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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	@ Webshaman: No, it doesn't bother me because I um... well... 'work around' it. There are plenty of ways to skin that cat. Simplest; buy a single-player game you like, don't install it; download it from TPB; install that. There you go - legally owned game, SecuROM-free version installed. I don't give a flying blue monkey what the law says about that because it's my machine, and I can hack the crap out of it if I want. As for online games, I stick with media-less (Steam, EADM, GFWL). Other games, I install with 'no-cd' cracks; I hate having to dust off my discs every time I want to kill hordes of marauding pixels... Unless your optical drive is several years old, you shouldn't suffer any damage because of SecuROM. If it's old enough not to fully support SecuROM's access methods, it's got to be a lot older than the machine you're trying to run the game on... unless you like playing at 0.5fps... I have two or three virtual drive tools running on my machine, and at least one virtual drive active all the time (I'm always using the damn thing, so there's no point in disabling it), yet every game I have runs fine (admittedly, in ways less than entirely legitimate). I still have SecuROM on my machine as EADM requires it, but it's not going to do any damage in that respect, as those games are media-less and they run regardless of my virtual drive(s) (it doesn't have an issue when it's not looking for a disc). Should I be afraid that SecuROM is sharing my girlfriend's bra size with the world whenever I run a game through EADM? I think a lot of the hype surrounding SecuROM's 'spyware' allegations are just hysteria. [quote]...boot up a SucuRom-ridden DVD of your choice.[/quote] Um... no. I simply will not do that. I only ever buy single-player games on disc - then crack/hack them into submission. The only time I use the original media is when the game gets installed (and even then, I usually use other sources for installation). Multiplayer online games I purchase as media-less - no disc, no crack, no hassle. This is why it doesn't bother me - it bothers 'legitimate' users more than phreaks like me (or, in fact and far more importantly, pirates). If 'legitimate' users are incapable or scared of using Google (or making use of resources like gamecopyworld) they really should stick to consoles, anyway, and perhaps buy an Apple as their PC... sucks for games and actively discourages intelligent or advanced users. Are you referring to the SBlade from the Daemon Tools forums? He has a few interesting things to say, but it makes no real difference to my thinking. _____ @ Blaise: Console gamers have just as many problems with games that don't work as advertised nowadays, on both the XBox360 and the PS3. Even on the Megadrive/SNES there were games that caused massive slowdown or suffered from glitches - that has never changed. Yes, it should be the case that things run as they were designed to run on the systems they were designed to run on... but it simply [i]is not[/i] the case. At least with PCs, you have countless methods and options for dealing with potential issues, and the software patching process is far more convenient and expedient. As for cost - for just a couple of hundred quid more than the cost of a PS3/XBox360 (assume full packages) I could build you a machine that will play GTAIV very well, and at higher quality settings than you'll see on either console. In the long run, particularly with downloadable game services like Steam, you save yourself a fortune in game prices (I usually wait till prices drop anyway, but they are generally lower through these services than they are in the shops). I get a lot of games on deals, bundles, or sales weekends - I reckon I've saved more on those games than I spent on my G-15 keyboard, Razer Diamondback mouse, or XBox360 controller... ;) Next-gen is not referring to the software - there's no such thing! There aren't any new genres - just hybrids, crossovers, and graphics/physics improvements. The hardware in the PS3, on the other hand, is decidedly 'next-gen'. The PS3 is superior to the XBox 360 in all ways but licensing; and no, I'm not dismissing the licensing issue out of hand - it highlights the dirty methods used by console manufacturers to ensure their market share. Regardless, it makes no difference to the fact that the PS3 is simply a more powerful, advanced, and evolved console than the XBox 360... if only it had games you'd like. Again - it's easy as 1-2-3 to get Linux onto your PS3 and use it as a PC, if you were so inclined... and yes, I would be! :) _____ @ Arthurio: I very much [i]prefer[/i] to purchase the majority of my games through download services. Lose the discs for a game and you're buggered unless you remembered to keep the serial number and receipt, and don't mind paying for a replacement disc after phoning a premium-rate phone number for half an hour. Buy it online and you've got access to it from any machine connected to the internet, for life (though there are limits to the number of installs you can perform in a given time period - but who needs five installations of Battlefield over the next six months, anyway). I agree about control pads. I rarely use them unless for racing. If you plan to play games that are designed for Games for Windows Live, you may run ionto issues. No pad but the XBox 360 controller works properly with GTAIV for isntance, and I'm pretty sure that the lack of quick fixes in this regard are a deliberate ploy to get people paying Microsoft for their hardware - call me cynical if you like. Addendum (I'm slow today): I heartily agree with you, again, Arthurio. PC games are far more rewarding for several reasons. Take Fallout 3 for example - I have access to the same DLC as XBox users (which are denied to PS3 users), but I also have access to thousands of mods and addons that are not so official. Just outside Megaton, I have my 'Hover Chair' parked up outside my personal Vault (which has many cool toys and features to play with), Dogmeat is a pack mule (can carry stuff for me) and wears leather armour, Moriarty's bar is now a strip joint (woot), my plasma rifle sears the flesh from the skeleton (rather than vaporising the target), and the list goes on and on. Can't have any of that on any console! [quote]Today's consoles aren't built to last. It will become very obvious in the next few years.[/quote] Already evident... [i]very evident[/i]. Check the links in my previous post. ;) [small](Edited by [url=http://www.ozoneasylum.com/user/4663]White Hawk[/url] on 07-23-2009 14:47)[/small] Loading...
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