2012-06-01, 08:24 PM
I think they're going about it the wrong way...
make DRM that doesn't stop the game from working, but instead ACTIVATES ingame advertisements if its pirated. That way, they're turning Pirates into Profit. Its usually total unplayablility that makes the drm crackers get to work, but most people may be too impatient to wait for 'good' ad cracks. bam, easy exposure.
To reduce the odds of people hunting for cracked ad DRM, make it less invasive, only display ads in pause/loading and menu screens.
make DRM that doesn't stop the game from working, but instead ACTIVATES ingame advertisements if its pirated. That way, they're turning Pirates into Profit. Its usually total unplayablility that makes the drm crackers get to work, but most people may be too impatient to wait for 'good' ad cracks. bam, easy exposure.
To reduce the odds of people hunting for cracked ad DRM, make it less invasive, only display ads in pause/loading and menu screens.