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really i wouldn't care if it was a EA game because they force you to pirate even if you want to buy the game. but with a little small 10$ indie game that only has steam for drm
 
This is ridiculous...
i have downloaded the pirated version of audiosurf
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YOU DON'T TELL PEOPLE YOU STOLE THEIR PROPERTY.
but when i try to access scoreboards and login with my account it always fails
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/facepunch ^ 5
Pirated games DON'T WORK!

I bought the game when it was 2 dollars on a Steam deal. Great game that comes with a soundtrack that is absolutely amazing.
 
bulletsinthefire said:
really i wouldn't care if it was a EA game because they force you to pirate even if you want to buy the game. but with a little small 10$ indie game that only has steam for drm
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Wow.
First, they don't force you to pirate anything, if you'd paid attention to any of the updates to SecuROM you'd understand that it doesn't have the install limit.
Second, your double standard is insane, by that logic anyone who is at a friend's house and at home is without an internet connection should pirate anything that needs steam to run.

Stop hating on EA for their business practices, buyouts aren't wrong and SecuROM isn't malicious.
 
well the thing is that me and all of the other people who have posted on that forum have been playing audiosurf since the beta and have all talked with the Dylan Fitterer who is the developer of the game and even know we don't work for him or anything all of a lot respect for the amount of effort that was put into to it. so the forums regulars there care a lot more about that kinda stuff than fans of most games do.
 
Syntax! said:
Wow.
First, they don't force you to pirate anything, if you'd paid attention to any of the updates to SecuROM you'd understand that it doesn't have the install limit.
Second, your double standard is insane, by that logic anyone who is at a friend's house and at home is without an internet connection should pirate anything that needs steam to run.

Stop hating on EA for their business practices, buyouts aren't wrong and SecuROM isn't malicious.
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i have my other reason for not liking EA like with mirrors edge wicked game but because i got it on steam i cant play the dlc or even get updates to fix bugs because EA decided to supporting the steam release. that has happened with a few games EA publishes that went to steam.
 
bulletsinthefire said:
i have my other reason for not liking EA like with mirrors edge wicked game but because i got it on steam i cant play the dlc or even get updates to fix bugs because EA decided to supporting the steam release. that has happened with a few games EA publishes that went to steam.
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There's a reason why they do it, actually.
The issue with steam is that if you, as a publisher or as a developer want only your DRM involved, valve forces you to use theirs. Yes, forces, or no steam for you.
So, as opposed to supporting a platform that is, for lack of a better phrase, a pain in the ass for the publisher, they just don't.

If valve wasn't so pushy, you'd get it.
 
yes well this should be Valve's and EA's issue not my if there is no intention to supporting it on a certain platform it shouldn't have been sold there to Begin with. I did my research like a consumer should and at the time i bought the game there was allready dlc planned but there was no information saying anywhere that the dlc would exclude steam users and that's 50$ doallers out of my pocket that got me way less than the next person to spend 50$ for what is supposed to be the same thing.

now Syntax! if you want to respond make it a pm becuase the point of this was to share something amusing that i saw not a discussion about drm.
 
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bulletsinthefire said:
yes well this should be Valve's and EA's issue not my if there is no intention to supporting it on a certain platform it shouldn't have been sold there to Begin with. I did my research like a consumer should and at the time i bought the game there was allready dlc planned but there was no information saying anywhere that the dlc would exclude steam users and that's 50$ doallers out of my pocket that got me way less than the next person to spend 50$ for what is supposed to be the same thing.

now Syntax! if you want to respond make it a pm becuase the point of this was to share something amusing that i saw not a discussion about drm.
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One final note.
Your hatred is still 100% unfounded, as a long time customer of EA/Valve and someone who is an employee of IGN (Moreso the fileplanet subsidiary, still.), you really need to understand that the game being sold is what matters and the only reason you release among several platforms. (Might I add that the D2D version supported the DLC if I recall correctly.)
 
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Wow, they are indie developers. Those are the ones we want to support for making such a awesome game, and it's only 10$.
 
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