RE: Intel Insider: Hardware DRM At Home In Sandy Bridge

3vi1 — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:29:22 GMT

>> Google 'World of Goo piracy.' WoG is an indie game that got rave reviews, sold for less than $20 when new, and contained absolutely no DRM. The piracy rate was north of 90%.

>> When you're facing a piracy rate that high, a DRM solution that can lower the rate to 85% from 90% has just increased your revenue 50%. The developers of World of Goo decided DRM wasn't worth it--but it's not hard to see why other companies think it is.

Read all of what 2DBoy said: They compared the 90% number to another game that *did* ship with DRM, and the piracy rate was *the same*. In fact, the DRM'd game had a 92% piracy rate.

There are even people like me, who would buy the legal version, then use the cracked version (because the DRM is either annoying or doesn't work under Wine on Linux). So not only does DRM just inconvenience legal users, but it sometimes turns them into pirates.

Great game, WoG, though: I bought it as part of the Humble Indie Bundle. I probably would not have bought it if the bundle was not advertised to be DRM free.

I tolerate the Steam DRM, but only begrudgingly and because it works with Wine. I've even sent their lead programmer suggestions for modifications to Steams DRM to implement a 'lending' system such that you can designate two or three permanent 'family members' and let them play your games (as long as you or another family member is not playing your copy of the game at the same time), such that it would behave more like boxed copies.

RE: Steam Slashes Prices, Offers Killer Holiday Deals

3vi1 — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:51:46 GMT

DON'T MISS THIS:

Speaking of Steam - The HumbleIndieBundle2, where you get to name your own price, also provides you with a Steam code (and a Desura code) when you buy.

Or, you can also download the games (DRM free) directly from the page whose URL they e-mail you after you buy. You can download multiple versions: All the games are available for Windows, Linux, and Mac.

I bought it (even though I already owned Osmos) and the games are great!

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