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Posted April 07, 2012
I have to agree with Lexor.
Drm will decide whether I'm prepared to buy the game at all.
If the DRM is sufficiently innocous or missing entirely, THEN I will look at the price & decide if I am willing to pay it.
If the DRM is outside of my comfort zone I won't buy at any price.

Edit: I really need to learn to type!
Post edited April 07, 2012 by Rodzaju
Posted April 07, 2012
I'm not paying extra for no DRM
But I'm not paying at all (as in not buying, not as in pirating) for games that has what I view as overly intrusive DRM.
Posted April 07, 2012
Btw, I should mention that I have absolutely no problem with piracy or cracks, so DRM will probably never be an issue for me.

Unless there will be an uncrackable DRM

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...*snicker*.... that was a good one
Posted April 07, 2012
I won't purchase DRM encumbered games anymore. It's not worth the hassle.
Posted April 07, 2012
Implementing DRM costs money--why should a version without DRM be more expensive?

The DRM free selling point isn't enough for everyone, hence why GOG aims to have comparable pricing. There have even been some cases where GOG has lowered the price of a game after it has become cheaper on other services.
Posted April 07, 2012
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jungletoad: ...
If there exists a DRM-free version of a game I will get that version. period.

The price is mostly irrelevant, whenever I already rent another version is irrelevant too.

And to answer your second question : no. But how recent a game will definitly impact my tolerance to DRM in the first place. I can accept to buy a very limited amount of recent games with DRM but there is no way in hell that I accept DRMs on an older games or on an Indy game.
Posted April 07, 2012
have to admit i never new much about drm until i kept reading and reading how bad it is (never any positive points unsurprisingly lol).Ive never had any problems with any games having drm on my systems in the past (knock on wood for the future lol).But i can understand how restrictive they can be now. My answer is depending on the game, how much i want it and whether the i feel at that point in time on potential purchase whether the difference in price is worth it...(i'd say about 5-7 buck difference would be ok)
Posted April 07, 2012
Extra? None.

I consider it as bonus I won't be charged for it, I just don't buy games that do have DRM.

Ammendment.. if it's stupidly cheap I'll o as far as Steam, but no further I won't even consider Origin. I'll put up with a few types of copy protection, but nothing that damages the machine.. Starforce, some Securom..and tages with or without limited installs.. doesn't leave much I know, but gaming isn't so important to me that I'd pay full price to rent a game or risk screwing up my pc.
Post edited April 07, 2012 by Tormentfan
Posted April 07, 2012
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SimonG: Btw, I should mention that I have absolutely no problem with piracy or cracks, so DRM will probably never be an issue for me.

Unless there will be an uncrackable DRM

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...*snicker*.... that was a good one
Well there's still the extra hassle of cracking the game once you install it, I'd sure as hell pay a bit more to avoid that.
Posted April 07, 2012
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Fenixp: Well there's still the extra hassle of cracking the game once you install it, I'd sure as hell pay a bit more to avoid that.
Depending on the DRM you crack away that could be less of a hassle than having the legit DRM version though :)

Copy over a crack or deal with entering CD-key, making accounts etc etc ^^
Posted April 07, 2012
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Fenixp: Well there's still the extra hassle of cracking the game once you install it, I'd sure as hell pay a bit more to avoid that.
Not to mention the fact that it's sometimes difficult to get a good crack that does a proper job.
Posted April 07, 2012
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SimonG: Btw, I should mention that I have absolutely no problem with piracy or cracks, so DRM will probably never be an issue for me.

Unless there will be an uncrackable DRM

....

...*snicker*.... that was a good one
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Fenixp: Well there's still the extra hassle of cracking the game once you install it, I'd sure as hell pay a bit more to avoid that.
Hiding parts of the code on authentication severs is pretty uncrackable, isn't it?r

And yeah, cracks that's how I circumvent the copy protection I do have to put up with.
Posted April 07, 2012
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Tormentfan: Hiding parts of the code on authentication severs is pretty uncrackable, isn't it?r

And yeah, cracks that's how I circumvent the copy protection I do have to put up with.
You emulate the server on localhost, put the needed data there (they do have to be on your harddrive at some point, and that's the ideal point for pirates to snatch them,) and all they have to do then is to point the game's .exe to local server.
Posted April 07, 2012
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Lexor: Question: How much extra money will you pay for no DRM?

Answer: I think this is bad question. If developer wants to get any of my money, the "no DRM" factor is the first thing that causes me to be interested in game at all. Then I will think and read opinions if I want to play that game. In my case developer gets two options: no money at all (when DRM exists) and sometimes "normal" price (when no DRM). So, from the point of developer's view these "extra money" is nothing different from "normal" price. I will not pay any extra to choose DRM or no-DRM version. It is the choice of developer if they want me (and other people like me) to buy that game = earn "extra" money.
I was going to try and say something like I am willing to pay 5-!0% ish maybe. But this may be a better way of putting it. I have repeatedly avoided buying games over DRM. I do find it more attractive and if I was going to buy a game I would be willing to pay a bit more but it doesn't take much to out weigh the DRM-free safety net.

Though I do have to say it sounds weird that I should have to consider paying MORE for a game if it doesn't have what is often an expensive add-on . Some of that stuff is expensive.
Posted April 07, 2012
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Tormentfan: Hiding parts of the code on authentication severs is pretty uncrackable, isn't it?r

And yeah, cracks that's how I circumvent the copy protection I do have to put up with.
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Fenixp: You emulate the server on localhost, put the needed data there (they do have to be on your harddrive at some point, and that's the ideal point for pirates to snatch them,) and all they have to do then is to point the game's .exe to local server.
Ah right.. fair enough.

Aren't there a few games that have never been cracked though?
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