Quote Originally Posted by RaZz! View Post
sorry, but that's just plain wrong. i'm not that much into torrenting and stuff, BUT it really doesn't matter if the game has securom or not. it'll be cracked and offered on the sites as soon as someone gets his hands on a copy of the game.

red alert 2, far cry 2, fallout 3 - afaik all games that sport securom were cracked and downloadable days before the official release.

no matter how you like to turn it, people who pirate will pirate no matter what. there's really only one group that is affected by drm (in a negative way): the faithful customer who buy the game.

i seriously don't mind if there's an activation procedure that one has to active the game once after every installation (like steam or smth). but please don't use securom or such crap that acts in a rootkit manner.
even though steam has quite a few issues it's the best way to sell games right now.
Actually, most publishers are trying to stop pre-release leaks/cracks.

The reason for this is that, before a game releases, if it is available via torrent, even honest people who would've otherwise paid for the game get tempted to download the pirated version (because in this case people who get it illegally actually benefit from an "early release" in addition to getting it free).

Publishers are looking to dissuade those honest people from pirating through the use of DRM, hopefully pushing out the crack date at least a few days. They know the game will eventually be cracked and posted everywhere, but if it at least gets them their "honest purchasers" sales, they're happy.