If it is, that would suggest some form of a communication link from the software and could that not be used just to render the game unusable. should hang their heads in shame - you are just killing the industry.Īs for the devs here, do whatever you gotta do to stop those 100,000 from playing non legit versions of the game - makes me wonder how you even know the numbers playing pirated copies of the game? Is the software 'phoning home' then? Games are so cheap now and often can be had for excellent prices eg in bundles so anyone of the 100,000 who should have bought the game but didn't just to be a turd. If we were talking a physical non-digital object and the user had stolen it then yes, i would agree that the creators have lost out on a sale. I don't think it is fair when devs do lose out on money for their work but looking at the situation with clarity, the devs lose out on nothing if the pirate was never going to buy the game anyway. The way i see it 100,000 wouldn't have bought this game anyway either through not being able to afford the cost, not being able to justify the spend on the game, or having no intention of buying it in the first place. most of my pirating is real specific games, mainly from companies I refuse to support any further.
PS, I also bought another copy of ETS2 for a friend, so. Cookies Debrid Site Filehost Gaming Music RDP Security Serial / Key Shopping Streaming Torrent VPN Other. Grant it, same could be said of anime too. Now-a-days, I don't really even pirate games anymore since most are just rehashes of the same thing in a different setting. Its something we'll have to live with, regardless of whether or not we like it. Piracy will always exist until the end of time.
The copies I see on various sites of ETS2 I've seen in the past were that of Steam copies, often time the latest version. Euro Truck Simulator 2 Overview Travel across Europe as king of the road, a trucker who delivers important cargo across impressive distances With dozens of cities to explore from the UK, Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, and many more, your endurance, skill and speed will all be pushed to their limits. I'm glad SCS is still putting demo's out with a good restriction that can be lived with unlike their previous, 60 minute demos. Developers these days don't really release demos anymore. I felt that was right in my mind that I start fresh rather than continuing an older profile.īesides, piracy is not the number one reason why DRM exists. Course, I erased all previous history I had playing ETS2 and started completely brand new. Now that I have a job and income, I bought this game, expansion, and buy the DLC paint jobs as well. I enjoyed it, didn't have a job or anything to pay for the game at the time. Its probably by far the easiest DRM to crack. Besides, believe it or not, Steam's DRM method is EASY to crack. The more DRM it has, the more determined experienced hackers crack it.
DRM does nothing (in its current form) to protect the consumer.