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How much of this is an anti-piracy measure? If you have to connect to a central sever it gives them a chance to check your account (whether they take it or not
by ultrasaurus 16y ago
How much of this is an anti-piracy measure?
If you have to connect to a central sever it gives them a chance to check your account (whether they take it or not). I assume pirates would rather download an anonymous map over HTTP than from Blizzard.
- chc 16y agoA lot of it is an anti-piracy measure. Activision wants games to be bound to their servers as tightly as possible, because that's the best possible defense against piracy. It also creates a kind of lock-in that they hope to exploit to get WoW-style recurring income.