They should be, but buying it sends a message that this sort of DRM is acceptable. I had Bioshock pre-ordered when I found out about the copy protection on that, and cancelled. I'd do the same here except I've got it on the 360 so probably wouldn't have bought it anyway.Will still buy it and then pirate it later if I have to, like I did with bioshock. Yes they may have draconian anti piracy measures but they should be encouraged to bring decent games to the only platform that can do them justice
Still - copy protection, shit pointless waste of time and the sooner people realise this the better.
I got my Bioshock copy on steam...I dont think the 5 installs thing applies then...or does it??
stupid page doesnt like links !
this#ll work
as for the thing itself - they WERE going to make it authorize online.. and you would have to "sign in" with once a WEEK to keep it unlocked for...ever. huge outcry and theyve apparently now decided NOT to do that
was going to be on Spore aswell iirc
Ah ok. That would've been silly.
was going to be on Spore aswell iirc
That new game coming out called Spore is supposed to have something like this, not sure if the links mention it, but Spore will "call home" every 10 days to confirm your copy has not yet been tampered with.
Other people have suggested that the 10 day activation thing was a ploy, suggest it, everyone goes mental and then they "listen" to the customers and tone it down to what they were actually going to do all along. Thus everyone thinks they're getting a better deal when actually they're still getting shafted.
But as Frizz said, most people won't know about the copy protection. Most people won't realise that while they're suffering with their pain in the arse anti-piracy measures, the pirates will be having a great time playing this offline-only game without any hassles whatsoever. Just like they did with Bioshock.