Quote Originally Posted by Gramner View Post
Yes, because SecuROM prevents piracy... oh wait. DRM does not prevent piracy, if it did then piracy wouldn't be an issue. DRM only annoys legit customers, pirated versions have the DRM removed.
Then you're suggesting what? No prevention whatsoever? That's like saying "here's a game on a CD, just copy & paste files and it's yours". Oh yeah, that will certainly help a developer make some money!

The point of DRM ***IS NOT*** to eliminate piracy.

DUH!

The point of DRM is to lower down the piracy rate.

/END OF DUH!

That's the goal. As crappy as DRM is, it definitely slows down piracy, and thus it probably ends up making money for the developer. I don't like DRM (who does?), I would be better off without some root-kit like software in my system. But if a game developer can somehow lower down the piracy, why wouldn't it take that route?

DRM does not prevent piracy, if it did then piracy wouldn't be an issue.
I know this might be a stupid example, but listen to this:

Condoms do not prevent unwanted pregnancies, if they did, unwanted pregnancies wouldn't be an issue.

Again, you can't totally prevent something from occurring, but lowering the occurrence rate does help.

"Let's never use condoms because they don't eliminate unwanted pregnancies"

Yes, burn those evil condoms!

DRM only annoys legit customers
By doing what? Having a CD in? Or having 1 additional process running in the background? If you're really concerned about having a CD in, you can always download a NO-CD crack....

Defending software piracy only ruins PC gaming. End of story.