DRM done right: Puppygames
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DRM done right: Puppygames
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Re: DRM done right: Puppygames
#2sad they say they aren't doing so well:
"It means if our DRM system breaks, like for example our server melts down with the floods of sales we unfortunately aren’t getting, or Puppygames goes completely bust because you buggers aren’t buying nearly enough games for us to survive," ... " Hint: you’re not :("
Re: DRM done right: Puppygames
#3Not really - you _still_ can't script the installation of it, which means that you have to sit and type a bunch of numbers foreach and every single program you want to install.
Re: DRM done right: Puppygames
#4>Error establishing a database connection
Evidence that there is no such thing as DRM done right?
Re: DRM done right: Puppygames
#5>Error establishing a database connection Evidence that there is no such thing as DRM done right?
Re: DRM done right: Puppygames
#6sad they say they aren't doing so well: "It means if our DRM system breaks, like for example our server melts down with the floods of sales we unfortunately aren’t getting, or Puppygames goes completely bust because you buggers aren’t buying nearly enough games for us to survive ," ... " Hint: you’re not :("
"Error establishing a database connection"
Like, now?
Re: DRM done right: Puppygames
#7I wonder how long it is going to take the fickle and rabidly cynical usual suspects to realize that "Our DRM / lack of DRM / pseudo-DRM / loud opposition to DRM is different" is, in fact, Marketing 101, and that they hate marketing almost as much as they hate paying for software.
Re: DRM done right: Puppygames
#8"Firewall Revenge of the Titans so it can’t ever contact Puppygames and get your totally free full game"
Using DRM at all in such a setup looks quite pointless to me.
Re: DRM done right: Puppygames
#9This DRM doesn't do anything; it just seems like extra code to maintain for no reason.
Re: DRM done right: Puppygames
#10The Pepsi Challenge of any DRM scheme is this: Will I end up regretting that I didn't just pirate it instead? (ie: Did the purchase experience leave me with anything less than warm fuzzies, and/or did the product
end up being crippled in some way?)
Though hardly bulletproof, or optimal, this particular mechanism clearly passes that test, and should be lauded.