TCMIV said:
... "I'm never buying this game" is likely to change over the next 4 months, it happens with every game release.
Case in point:
I made about $1000.00 US purchases on iTunes
... (mixed bag, video and audio).
You can burn the audio to playable CDs,
... so I burned my audio.
You cannot burn playable DVDs,
... so I didn't bother.
When I lost my 1TB harddrive,
... I lost all the videos.
As if that wasn't bad enough,
... when I plugged my iPod in
... (after reinstalling software)
... the program "autosynced"
... wiping out my few remaining titles.
Now, all this is
my own fault;
... I should have backed up DVDs as data
... even if I couldn't burn playable copies.
Steam (to its credit) lets you redownload,
... iTunes does not.
My
point:
I have made absolutely
ZERO purchases of DRM products since that loss.
I will NOT purchase any new software with DRM or "Online Activation Required".
I am still the same person,
... I will make poor judgements from time to time.
... I will lose data from time to time.
Given that
inevitable loss,
... I am weary and frustrated with
... ... companies protecting their own butt
... ... instead of their consumer's butt.
They repeatedly make consumers jump through hoops
... for overpriced,
... ... unfinished,
... ... and just plain faulty crap.
It is time
they jumped through the hoops!
After all, it's my hard earned cash.
... Especially in this economy.
Do the companies care about me? Nope.
Do I care about the companies? Nope.
We have a workable agreement,
... They keep their products.
... I keep my money.
I choose not to fund Corporate Fascism
**.
**note
... fascism == oppressive control
.
Steam has no control over what you mod in to your game, it doesn't look through your game files and say "omg hitler mod, ban."
