Will You Buy a SecuRomed Empire?

[ULC]

Wait, hang on, I LOVE the idea of online activation, far and away better then SecuRom, but at the same time, I have to ask - what about the people who don't have internet but want to play ETW? OR, what happens if someone loses internet access and has to reinstall ETW? He has a useless hunk of a game?

[rajpoot]

Better than it becoming useless despite the internet after 5 install attempts......

[SpencerH]

I'm interested in how (and if) this will work for a desktop and laptop installation. Only one version will be in use at any time.

[TB666]

Wait, hang on, I LOVE the idea of online activation, far and away better then SecuRom, but at the same time, I have to ask - what about the people who don't have internet but want to play ETW? OR, what happens if someone loses internet access and has to reinstall ETW? He has a useless hunk of a game?

That is really the same problem with the latest Securom which also requires a internet connection.
So in the end we come out on top since as mentioned, there isn't an install limit atleast.
But people with no internet is like the people without a DVD-rom drive, the minority.
An loss in income for CA but small enough to make it not noticable.

[PBI]

TBF it's not exactly as though you need a fancy broadband connection in order to use Steam; you can always use a free trial dial-up connection to activate using Steam, so it mostly requires you to have a phone line.

It's inconvenient for those who don't normally have an internet connection, but it's not as bad as requiring it to phone home every few days; that would make the game pretty much impossible to play without a regular internet connection.

[hellenes]

TBF it's not exactly as though you need a fancy broadband connection in order to use Steam; you can always use a free trial dial-up connection to activate using Steam, so it mostly requires you to have a phone line.

It's inconvenient for those who don't normally have an internet connection, but it's not as bad as requiring it to phone home every few days; that would make the game pretty much impossible to play without a regular internet connection.

The funny thing is that people without an internet connection cannot pirate because they have no access...so these people are mostly legally paying customers....by making an online only game SEGA alienates the very people that were buying their games regularly...

[TB666]

Again, if the game had Securom, it will still make people with no internet unable to play the game.
So CA really only wins from this.

[ULC]

Again, if the game had Securom, it will still make people with no internet unable to play the game.
So CA really only wins from this.

That's not really true. Kingdoms has Securom, but it doesn't require the internet to play. I am sure in the interests of keeping as many customer available though, CA will most likely have an alternative way for those who do not or do not want the internet access on their computer.

[TB666]

That's not really true. Kingdoms has Securom, but it doesn't require the internet to play. I am sure in the interests of keeping as many customer available though, CA will most likely have an alternative way for those who do not or do not want the internet access on their computer.

Kingsdoms didn't have the latest Securom.
The latest Securom requires an internet connection in order to validate your copy.

[Megas Methuselah]

Come what may, we all agree that STEAM is a much better choice than SecuRom.

[ULC]

Come what may, we all agree that STEAM is a much better choice than SecuRom.

Agreed, there is no doubt to that

[SirRethcir]

Come what may, we all agree that STEAM is a much better choice than SecuRom.

Ehm, no.
If online activation is required, CA will lose a few old fans.