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It prevents zero-day piracy as well as long as the devs make use of the encryption services Steam provides.
Steam also eliminates piracy. Yes, eliminates for anyone that wants to use multiplayer.
You can pirate Civ 4 and log RIGHT IN to stupid Gamespy, because it has no protection, how daft is that?
It prevents zero-day piracy as well as long as the devs make use of the encryption services Steam provides.
Steam also eliminates piracy. Yes, eliminates for anyone that wants to use multiplayer.
You can pirate Civ 4 and log RIGHT IN to stupid Gamespy, because it has no protection, how daft is that?
No, I'm a Steam fanboy. Look me up.
What I said is true though. I mentioned it because it connected to what Tamed said.
It pretty much is true, with the exception of internal leaking. If all copies of the game are encrypted, including retail copies, which is something Steam allows and Valve have used with all their releases since HL2, they can't be pirated before the game is unlocked. Maybe I should have said minus-day piracy, since I guess it would be possible to throw out a cracked copy on the day of release. My point though, was that before official release you're not going to see copies of the game on torrent sites. The only way that could happen is if someone with access to the unencrypted game leaks it. If the dev has any sense, that could only happen with a major breach in trust or security.
Steam also eliminates piracy.
I hope that Firaxis notices this poll and changes its opinion (=not using Steam).
I think pretty much everyone here is gonig to buy Civ5.
DRM annoying, but not that big a deal for me.
I dislike the fact that they're gimping the main game by removing a civ and maps.
I'm also curious; what is to stop those maps and a mod that is the same as the core game but includes the Babylonian faction from being posted online almost instantly after release? And whats to stop those maps from just being copied and pasted into someone else's version?
Making you pay for content and totally open modability seem like they're in conflict.
There will be a DVD version, but it will still requiere steam.
BTW, this poster has some amazing foresight! http://apolyton.net/forums/showpost....48&postcount=6
Well subtract one yes vote from the poll then. No steam for me, thanks. I watched my poor man fight with steam for hours because it was borking all of his custom settings and uninstalling non-steam related content from his pc. I'll wait until the pirates whack at it and it looks like 2K is going on my "consideration for permanent piracy" list. EA and Microshaft are the only game distributors on the list at the moment so my standards for evil corporate shenanigans are pretty high.
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Did you just admit you'd be pirating the game?
Well I'd quite like a non-download-only deluxe version (it ain't deluxe if it doesn't come with at least one of: a) a kick-ass manual; b) a TECH TREE; c) a sweet-a$$ box of some kind - brushed aluminium would be nice), but Steam is OK by me. If Civ must move into DRM territory, this is by far the most reasonable option. So you essentially register the game online with Steam, but can still play offline. DRM stops me from buying a game only when I can't play it offline - like Command and Conquer 4. That's a sad situation, frankly.