[color:"orange"]The old system of copy protections that make us pull out our hair... or to try a newish system that has proven much less hassles...[/color]
I haven't had many hassles with the usual copy protectection. I have seen very serious flaws with Half-Life 2. Missing textures, poor or no customer service, have to create a new account and pay for the game again if you lose your password. It's problems like these that encourage piracy by people that would otherwise buy the game because the ligit copy has too many hassles. I will never pay for anything that requires an internet conection just to install it or needs to ask for permission to run the game.
[color:"orange"]WHat if you broke your cd or dvd... ?[/color]
That's why you make an ISO and load the disc from a virtual drive. That way you can keep the disc in a jewel case in your closet where it's safe.
[color:"orange"]what happens if a company goes bust? Its server goes offline, and every single one of the games you have by that company are completely unusable forever thereafter because the internet checking system will be unable to connect to anything.[/color]
Not good for the old school nastalgia gamers. My life would be be meaningless, well more so, if this technology existed 15 years ago and now I couldn't play my favorite Inerplay or Microprose games.
