DRM is broken by design and it's the main reason why PC-gaming completely sucks. So far the only exception to this is Valve's Steam platform, because it's quite customer friendly and Valve hasn't pulled any plugs yet. I think they even promised to provide patches in case their DRM servers should go offline one day - but a promise is just a promise and not a contract. There is no guarantee that this will actually ever happen when the day comes when it is needed.
The only place where DRM is half-way bearable is on consoles, because there DRM is basically running on 'please insert the game DVD' mode only, which I can live with - it's not more than a very simple copy protection mechanism and it doesn't require any form of online activation and activation servers. But I must note that I do not purchase anything from any console's "online market place" - that's where their DRM will hit you hard again.
Outside of the game console world, I refuse to purchase DRM-infested products wherever possible. But it's hard to get around Adobe products, for example, so I grudgingly suck it up in these cases. I think that there should be laws AGAINST DRM.
Many of the former posters on this thread are right: DRM is a technical means to take away LEGAL rights - read: granted by LAW - from the customers. It's a tool corporations invented to be - once more - above the law. And by buying DRM-infested products, you actively support and finance their development and distribution. Since money is the only language corporations understand, simply do not give them their money. And when it comes to DRM-"protected" PC games, the only option is not to buy them. There's a better alternative available anyway: Buy the console version; not the downloadable version, but the DVD (or BluRay disc).
The only place where DRM is half-way bearable is on consoles, because there DRM is basically running on 'please insert the game DVD' mode only, which I can live with - it's not more than a very simple copy protection mechanism and it doesn't require any form of online activation and activation servers. But I must note that I do not purchase anything from any console's "online market place" - that's where their DRM will hit you hard again.
Outside of the game console world, I refuse to purchase DRM-infested products wherever possible. But it's hard to get around Adobe products, for example, so I grudgingly suck it up in these cases. I think that there should be laws AGAINST DRM.
Many of the former posters on this thread are right: DRM is a technical means to take away LEGAL rights - read: granted by LAW - from the customers. It's a tool corporations invented to be - once more - above the law. And by buying DRM-infested products, you actively support and finance their development and distribution. Since money is the only language corporations understand, simply do not give them their money. And when it comes to DRM-"protected" PC games, the only option is not to buy them. There's a better alternative available anyway: Buy the console version; not the downloadable version, but the DVD (or BluRay disc).