wraggster
April 13th, 2011, 00:03
"Independent retro games retailer Good Old Games has spoken out about digital rights management, saying that it can actually drive gamers to piracy, rather than acting as a deterrent. In an interview, a spokesperson for Good Old Games said that the effectiveness of DRM as a piracy-deterrent was 'None, or close to none.' 'What I will say isn't popular in the gaming industry,' says Kukawski, 'but in my opinion DRM drives people to pirate games (http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/2011/04/11/gog-drm-drives-gamers-piracy/1) rather than prevent them from doing that. Would you rather spend $50 on a game that requires installing malware on your system, or to stay online all the time and crashes every time the connection goes down, or would you rather download a cracked version without all that hassle?'"http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/04/11/2353248/DRM-Drives-Gamers-To-Piracy-Says-Good-Old-Games