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Capcom To Bring Back Phone-Home DRM Due To PS3 Piracy.
Written By: djp on February 5, 2011
Capcom has held its hand up, and the last time it has done this it had a abundance of complaints with its Final Fight: Double Impact game, because it had not told its customers that it needed to talk to it’s internet servers before use. This time around, they are giving the consumers a heads-up!
While we don’t support piracy at Console-Spot, we don’t seem to deem this fair for a lot of reason’s. What about the guys stuck up there in the woods with no internet, what about the guys on limited speeds, and the list can go on and on..
Anyways, Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 will require you to get a sign off from their servers before it will work.
The game’s listing on the PlayStation Network (PSN) clearly states, “You must log-in to the PlayStation Network each time to play the game,” which would be fair enough if the game boasted some kind of essential on-line element, but according to Joystiq that’s not the case. “Rearmed 2′s co-op is an adamantly offline-only affair, like its predecessor,” states the gaming blog.
Sony is currently embroiled in a constant game of cat and mouse with hackers and crackers, with new battle lines being drawn on what seems like a daily basis.
The recent revelation of a private key used by Sony and other developers to confirm the identity of genuine games has left the Japanese electronics giant facing the prospect of widespread piracy on the platform.
Other outfits have attempted to use ‘always-online’ DRM schemes in the past and have come under fire for punishing legitimate gamers rather than the pirates.
The hackers will, of course, see the latest DRM nonsense as a red rag to a bull, especially as there is no palpable benefit in the game’s on-line play mode.
Is it just us, or would Sony and its its game-developing partners be better served using all of the energy they expend trying to thwart a handful of pirates making the console and its games better value for money?
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ummm dont know what to say about his one so will just post and leave lol.
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Written By: djp on February 5, 2011
Capcom has held its hand up, and the last time it has done this it had a abundance of complaints with its Final Fight: Double Impact game, because it had not told its customers that it needed to talk to it’s internet servers before use. This time around, they are giving the consumers a heads-up!
While we don’t support piracy at Console-Spot, we don’t seem to deem this fair for a lot of reason’s. What about the guys stuck up there in the woods with no internet, what about the guys on limited speeds, and the list can go on and on..
Anyways, Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 will require you to get a sign off from their servers before it will work.
The game’s listing on the PlayStation Network (PSN) clearly states, “You must log-in to the PlayStation Network each time to play the game,” which would be fair enough if the game boasted some kind of essential on-line element, but according to Joystiq that’s not the case. “Rearmed 2′s co-op is an adamantly offline-only affair, like its predecessor,” states the gaming blog.
Sony is currently embroiled in a constant game of cat and mouse with hackers and crackers, with new battle lines being drawn on what seems like a daily basis.
The recent revelation of a private key used by Sony and other developers to confirm the identity of genuine games has left the Japanese electronics giant facing the prospect of widespread piracy on the platform.
Other outfits have attempted to use ‘always-online’ DRM schemes in the past and have come under fire for punishing legitimate gamers rather than the pirates.
The hackers will, of course, see the latest DRM nonsense as a red rag to a bull, especially as there is no palpable benefit in the game’s on-line play mode.
Is it just us, or would Sony and its its game-developing partners be better served using all of the energy they expend trying to thwart a handful of pirates making the console and its games better value for money?
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ummm dont know what to say about his one so will just post and leave lol.
source
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