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EA gives in, joins Steam

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    #2
    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 83,278 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Spear wrote: »
    http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?story=56404

    That's the article and evidence still on the Steam site is

    http://storefront.steampowered.com/eula_testapp17390/english.html
    Do you realise what this means????

    Its only a matter of time before we can start rolling over eachother with mamoth tanks over steam.

    A truly glorious day.


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    #3
    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,324 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    Overheal wrote: »
    Do you realise what this means????

    Its only a matter of time before we can start rolling over eachother with mamoth tanks over steam.

    A truly glorious day.

    I saw it as them admitting that neither their recent daliance with Securom or their crappy EA Downloader worked.


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    uberpixie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,864 ✭✭✭uberpixie


    Spear wrote: »
    I saw it as them admitting that neither their recent daliance with Securom or their crappy EA Downloader worked.

    I really would see it as them admitting that the EA downloader "service" is rubbish. Im sure it works out cheaper for them to jump on the Steam bandwagon than trying to support/maintain their downloader service.
    (why else would they change)

    I doubt EA will stop using securom on Steam anytime soon: Crysis version released on Steam stll had secrom embedded in it.


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    #5
    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,221 ✭✭✭✭m5ex9oqjawdg2i


    What is secrom?


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    Stephen
    Registered Users Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    Its a quite aggressive copy protection system which can limit the number of times you can install a game, require online activation and runs in the background - stuff like that.


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    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users Posts: 13,995 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    Stephen wrote: »
    Its a quite aggressive copy protection system which can limit the number of times you can install a game, require online activation and runs in the background - stuff like that.

    Its odd that Steam does the same, just without the limited installs.


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    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,324 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    Cuddlesworth wrote: »
    Its odd that Steam does the same, just without the limited installs.

    Possibly to stop people simply copying the executable from the Steam one to the non-Steam one.


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    #9
    Genghiz Cohen
    Registered Users Posts: 7,182 ✭✭✭Genghiz Cohen


    Clark Scary Albacore wrote: »
    What is secrom?

    Pure diluted ******ry.
    It requires you to be online to install any game that uses it.
    It restricts the number of installs you can have(At any one time, or overall).
    Some require you to be online to uninstall.
    You can't use a no-CD crack, so your discs will get scratched from choping and changing.

    Basically a pain in the arse.


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