Why origin..
origin has been the worst thing to happen to the sims. we used to be able to play wherever and whenever and now we gotta be shackled down by origin 24/7. so now here I am waiting for some stupid glitc...
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"TomasGrizzly;c-17056569" wrote:
@nerdfashion
Correction: it only makes piracy harder. It's not a 100% protection, that's impossible. Both TS3 and TS4 are/were pirated despite Origin.
@muzickmage there were some games where the anti-piracy software had a large impact on performance, though I forgot which one it was. It can backfire. As for stores... where I live, they more often inflate the prices so discounts seem larger even when they drop just a bit below the real price, rather than make up for stealing (which is greatly limited by CCTV).
I've seen a theory saying that the companies inflate the piracy just as the pirates deflate it. The true scope is likely to be somewhere in the middle. Probably because it's not possible to determine how many people who pirate a game actually play it - I knew people who pirated so much stuff it was physically impossible for them to play all of them even if they slept only 2 hours each day. Not to mention that very few games have any kind of free trial and/or demo (and demos were frequent in the 90s) so those who want to try a game before buying are often out of luck (and delivered to pirated by that lack of demo/trial). That's not just about gameplay/enjoyment but also performance. I am not advocating for piracy but there are ways the industry is contributing to that and the lack of trials is one of them, especially given the wide range of available hardware and possible compatibility issues (for those on older machines).
Yes, digital distribution has significant advantages: not worrying about losing the physical copy, physical copies not taking precious space (and gathering dust on a shelf), or a bit of ecology (no packaging being made, no need to transport the CD/DVD to a store and then to the user). On the other hand, technical troubles with connectivity or the launcher are a pain if it blocks you from playing a single-player game.
As for yesterday's trouble, I was fortunately already in-game when it happened and so, apart from a few messages about Origin disconnecting, I was unaffected.
For some it was Securom back in the day and there is various anti-piracy tools used today and I think Denvu or Denvo is now being used by some developers.
