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Stardock Evaluates DRM Complaints, Updates Gamer's Bill of Rights

Posted by Soulskill on from the they-sense-anger dept.

Earlier this year, we discussed the Gamer's Bill of Rights, a document put forth by Stardock CEO Brad Wardell to address what he felt were the unacceptable characteristics of the gaming industry. ShackNews reports that Wardell has taken feedback from gamers, developers, and publishers, and updated the document accordingly. One particular area on which he focused was DRM. Stardock also published a customer report that examines the issue in greater detail (PDF). MTV's Multiplayer Blog fans the flames of the debate by asking if anyone is embarrassed about pirating video games.

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  1. I want my Halo 3-on-C64 port by LrdDimwit · · Score: 3, Informative

    I can see where you're coming from with this, but that isn't a 'right'. It's a 'demand', and a fairly selfish one at that. Nintendo should be forced to license their IPs out to their arch-nemeses? (I mean, aside from Sega ;) Companies should be forced to release ports even for systems that can't handle the load?

    Not a bad idea, but needs a rethink.

  2. Re:So... by Mad+Merlin · · Score: 4, Informative

    Stardock started not as a game publisher but as a Windows Application publisher.

    No, Stardock started as an OS/2 game publisher in 1993, they didn't touch Windows until 1998. See: http://www.stardock.com/stardock/articles/article_sdos2.html

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