And I thought copy-protection was bad with the ol' 1541...
BioShock? More like CopyProtectionShock
Apparently the buzz about the latest open-ended FPS, BioShock, is that its anti-piracy measures, apparently something called SecuROM, are more than a little overzealous. The public is not impressed, since:
- It causes AVG to freak out and see trojans; and
- Restricts you to two installs at a time; and
- SecuROM packs a sad if certain perfectly legitimate system tools, such as Microsoft’s own Process Explorer, are installed. The apparent claim is that such tools could be used to study how SecuROM works, so up yours, pirate scum.
Hum. A game which requires you to disable important system tools and protection measures in order to play it; that dictates how many times you can install it; and probably isn’t all that much advance over System Shock 2. Call me a sour-grapes, but I think I’ll pass for now.
Frankly, it’s the old problem of those wanting who can’t buy, those who can but can’t see the value at that price, and those who see a way to make money and to hell with anything else.
And for those of you who can’t remember, the disk drive for the Commodore 64 bore the number 1541. Copy protection then was a deliberate error which stood a good chance of knocking the disk heads out of alignment, or not loading at all.
Posted in Games and Toys (News,) by R Cruickshank 23/08/07 08:34 PM
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