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Thread ID: 108381 2010-03-26 10:52:00 Best Games Console Advice? Winston001 (3612) PC World Chat
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870106 2010-03-27 07:16:00 Best gaming machine is the PC. Always has been and always will be.

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pcuser42 (130)
870107 2010-03-27 07:18:00 Not quite...

DRM is managed quite differently on consoles than on PC's.
ubergeek85 (131)
870108 2010-03-27 07:41:00 In that you have to install a Modchip to get past it?

With the PC, all you need do is download a cracked version.

I know which one I prefer doing....
Agent_24 (57)
870109 2010-03-27 07:46:00 In that you have to install a Modchip to get past it?

With the PC, all you need do is download a cracked version.

I know which one I prefer doing....

No... I mean that you buy the game, put it in your console, and it works! The DRM is there, but it's so much more transparent, and doesn't hold you back like some PC games do (I.E. no internet connection = no game for some).

That's not to say I don't like modchips. I have a chipped xbox lying round, but I don't play pirated games on it (well, not many). It's so much more useful with a chip though. It's my main media center.
ubergeek85 (131)
870110 2010-03-27 19:27:00 With the PC, all you need do is download a cracked version.



What?
How about just buying the game and using a No-DVD. That way it isn't theft and the game developers might just keep on writing for the PC.
pctek (84)
870111 2010-03-27 20:29:00 I suppose it would be legal to buy it, then download a cracked version... if you so desire. ubergeek85 (131)
870112 2010-03-27 20:42:00 Screw the PC.

I downloaded the demo for Just Cause 2, 2.5GB, It installed steam, then wouldn't run without connecting to the net and updating steam.

That's just stupid, The download and install was big enough, I have the game files, I want to run the damn thing to see if I like it, The aim of a demo is after all to sell the game.

Anyway, After blocking all the tendrils via my firewall the game wouldn't launch, so I uninstalled it.

So, I downloaded the demo for Settlers 7.

1GB

After installing the game an app launched called Ubisoft game launcher which tried to connect to the net, Blocked it, Then had to manually close Ubisoft app as it stalled in eternal loop.

Disabled my internet connection and tried again, was given error message stating the game required an internet connection.

Screw that crap.

Uninstalled, and what do you know, Ubisoft Game Launcher was left installed even with the demo removed :stare:


Wonder what crap they installed as part of the package that isn't obvious.
Metla (12)
870113 2010-03-27 20:47:00 You might like a program called sandboxie (http://www.sandboxie.com/). Lets you see every file that a program makes, reads, modifies, etc. Also runs it in a sandbox, so it won't change anything on your PC.

Quite good really.
ubergeek85 (131)
870114 2010-03-27 22:25:00 I used to say Xbox. Now PS3. rob_on_guitar (4196)
870115 2010-03-27 22:33:00 Get a PS3. Ice Road Trucker (15659)
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