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Blizzard Boss Says Restrictive DRM Is a Waste of Time
Stoobalou writes "Blizzard co-founder Frank Pearce reckons that fighting piracy with DRM is a losing battle. His company — which is responsible for one of the biggest video games of all time, the addictive online fantasy role player World of Warcraft — is to release StarCraft 2 on July 27, and Pearce has told Videogamer that the title won't be hobbled with the kind of crazy copy protection schemes that have made Ubisoft very unpopular in gaming circles of late. StarCraft 2 will require a single online activation using the company's Battle.net servers, after which players will be allowed to play the single-player game to their hearts' content, without being forced to have a persistent Internet connection."
fuck off fanboy. LAN players don't give a shit about statistics tracking and achievements. You might figure that out if you had friends.
Or shut down forever. I have 20 years-old games that I still play. Can Blizzard swear on the US Constitution that their authentication servers will be available for free in 20 years? I don't think so.
When fighting a tiger, you never lose eye contact. If they do something that surprises you and makes you let your guard down... "aww kitty is purring" it's then when you are in the most danger.
I read his statement as "DRM is expensive in licensing fees, We are going to instead give that money to our lawyers to sue the pants off of everyone we can think of."
I'll bet you that he is thinking that the RIAA tactics are a better route to take.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
Good. Blizzard doesn't want your business.
Then don't plan on playing EQII, EQ, WoW, DAoC, Eve Online, etc. Oh wait, because this is SCII it's somehow special and should just work because you want it to?
Blizzard is upfront with what they are offering. It's amazing to see the arrogance on slashdot, such that most posters think that Blizzard is being Evil because they aren't being catered to.
And by amazing I mean that I fully expect to see shit like this from slashdot on a regular basis. It is funny, though.
but they were able to pay for the gaming pc that it requires.
I also saw piracy in college and it had nothing to do with ability to pay. People could find the money for beer and pot but not games or music.
Don't make excuses for people that steal luxury entertainment.