coder0xff wrote:RefaelBA wrote:This was an incredible debate.
It's true that the DRM was cracked, but actually, during the month or so in which it could not be pirated, Ubi made the crucial money hit from the game. I'd say they lost the battle but won the war. In the end: they got their money, at least the huge launch sales, which are the biggest in most games' lives.
If a game isn't cracked within days of its release, it just doesn't matter that much after that.
I hardly think you can credit the DRM for their adequate sales. I would bet that they'd prolly have done better if people weren't so put off by the DRM.
If the goal was to make money off their game, they started an unnecessary war. If the goal was to defeat piracy, they simply lost.
I don't think that most people cared about the DRM.
The avarage pirate isn't a coder on lopers (ehm you) or a engineering student (me) who cares and knows about this stuff. Most people who download a pirated game can't handle much more than replacing a cracked exe. Heck, if you go to such a site and look at the comments on a pirated game offered for download, half the people don't know how to open a freaking Rar file. And if they really want the game, they just have to buy it....
Older people don't bother with piracy mostly, they just buy the game, and the way I profile younger gamer pirates is this: they don't bother much with reviews or claims about DRM, rights management etc. It's just about hype and friends. They just go "OMG DID YOU HEARZ ABOUT THE NEW ASSASSIN'S CREED IT'S SOOO AWEEESOMEE!!!!! I ALREADY GOT IT YOU HAVE TO GET IT AND PLAY DUDE WTFZ".
Hehe well this was kind of exagarated, sure, but you get my point...
