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Kroagnon wrote:
> "SpammersDie" <xx@xx.xx> wrote in message 
> news:NNJxk.210305$102.14161@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>
>   
>>> I mean, I understand giving a bad review because of DRM, but they are 
>>> giving the lowest possible review scores for the DRM issue ONLY,
>>>       
>> The score is a separate thing from the review. Scores are inherently 
>> subjective and can't really be "disputed." I'm talking about the factual 
>> assertions in the text of the reviews, which I haven't seen anyone 
>> disputing.
>>     
>>> without having played a single solitary second of the game.  So it could 
>>> have incredible, awesome, radically fun game play...
>>>       
>> But if it comes packaged in a DRM that these reviewers find unacceptable, 
>> then the product is worthless and it's the product that's being reviewed. 
>> It just doesn't matter how wonderful the gameplay is if people won't buy 
>> it because of the DRM - hence, a "1 star" in the DRM category *should* 
>> limit the total score to 1. It also works the other way: if the gameplay 
>> is a "1", it doesn't matter if the game has no DRM at all - the total 
>> score can still be no better than 1.
>>     
>
> I totally agree that DRM should be included in the score - it's ever bit as 
> important as the gameplay if you can't even GET to the gameplay due to the 
> DRM.
>
> These fucking publishers go on and on about "piracy destroying the PC games 
> industry" and yet keep putting in more and more DRM that pisses off more and 
> more people. If a gamer can just download a pirate copy of a game for free 
> without any DRM, or pay $50-$60 for a game with draconian DRM, which do you 
> think they are going to do? Why would anybody buy these games?
>
>   

And people wonder why "PC games are failing" these days...  Many of the 
titles are available on consoles, where you can go and play to your 
heart's content without having to deal with DRM issues - it's all 
built-in in a sub-level you never really even have to acknowledge on the 
console.  Pretty sad when consoles are becoming more "plug & play" than 
the PCs that originated the phrase.

CoinSpin