ejmr wrote:But at the same time it’s hard for me to consider DRM an error, if only because vocal gamers rallying against DRM are more-often-than-not puchasing that game with the DRM they hate from that publish that’s run by the Devil
I can't decide whether this is an ad hominem or a strawman against people disagreeing with DRM.
ejmr wrote:I disagree, because I believe the fact that so many major publishers use DRM is proof itself that it’s having some desired effect. Having statistical evidence would be ideal of course, but in that absence of that we can draw ideas and assumptions from these companies based on their behavior.
The same argument can be used to 'prove' any belief people hold. Just because many people believe something doesn't make it a fact, see religion.
ejmr wrote:I’m saying ‘Diablo 3’ has DRM, not that UDP has it or TCP/IP, et al. Nearly everything out there written about ‘Diablo 3’ talks about its DRM. I am not stretching terms to make them meaningless. Instead I am using the terminology everyone else minus you has used with that game.
Every MMO in existence has "always online DRM" just as every website has "always online DRM".
I feel like we are having two different discussions and they are both way off-topic at this point. So I'll just simply say I disagree with some of opinions even though I can understand your point of view, I just don't share it. And now I'll take my leave. Thanks for the back-and-forth, since it forced to me reflect on and re-evalate some old opinions of mine.
