Bioshock and teh evil DRM
Jeruselem
30-08-2007, 01:33
I was about going buy Bioshock, well until I found out it was using SecuROM copy protection created by the masters of lousy DRM (Sony).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioshock
Yes I have a Steam account because I have Half-Life 2 Episode 1.
The free demo has same DRM too.
Can a mod move this to General! OOPS
Neo Undelia
30-08-2007, 02:16
Heaven forbid anyone actually try to profit from their hard work.
OH NOES!
While I support any efforts against music DRM's, movies and games are a different story all together. Those are industries that I'll actually support, as opposed to the RIAA's crap.
Although, I still download movies and games. I would just expect it to be harder to get passed the protection schemes.
Jeruselem
30-08-2007, 02:25
Heaven forbid anyone actually try to profit from their hard work.
I own hundreds of dollars of gaming software with varying degrees of DRM. This includes Half-life 2 Episode One, but with Bioshock - you need a Stream account and register with SecuROM. I have no problems with my HL2-EP1 but I really don't like any DRM developed by Sony.
Gamers like to install games on one PC and it sucks running it on that one, they uninstall move to another one. The original DRM limited to 2 installs before activation died - changed to 5 now.
And with the fiasco with Sony rootkit with music CDs, I don't trust their version on games either.
Gauthier
30-08-2007, 02:40
Just when StarForce was driven off of games for good, this happens.
Jeruselem
30-08-2007, 02:44
Just when StarForce was driven off of games for good, this happens.
Starforce actually messed around with CD/DVD drivers causing major issues. There's actually Sony DVD movies that don't play on standard DVD players I've heard.
Non Aligned States
30-08-2007, 02:48
Well, does this particular DRM cause any similar problems? Null entries too? Sounds a little too close to some of the nastier bits of spyware and malware.
I didn't have to register my copy of the game with steam. It is sweet by the way.
Jeruselem
30-08-2007, 03:02
I didn't have to register my copy of the game with steam. It is sweet by the way.
I don't mind the Steam client, it's quite useful. Updates do work well with it for my HL2EP1.
The_pantless_hero
30-08-2007, 03:03
Heaven forbid anyone actually try to profit from their hard work.
See my sig.
Gauthier
30-08-2007, 03:09
Heaven forbid anyone actually try to profit from their hard work.
Heavens forbid anyone should have to take a hardware-shredding copy protection scheme/rootkit up their asses just so people can profit from their hard work.
The_pantless_hero
30-08-2007, 04:09
And SecuRom adds null keys to the registry which have no way of being removed. Hurray for DRM "protecting" software from the evil users :rolleyes:
EDIT: Though it seems my registry cleaner software takes care of them.
It's not that I mind the steam client, I just didn't have to register my copy of Bioshock with my steam client. I bought retail rather than a download through steam.
Copiosa Scotia
30-08-2007, 04:22
No rootkit with BioShock's SecuROM. That part's been debunked.
Jeruselem
30-08-2007, 04:30
No rootkit with BioShock's SecuROM. That part's been debunked.
Yeah, but it was verging on rootkit-ness.
Oh yes, the support numbers on the manual are WRONG
CORRECT SUPPORT NUMBERS FOR BIOSHOCK
August 23, 2007
It has come to my attention that the support phone numbers were incorrectly printed in the BioShock manual. If you encounter an issue with BioShock, please refer to these numbers for all your support needs:
US Support
Phone: 1-866-219-9839
Email: usa@take2support.com
Canadian Support
Phone: 1-800-638-0127
Email: canada@take2support.com