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Originally Posted by Vodstok
i know, but if you know where to look, they can be bypassed or done away with.
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Sure, I know that. But the average game buyer that goes into EB or similar probably doesn't. Or if they know noCD cracks etc exist, they don't know how to apply them properly or download them from dodgey sites that give them trojans.
So people that are set on pirating will get around these systems.
The average honest consumer will be inconvenienced.
The only people that will be stopped from pirating are the opportunistic pirates who would copy their friend's or family's disc if there was no absticle.
And if protection gets too inconvenient, more people are either going to abandon PC gaming for consoles, or expend the energy to learn how to crack games. Then they start thinking "if it's that easy to crack, why bother paying" and everyone loses.
A while ago I felt like revisiting Unreal Tournament. It was fun in its day. I still had the install CD, but don't know where the manual got to. So it appears the CD key is on the manual.
Really wasn't that desperate to play it to go looking for a crack. But it does seem inconvenient having to keep documentation etc for old games just to be able to play them in the future.