I don't know the guy, but he's right.

It should be legally mandated for studios to remove all DRM components one year after first release of the game and, for games having online features, to release all tools needed to operate the game on a private server on the same day the studio ceases operation of the official server.

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Quoting: damarrinIs creating a good server-side anticheat solution even possible?

The server is the only place where you can even reasonably put anti-cheat. The idea to make an untrusted system (the customer's PC) trusted by installing rootkits on it is hilariously idiotic to begin with. It has never worked and won't ever work. The only systems you can ever trust are the ones you operate and control. Which from the perspective of the game studio is the server.

And yes, it's possible and has been done before. A good example of such a design is Guild Wars 1. The basic idea is to make the client as dumb as possible and let the server do everything, including verifying user input for validity and sanity.

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I guess every studio saved from Embracer's grasp is a good thing?

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I guess curated app-stores are more secure if they're actually curated?

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Quoting: KimyrielleWon't affect me personally

And what if EA forces this crap into every title they ever published or developed? Will you be affected then? We already saw Capcom try this song and dance number, randomly breaking things because reasons.

Regardless of who is personally affected, moves like these are disasters for Linux gaming as well as the entire gaming industry. DRM is cancer, retroactively forcing it on older titles is despicable and anti-consumer to a degree most companies can't even bring themselves to think about. And then we have the "Triple A" monsters...

It would still not affect me personally. The Sims 4 was the last EA title I ever bought (and that's not exactly a new game), and I highly doubt I will ever buy another one. These guys just don't make any good games anymore...

That doesn't mean I don't agree with everything you said. ;)

Btw, it's a disaster even for Windows users. They'd be better off without a piece of malware running in the background that can get hacked and mess with their system because it has access to all of it. These things are not only morally questionable, but a security nightmare waiting to happen.

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Won't affect me personally (I don't play shooters), but it's still sad for the people who liked the game. Maybe one day the developers of shooters will figure out how to design cheat-resilience into the game itself, instead of trying to take control over their customers systems, which won't ever work.

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Quoting: sonic2kkI gave up on Humble Choice a while ago. I was grandfathered in with the Classic Plan and eventually I had two months in a row where I already owned every game, so I gave up. Even since, all of the headliner games are games I already own or have already gifted.

It's very hit and miss lately. Last month was nice for True Colors (which I had wish-listed but never bought). I guess Choice is great if you (like me) tend not to buy games when they're new anyway (unless you really, really want them). That way there are these nice "oh, that's a game from my wishlist!" moments every now and then. Then again, my library isn't nearly as large as yours, so...

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Tbh, this is the worst Choice month in a while. I might just as well pause it, too. At first I thought about getting it for AfterImage alone, but it seems to be insanely difficult, too. In other words, not for me.

At least I learned a new term. I had no idea what "masocore" is until I read the Nioh 2 Steam page...

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Quoting: GuestSaints Row? I bet I wouldn't be able to gift, trade or sell that thing, I can't think of a living being who would want this game. :p

You can give the key to anyone. I have given dozens of Humble games to my family that way.

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Not sure why splitting the playerbase as long as it takes to make all servers feel equally empty is considered a good thing. This isn't 1995 and latency isn't the problem it once used to be (except maybe for Australia, which still doesn't seem to have a decent connection to anywhere, but ok).

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