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    PC Prince of Persia contains no DRM. It's a trap!

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Vehement, Dec 12, 2008.

  1. Vehement

    Vehement Notebook Consultant

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    Let me fill you in on something we've learned in the past year: PC gamers do not like DRM. EA was reminded of this the hard way, and every PC release that includes SecuROM inspires legions of gamers to claim that they'll refuse to buy the game because of the program's inclusion. Ubisoft has heard you, and the retail, boxed version of Prince of Persia on the PC has absolutely no copy protection. It's doubtful the company is doing this out of the goodness of its heart, however.

    And more, check the rest at:

    Source: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081212-pc-prince-of-persia-contains-no-drm-its-a-trap.html

    And see for yourself ;) [​IMG]
     
    Vehement, Dec 12, 2008
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  2. Melody

    Melody How's It Made Addict

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    SO from what I can gather, the "trap" is that Ubisoft is removing DRM to see what happens? I hardly call that a trap >.>

    If anything, it's more or less exactly what I was thinking was their reasoning to do so. People have been complaining about DRM and some have openly admitted they don't buy games due to DRM so Ubisoft not putting DRM in a game will show how many people actually support them for real and how many pirate regardless of the presence of DRM or not.

    Some will always be too cheap to actually buy a game and I guess Ubisoft wants to see whether or not everyone will actually abuse their new open move.
     
    Melody, Dec 12, 2008
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