companies just don't "get" that. In the majority of games that use DRM, (ie; non-multiplayer games), it has absolutely ZERO affect on people who pirate games. They'll still pirate the game regardless. DRM only exists to piss off people who purchase it, regardless of the companies intentions with it.

For instance (ie; a single example, not an example of DRM in all games), DRM in Spore was complete and utter bullshit. It did nothing but hurt people who actually purchased the game by allowing a limited number of installs. People who pirated the game were allowed as many installs as they want, and due to modern programming/cracking, people could even get a SHIT TON of custom content.

DRM is counter-productive, and drives people to pirate. There's simply no argument that I could possibly believe is being honest, in support of DRM.

08-07-2011, 04:23 PM	#68
Requiem Posts: 19,301	People have been buying items off ebay for games for years. I GET THAT. Saying it 5 fucking times doesn't make me 'get it' any more. They did in the first 3 big MMOs, and they still probably do it to this day in current games. That doesn't excuse it, as it is still against those game's terms of service. It still ruins game economies in games where item loss/destruction doesn't exist, and it still gives unfair advantages to people who bought items. Don't understand how this is such a difficult concept for you people to understand. Since the micro-transactions will be unavailable in hardcore mode, the bulk of my complaint about it is now gone. It's still stupid, it's still greedy, but it will largely not affect me as I feel hardcore mode is the reason to play this game online. It also gives FAR more people the ability to purchase items, where-as I would wager money that the vast majority of people do NOT purchase items illegally in these games. It's the ones that do, that ruin the games. Blizzard giving in and creating a market to regulate it is only opening up the option for more and more people that may not have ever done it before. Hence, greedy. DRM is still a complete piece of shit though, and only affects people who purchase games, not people who pirate games. Companies just don't "get" that. In the majority of games that use DRM, (ie; non-multiplayer games), it has absolutely ZERO affect on people who pirate games. They'll still pirate the game regardless. DRM only exists to piss off people who purchase it, regardless of the companies intentions with it. For instance (ie; a single example, not an example of DRM in all games), DRM in Spore was complete and utter bullshit. It did nothing but hurt people who actually purchased the game by allowing a limited number of installs. People who pirated the game were allowed as many installs as they want, and due to modern programming/cracking, people could even get a SHIT TON of custom content. DRM is counter-productive, and drives people to pirate. There's simply no argument that I could possibly believe is being honest, in support of DRM.