On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 3:57 AM, Max Battcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Bryon Daly wrote:
> > ... The used game market is almost
> > entirely for console-based games, not PC games. So why, then, is the
> > trade-in killing DRM targetted only at PC games? AFAIK, the Xbox 360
> > versions of
Bryon Daly wrote:
> But here's more wierdness: according to this article
> http://www.gamespot.com/news/6136091.html, GameStop stopped doing *any*
> used
> PC game trade-in business back in 2005. The used game market is almost
> entirely for console-based games, not PC games. So why, then, is th
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 1:11 AM, Max Battcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On a side note however, I've been arguing that killing the current
> trade-in market (albeit preferably via DDNs rather than draconian DRM) will
> benefit gaming in the long run because the only remaining game-targeted
>
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>
> Bryon Daly wrote:
>>
>> The reality is that the draconian DRM really doesn't stop piracy at
>> all. A cracked version was already available on the torrents the
>> day before the game was on the store shelves. The pirates, of
>> course, have tha
Bryon Daly wrote:
>
> The reality is that the draconian DRM really doesn't stop piracy at
> all. A cracked version was already available on the torrents the
> day before the game was on the store shelves. The pirates, of
> course, have that version and are never troubled by the DRM system.
On 25/09/2008, at 10:51 AM, Bryon Daly wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Charlie Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >wrote:
>
>> Who's playing? What are your screen names?
>
>
> I was planning on buying Spore, but the "only 3 installations for a
> game you
> purchased" deal is where I've drawn
Bryon Daly wrote:
> The reality is that the draconian DRM really doesn't stop piracy at
> all. A
> cracked version was already available on the torrents the day before
> the
> game was on the store shelves. The pirates, of course, have that
> version
> and are never troubled by the DRM system.
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:42 PM, Max Battcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've heard that they have updated the limitation to 5 installs and added an
> ability to delist a (dead, old, whatever) system to regain an install.
> Supposedly EA has been listening and responding to the complaints.
3 i
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 7:08 AM, Charlie Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Who's playing? What are your screen names?
>
Not me, but I had to go take a look. Got a kick out of the fact that
there's an install screen where the choices boil down to "France" and
"Everybody else."
Nick
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Bryon Daly wrote:
> I was planning on buying Spore, but the "only 3 installations for a
> game you
> purchased" deal is where I've drawn my line in the DRM sand. It's a
> real
> shame becase Electronic Arts seems to have decided all their new games
> will
> have this anti-feature, and they have a
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Charlie Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Who's playing? What are your screen names?
I was planning on buying Spore, but the "only 3 installations for a game you
purchased" deal is where I've drawn my line in the DRM sand. It's a real
shame becase Electronic Art
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