When I first got into pc gaming I did my share of pirating. I would get off on getting software that I never needed ..some fancy 3d modeling crap etc. I did my share of cracks and fixes but after a while it became old. I ended up with some nasty virus and other crap that made me reformat too often for my liking. Now after after 10 years of gaming I do not pirate at all. I do download demos and I do read reviews before purchasing a game. I do try and read about what drm is on a disk as there are a few I will not risk my pc too...Starforce anyone??
I truly think the trouble is the drm used nowadays can render software useless or broken. Not often but it happens and there is no excuse for a paying customer to have no avenue to return a non functioning game on their rig.
I think stardock and steam have some good digital distribution systems but they should allow users to use it for say 2 days or 3 hours ...and if not happy you can uninstall it and get a refund. If they went that route I would totally go digital to buy a game as I would feel protected from bad software or lousy games.
I truly think the trouble is the drm used nowadays can render software useless or broken. Not often but it happens and there is no excuse for a paying customer to have no avenue to return a non functioning game on their rig.
I think stardock and steam have some good digital distribution systems but they should allow users to use it for say 2 days or 3 hours ...and if not happy you can uninstall it and get a refund. If they went that route I would totally go digital to buy a game as I would feel protected from bad software or lousy games.
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