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Edited by Big Black Bear:
3/19/2013 10:00:12 PM
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DRM Hurts Companies More than Piracy
[url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2013/03/19/drm-hurts-companies-more-than-piracy-developer-argues/]An argument against DRM from a surprising source - a game developer[/url]
This is a hot topic with the recent SimCity problems, but I've never really considered the cost of DRM systems to the developers themselves. I think he makes a very valid point.
What do you think?
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14 RepliesThe whole Sim City disaster is a great showcase of how NOT to handle piracy. Maxis has lost who knows how many sales because of just by the notion of an always on DRM, and once offline saving is figured out there's going to be no incentive NOT to pirate the game. Heavy DRM is just taking a complete step backward.
