Hilarious. If only because that's so pathetic.

If Stardock got a contract with Capcom, SNK, and Sega to put their fighting games on Impulse, I'd never even buy a console again.

Right now that's the only reason I own one.

It's stuff like this which is why I  always crack my games after buying, except for Impulse/some Gamersgate stuff

Good Gawd!! Well keep shoving DRM down our throats Epic/EA/Tages/SecuROM. If it wasn't for you I wouldn't have found great games like Sins of a Solar Empire or Galactic Civilizations II or free games like World of Padman. I TOTALLY understand protecting a developed game. However I will NOT now or EVER buy a game with built in install limits. A built in kill switch takes the cake though. As if trying to keep a game playable was not hard enough just because of technology changes.

I hate consoles and will never support them. Restrictive DRM is pure evil. As far as I'm concerned there is no reasonable argument which can be made to change that simple truth.

BTW: Since we are on the topic... Let me introduce you to the very meaning of EPIC fail. Recently GoW produced by

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Epic Games - expired on the PC!

That's right boys and girls, it appears a built in DRM timer or kill switch that of course ONLY affects customers - 'magine that...

Of course the usual "we did not think or know this would happen" argument will be given. Strangely enough one has to wonder how anything not DRM related to have created the situation even it is was unintentional. There simply is no legit reason for it to have occured.

I highly recommend checking out the official forums; a shit storm of EPIC proportions taking place.

Fail.

SecuROM is from the devil... that was giving me trouble long before DRM became a hot issue and maybe even before I knew that game piracy was even an option.  All it's ever done is prevented me from playing games I legally own... utter nonsense.

Obviously I *never* use cracked or pirated games, but if I did, I imagine they would be much easier to run without making the premise of jumping through DRM's hoops.  Media rights my left nut- DRM will be the end of the industry, one way or the other.

Come ON GUYS! DRM is expensive! You can't expect producers to pay big money for licenses that last forever! I think it is entirely sensible that our products stop working after a while. Otherwhise why would you want to buy the expansion or the sequel? I don't see this as a bad investment, I see this as a good opportunity to spend more money.

There is only one solution to prevent DRM in the future. It's actually very simple. Stop buying products that have them. There is only one way to make them feel their pain  and that is through the bank account.

It's the only way. You may not always play the games you would like but trust me in a few years if everybody does this there will never be another DRM.

Of course this is just wishful thinking, but it's the only way to go. I'm doing it. Some games I have to leave on the shelves even though I would love to play them. Such is life.

Me too. I have Earned in Blood still in it's cellophane because I learned it had Starforce on it after I bought it. I also have a small box of SecuROM and Starforce games I will never play again. Oh well. I used to consider Steam a trusted vendor of games but now they're selling games by 3rd parties that have activations limits. You have to be careful and do your research before you buy games now days.

So has this problem been addressed yet?

Not yet, apparently, and i didn't even finished it yet! Reading through the thread on the official forums, it appears this came as a surprise for Epic aswell, and it's an issue with Windows certificates. I'll go get my torch and pitchfork, but i'll give them some time to resolve the problem before joining the angry mob.

Wow, I never thought anything would top the fact that the pirated version of Spore had better performance than the legal one . . .

I don't want to know what could top this, oh wait I just thought of something: EA switching from SECUROM to Starforce - aka the-product-made-by-the-poor-losers-who-posted-a-working-link-to-a-GCII-torrent-to-prove-you-need-DRM

The sad thing is I can see EA doing that.

This is such a shame. I bought both Gears of War 1 and Gears of War2. And let me tell you this, these games rock so hard it's unbelievable. Gameplay and graphics are of a really high lvl. Like as in best games of the year. I only heard that the multiplayer of GOW2 had some issues with connecting. I hope they make a patch for it soon.

Back to DRM. I think no matter how good you protect a game it allways will be hacked and be put on the internet. But when I look at myself I notice I buy some games if there is a good reason for it. And the reason it is being rewarded and loyalty. For pre-ordering Demigod I am in the beta now. A thing I can encourage all companies to do. DRM is not the future, pre-ordering is or should be. Some games you just don't want to download from torrent sites.

I would say that is the 'golden truth' about video games which companies like Stardock and Valve know.  Certain other companies need it drilled into their thick skulls.

It is real hard to arugue against piracy in cases like this where the pirated version is significantly better than the legal version.

The concluding paragraph of a research paper I did on DRM for my college writing class last semester.

Oh.  My.  God.

SUPER EPIC FAILZORZ

Like...  wow.  How stupid does stupid get?

there really is no way you can protect a game that is on a CD ROM , or is digitally downloaded. FLASH DRIVES and CARTRIDGES FTW!!!!!!