Don't Worry About Copy Write Protection!

[Sivran]

If you could pick up the latest games at $19.95 would you? I would. If the answer is yes for the vast majority of game players then THAT would make a difference. What the publishers lost in single unit sales would be gained in volume of sales.

Depends on what sort of copy protection was on the game. Any game on the starforce-infected list gets a pass. Games which have a warning on the box that say they include copy protection which may interfere with virtual drives get pirated extended-demo'd, checked, googled, purchased only if worthy. Period.

My friend had Freedom Force (the original, uninfected one) and I would've been tempted to buy Freedom Force vs The Third Reich -- except that the game uses Starforce. I'm not buying it for that reason. There was a poll up on the S1 forum asking, "Would you buy SE5 if it had Starforce?" Only one person answered that he would. Sure, Starforce'll slow down the pirates slightly, but it'll also slow down or completely stop sales among those who know about it.

What, no strike-through ubbcode on this forum? Sheesh Had to switch to HTML..