Posted May 15, 2014
Kristian: I know that I spent hours upon hours trying to get Gears of War PC to work for me. I also know that upon Googling GFWL issues I came across reports of it having a strict 15 install limit with MS having a policy of NEVER adding to that limit even for games they had nothing to do with.
StingingVelvet: Games for Windows Live isn't the issue there I don't think, it's a separate Microsoft activation. GFWL itself wasn't DRM until very near the end of its lifespan. Matters little now anyway.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=15808978
Here is a reference of them having a fixed policy no matter the thought of publshers and developers:
[url=http://forums.2k.com/showthread.php?56859-Are-you-sure-this-game-is-using-old-GFWL-(NON-SSA)&s=35cf13cdc0513636c3136382f79520a2&p=635784#post635784]http://forums.2k.com/showthread.php?56859-Are-you-sure-this-game-is-using-old-GFWL-(NON-SSA)&s=35cf13cdc0513636c3136382f79520a2&p=635784#post635784[/url]
A reference to the supposedly DRM free Fallout 3 having limited activations: http://www.overclock.net/t/649834/gfwl-games-have-an-activation-limit (Hence why I won't get the game)
Problems with GTAIV: http://hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1038034630&postcount=29
A reference to someone being DENIED a new key: http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?t=51974 (The last post in the thread is yet another person with Fallout 3 problems)