What UBI should have done wtih DRM

[Flying Pencil]

Originally Posted by The Kraken

Sounds good but will probably not happen in case a company goes bankrupt. Even more so if parts of the game are running on a central server, like with Rise of Flight. So I also have some reservations, even if it's highly unlikely that Steam will run into such troubles within the next few years.

Note I said "system / company", it does not specifically mean Steam.

Consider also:
Buyouts; no guarantee the new owner will keep original contracts the same (ie. might now charge)

or

Legal changes; unusual but not beyond the possibility that a legal issue may force the closure of service.

or

International Politics; equally unusual, but you never know.

4 weeks ago Gadaffi's power was seen solid and stable.
2 weeks ago every scientist and engineer in Japan would swear no nuclear powerplant will fail due to an earthquake.


What can I say, $hit happen$

[Dano]

Originally Posted by Flying Pencil

unconscionable becuase one pays for the license from UBI, yet does not give the right to play it, and is forced to engage 2 other parties to be able to (Steam and 3ed party internet provider).

It's more than that but funny, nobody seems to care that you also require an operating system...

[Fritz X]

Originally Posted by The Kraken

Sounds good but will probably not happen in case a company goes bankrupt. Even more so if parts of the game are running on a central server, like with Rise of Flight. So I also have some reservations, even if it's highly unlikely that Steam will run into such troubles within the next few years.

What I was talking about was the removement of the TAGES DRM via patch.

However, you're very right with what you said about Steam. Yes, there definitely is the possibility of Valve going bankrupt, even if this possibility is basically on the same level as facebook simply vanishing from the internets

The guys in charge at Valve however said in an official statement once that in case they should ever have to close their service, they'd provide people to run self created backups (already possible through Steam) of their games without having to use the Steam application itself (not possible yet). But of course, we only have their word. If they would keep it in such a situation, nobody knows. Hopefully we won't even have to find out.