Posted June 15, 2015
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Exact details are absent at the moment but Bethesda has announced its new platform Bethesda.net (at E3) which appears to be a Steam like platform for all of Zenimax's games. It is unclear, but very likely this is another DRM platform perhaps required (the same as Uplay) if buying one of their games through Steam (though again this is not confirmed).
It seems every publisher these days has imperialist ambitions to colonize the user's desktop with intrusive software that both monitors the user's legally paid for product as well as the user themselves (if history is any judge: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/07/30/ubisoft-respond-to-uplay-security-drama/). Which begs the question, why is buying something as menial as a game becoming like giving a corporation the keys to your house? Legislation increasingly seems like a necessity to not only protect the consumer but the companies themselves, as they ultimately attempt to destroy one another through the dismantling of competition.
Edit:
https://www.pixeldynamo.com/news/gaming/2015/06/15/67862/announcing-bethesda-net-the-future-hub-of-things-bethesda/
https://bethesda.net
It seems every publisher these days has imperialist ambitions to colonize the user's desktop with intrusive software that both monitors the user's legally paid for product as well as the user themselves (if history is any judge: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/07/30/ubisoft-respond-to-uplay-security-drama/). Which begs the question, why is buying something as menial as a game becoming like giving a corporation the keys to your house? Legislation increasingly seems like a necessity to not only protect the consumer but the companies themselves, as they ultimately attempt to destroy one another through the dismantling of competition.
Edit:
https://www.pixeldynamo.com/news/gaming/2015/06/15/67862/announcing-bethesda-net-the-future-hub-of-things-bethesda/
https://bethesda.net
Post edited June 15, 2015 by xSinghx