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In my opinion its definitely worthy of discussion the economic impact of using this stuff. I am not a downloader. I have plenty of money to spend on things. Bu
by droithomme 15y ago
In my opinion its definitely worthy of discussion the economic impact of using this stuff.
I am not a downloader. I have plenty of money to spend on things. But I won't buy products that are a rip off or that causes me any unnecessary trouble.
I used to buy games. Not a big gamer, but occasional. Lately though DRM is a big hassle. I get all the Humble Bundles since there's no DRM. Other than that, no thanks, even though there's at least $1000 worth of games I would buy right off if I was confident it wouldn't give me troubles.
Same with BluRay. I returned my high end BluRay machine after discovering it was abysmally slow because of DRM code. I would actually RATHER watch 1080HD, but I am stuck with 480 on DVDs for now. Oh well, DVDs are cheaper anyway. Sucks to be them, but if they don't give a crap about the experience and convenience of paying customers, then they deserve to die as companies.
tldr: A lot of people are put of by DRM and would buy more without it. DRM may have a net negative impact on sales.
- yread 15y agoCheck http://www.gog.com http://www.gog.com the good old games. They have ~380 older games without DRM for 6+$