Billy Young's Blog - Posts Tagged "drm"
1st October 2010
Well I was right about my job not lasting much longer. Monday was the last day as the orders failed to appear. At least I got six week s out of it, which paid for some of Christmas. Last weekend I got my wife a bracelet in 9ct gold for chrimbo (Xmas). I also got my graphics pad and have now started work on the cover though it isn’t going to well. Still I have the time whilst seeking another job to mess around with the idea I’m working on and if it still doesn’t come to I can try something else.
Magz got me a game for my Christmas, Civilization V. She pre-ordered it but has given it to me early as it was supposed to come with an add-on which seemed to be missing. After two or three days struggling with support and installing the game I still haven’t managed to get the add-on. The DRM in this game means you need to be connected to the net and Steam to install. All add-on, updates are supposed to be automatically downloaded to the game. I’m not sure about you but I don’t like things like that. Call me paranoid or whatever but I like to be in control of my computer and not some faceless company. The game itself is good and I have enjoyed the new look, I’m just not sure of having Steam on my system. Is a game worth compromising the security of home computer?
I know all this is because games companies are trying to stop the pirates but it isn’t them that suffer. Rather it is the legitimate users that suffer while the pirate doesn’t have the same hassles. You can see why illegal downloading is said to be on the rise. Not that I condone piracy but I can see why it is happening and upsetting customers isn’t going to help solve the problem. If anything it may drive some to the dark side and rather than end the problem, make it worse.
Magz got me a game for my Christmas, Civilization V. She pre-ordered it but has given it to me early as it was supposed to come with an add-on which seemed to be missing. After two or three days struggling with support and installing the game I still haven’t managed to get the add-on. The DRM in this game means you need to be connected to the net and Steam to install. All add-on, updates are supposed to be automatically downloaded to the game. I’m not sure about you but I don’t like things like that. Call me paranoid or whatever but I like to be in control of my computer and not some faceless company. The game itself is good and I have enjoyed the new look, I’m just not sure of having Steam on my system. Is a game worth compromising the security of home computer?
I know all this is because games companies are trying to stop the pirates but it isn’t them that suffer. Rather it is the legitimate users that suffer while the pirate doesn’t have the same hassles. You can see why illegal downloading is said to be on the rise. Not that I condone piracy but I can see why it is happening and upsetting customers isn’t going to help solve the problem. If anything it may drive some to the dark side and rather than end the problem, make it worse.
