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Re: SecuROM
« Reply #300 on: March 21, 2010, 11:18:09 PM »

I am pretty sure every game that has used the new DRM got cracked about a day after the release date.

At the latest.  Many of them get cracked and leaked before the actual release date (which is part of the reason why console versions go out before the PC versions even go to beta now).
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Re: SecuROM
« Reply #301 on: March 22, 2010, 05:16:54 PM »

The first Mass Effect took about a month before all the hooks were found, actually.
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Re: SecuROM
« Reply #302 on: March 23, 2010, 01:16:09 AM »

Bowser's Inside Story took several weeks, as well.
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Re: SecuROM
« Reply #303 on: April 27, 2010, 06:24:40 AM »

PSN version of Final Fight: Double Impact requires an always-on Internet connection, does not advertise this fact, won't run on another account on the SAME CONSOLE it was downloaded to.  When customers point out this is bullshit, Capcom blames Sony for not giving them better DRM options.

(...does the fact that it's tied to your account instead of your console at least mean you can play it at a friend's house?  Because if I want to take Bubble Bobble Remix over to somebody else's house I have to take my whole fucking Wii.)
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Re: SecuROM
« Reply #304 on: April 27, 2010, 06:26:49 AM »

Wait, intense DRM action for consoles now?

I mean, I know you can get chipped/modded consoles and I know there's been some perfunctory DRM in console games lately, but hasn't using pirated junk on a console always been far more labour-intensive and less widespread?

Huh. I guess all those shops up in Markham (AZN-LAND) have been doing a brisk trade.

(<-- has not owned a console since N64)
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Re: SecuROM
« Reply #305 on: April 27, 2010, 06:57:16 AM »

Isn't Pacific Mall routinely raided by the police anyway?
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Re: SecuROM
« Reply #306 on: April 27, 2010, 06:59:43 AM »

Like that stops them.
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Re: SecuROM
« Reply #307 on: April 27, 2010, 09:51:51 AM »

I thought the PS3 was still basically unhacked, especially since the last firmware shut down the OS install option.  Did I miss something?
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Re: SecuROM
« Reply #308 on: April 27, 2010, 10:12:18 AM »

If you read the article, it's to cut down on "account sharing" and not for piracy.
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Re: SecuROM
« Reply #309 on: April 27, 2010, 11:15:22 AM »

Ah, well I always wondered when someone would finally get tired of that.
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Re: SecuROM
« Reply #310 on: April 27, 2010, 03:26:13 PM »

(...does the fact that it's tied to your account instead of your console at least mean you can play it at a friend's house?  Because if I want to take Bubble Bobble Remix over to somebody else's house I have to take my whole fucking Wii.)

Yeah, like someone pointed out above, they said it's to cut "PSN Sharing". From what I understand you can download a game with your psn account into another ps3 and it will still work with other accounts on that ps3, or several other ps3s for that matter. Well, not final fight in particular, but you could do that with other games.
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Re: SecuROM
« Reply #311 on: April 27, 2010, 06:12:43 PM »

Yeah I can see why Capcom would be kind of annoyed at Sony for crafting such a setup.

Their solution of doing a backflip and transforming into fucking Ubisoft leaves something to be desired, though.
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Re: SecuROM
« Reply #313 on: March 11, 2011, 02:15:26 AM »

meanwhile i got to play it a day early with no securom

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Re: SecuROM
« Reply #314 on: March 11, 2011, 02:59:53 AM »

Fuck, I didn't want to play Dragon Age II.

Being a Pirate of Conscience is hard sometimes.
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Re: SecuROM
« Reply #315 on: March 11, 2011, 03:17:34 AM »

The best part is the little footnote where EA has banned someone for saying, "Have you sold your souls to the EA devil?"

This means that they're banned from social.bioware, the site that controls access to the game if it's purchased legitimately. The part that gets me especially pissed is that bioware's Stan Woo:

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Please review the EA Community Terms of Service, particularly sections #9 and #11. There are two levels of enforcement here:

1. BioWare community bans are forum-only and can be for as little as 24 hours. These bans should have no effect on your game, only your ability to use all the features of this website/community. these bans are handed out by BioWare Moderators as the result of our travels around the forum and/or issues reported by fellow community members.

2. EA Community bans come down from a different department and are the result of someone hitting the REPORT POST button. These bans can affect access to your game and/or DLC.

Because the BioWare community now operates under the same umbrella as all EA Communities, community members here have all explicitly agreed to abide by and be governed by both sets of rules. Consider it an added incentive to follow the rules you say you're going to follow.

If there are further questions or concerns, please send them to me via private message. Thank you.

End of line.

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I can't do anything about it, but anyway you're in the wrong so fuck you! ^_^


So... after a very brief spell of not being shitcocks, EA has gone back to being shitcocks.
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Re: SecuROM
« Reply #316 on: March 11, 2011, 11:42:27 AM »

Huh.  Well, good; I was wondering whether I could justify buying the game given my current financial situation, and EA has resolved my dilemma for me.
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Re: SecuROM
« Reply #317 on: April 12, 2011, 06:05:29 PM »

I pretty clearly remember seeing BioShock 2 listed on Steam with an explicit "3rd-party DRM: SecuROM™" label before.  It's not there now.

But SecuROM is still mentioned in the system requirements.

If I don't get a reasonable explanation for this I don't think I can buy games from Steam any more.
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