[doordie]

This protection is BULLSH*T

Stop treating "pirates" like criminals. I'm sorry but no one is perfect! I might download something, but when I buy it, I buy it in store, even if it costs $5 or $10 more. When I built my computer I lost probably $40 total than if I ordered on warehouse sites, but I did this so somebody in computer store has a job. Low wage yes, but it helps them get through university or something. Maybe some of you are criminals, destroying our wonderful society, because you bought IL-2 online? In another country? And didn't pay tax? It's all bullshit. They try to guilt you into everything. When people can afford to buy, they buy. Sometimes people never change, even when they obtain money they never buy. But these people will not be forced into anything. The bottom line is if people are enjoying the game, isn't the developers got accomplished? Maybe you guys have never been poor? When I was a kid some of my favorite games, like Oregon Trail, and such I only had as trial version. sometimes I would play till the end and it would say "If you liked this game send $5 to .... USA and wait 3-4 weeks for diskette of full-version" FIVE DOLLARS!! I thought. WOW. Today its different but $40,50,60 for just a game!?!?! Still seems outrageous. And I know I'm not poor, compared to millions of gamers, who are either kids with jerk parents who view video games as not serious things, harmful even, or people in eastern Europe, Latin America, etc who don't have such wages to pay $50 to Ubi.

In my experience everything is crackable. maybe it makes business for some security firm but in the end those who really want to play a game for free will be able to. even steam was hacked, cracked, everything imaginable. thousands used to play counter-strike source using emporio, all valve could do was keep making updates, patches, which would slow down the non-paying players maybe 2 hours, and would annoy all the paying customers in the process. and thats the thing with most protection for games & dvd films. it penalizes the customer, a lot of times it is easier to play a cracked game then to install off official cd, and for films they give you commercials! even on games they try to install mcafee or some search bar.

i think its very simple. using cd-keys makes it possible for only 1 person at a time to play the game online. this isn't 1995, most people want to play online. sure, they could hack it like emporio did counter strike source or play using things like hamachi, but most people do not want to go through this. if they download the game and like it, they will buy it!

all these bastards are doing is taking the poor 12 year old out of the mix. he'll give up and go masturbate or something. well done protection firms!

one more thing. i absolutely hate when they talk about 'lost revenue'. sorry but how many times did you buy a game and it was horrible? did you get your money back? instead you rewarded them for doing a bad job. it's like they're entitled to your money. publishers will release a game even if it is beyond bad, but simply unplayable! I remeber many Playstation (1) games like this. Flintstones Bowling! YUCK. they dont care that it might be bought as a present for some poor kid, his only game of the year. the game industry relies on "hits", like hollywood has "blockbusters", and the rest of the time tries to maximize profits/minimize losses on the unsuccessful titles. But when there is a huge hit, do we get our money back for when we bought junk??

so if SOW uses annoying protection will I not play it? in this case, i care about IL2 too much. even if i have to install weird programs i'll do it but i'll buy it used off someone, or rent it and copy it, whatever method i can to be sure 1c, ubi, whichever asshole it is doesn't get directly a penny of my money.