More DRM woes: Gears of War
Mike Kreuzer
'It seems that the DRM on Gears of War came with a built-in shut off date:
the digital certificate for the game was only good until January 28, 2009.
Now that the game fails to work unless you adjust your system's clock,
what's Epic's response? "We're working on it." '
Whoopsie.
Regards,
Mike Kreuzer
www.mikekreuzer.com
Vincenzo Beretta
>
> 'It seems that the DRM on Gears of War came with a built-in shut off date:
> the digital certificate for the game was only good until January 28, 2009.
> Now that the game fails to work unless you adjust your system's clock,
> what's Epic's response? "We're working on it." '
The money quote:
"Those who pirated the game, as usual, continue to play with no issues."
eddys...@hotmail.com
> The money quote:
>
> "Those who pirated the game, as usual, continue to play with no issues."
No, you got it all wrong, this DRM thingie is a Genuine Advantage for
the Customer. If the game stops working he's now 100% certain he has a
Certified Original Top Quality Game.
One wonders who the biggest idiots are, Epic for putting something
like that in the code, or their customers for buying DRM'ed stuff.
Greetz,
Eddy Sterckx
mcv
I think a lot of customers didn't realise it had DRM, or didn't consider
what that meant. Well, now they know, and I suspect many of them will
make sure not to get burned again.
mcv.
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eddys...@hotmail.com
> eddyster...@hotmail.com <eddyster...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > On 30 jan, 08:38, "Vincenzo Beretta" <reck...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> The money quote:
>
> >> "Those who pirated the game, as usual, continue to play with no issues."
>
> > No, you got it all wrong, this DRM thingie is a Genuine Advantage for
> > the Customer. If the game stops working he's now 100% certain he has a
> > Certified Original Top Quality Game.
>
> > One wonders who the biggest idiots are, Epic for putting something
> > like that in the code, or their customers for buying DRM'ed stuff.
>
> I think a lot of customers didn't realise it had DRM, or didn't consider
> what that meant. Well, now they know, and I suspect many of them will
> make sure not to get burned again.
The good thing about DRM is that it's so error-prone that just about
everyone who buys those games will get a bloody nose sooner or later,
so the number of people who're dead-set against it is growing larger
and larger.
You can fool all of the people some of the time.
Greetz,
Eddy Sterckx