Gabe Newell vs DRM
Valve co-founder Gabe Newell thinks DRM that is too tough ultimately devalues the product.
Last night, at Game Developers' Choice awards , receiving a Pioneer Award , Gabe Newell spoke negatively against too tough DRM (which is dark today , which has hurt many people for real ).
“Valve talks a lot about entertainment as a service,” Newell said. “This is an approach where you ask: what have I done for my clients today?”
“This way of thinking helps us make informed decisions and avoid things like some DRM problems that reduce the cost of your game due to DRM-related negatives.”
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Newell’s comments were greeted with applause from both industry luminaries and developers, perhaps making it clear that igrostroevtsy also dislike DRM, as do gamers.
Although Newell’s most likely statement was sincere, in fact he uses DRM himself (albeit less harshly than others). I think "If you use DRM, make it as painless as possible," this is an axiom that most of us accept, right? And frankly, Steam has other benefits.
I think this is what annoys me most about the failure of Ubisoft. The irony is that Ubisoft could more successfully deal with piracy by gingerbread rather than whip, without the absurd requirement of constantly connecting to its servers during the game.
“Buy our game, register it and install it, how much you want and where you want, and also you have the opportunity to save it in our cloud so that you can continue to play from the last save on any computer!” Do Ubisoft in this way, didn’t people have would be an incentive to buy a game to get bonuses? Instead, all punished.
Last night, at Game Developers' Choice awards , receiving a Pioneer Award , Gabe Newell spoke negatively against too tough DRM (which is dark today , which has hurt many people for real ).
“Valve talks a lot about entertainment as a service,” Newell said. “This is an approach where you ask: what have I done for my clients today?”
“This way of thinking helps us make informed decisions and avoid things like some DRM problems that reduce the cost of your game due to DRM-related negatives.”
')
Newell’s comments were greeted with applause from both industry luminaries and developers, perhaps making it clear that igrostroevtsy also dislike DRM, as do gamers.
Although Newell’s most likely statement was sincere, in fact he uses DRM himself (albeit less harshly than others). I think "If you use DRM, make it as painless as possible," this is an axiom that most of us accept, right? And frankly, Steam has other benefits.
I think this is what annoys me most about the failure of Ubisoft. The irony is that Ubisoft could more successfully deal with piracy by gingerbread rather than whip, without the absurd requirement of constantly connecting to its servers during the game.
“Buy our game, register it and install it, how much you want and where you want, and also you have the opportunity to save it in our cloud so that you can continue to play from the last save on any computer!” Do Ubisoft in this way, didn’t people have would be an incentive to buy a game to get bonuses? Instead, all punished.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/87375/
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