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   #14. Posted at 03:30 PM on Sep 29th 2008 Edit   Reply
Code:[M]ayhem
I can't wait for the day when Valve decides to shut down the Steam servers and all the idiot fanboys are left holding a bunch of worthless 1's & 0's.
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#14, Chances are you'll probably be waiting awhile.  :  Usacomp2k3  (#15)  «
#15, Really? We've seen plenty of unexpected demises in the ga...  :  Voldenuit  (#16)  «
#16, Valve wouldn't be in business and attract more clients...  :  StashTheVampede  (#18)  «
#18, And all the (now defunct) companies I listed were m...  :  Voldenuit  (#20)  «
#20, Those players you listed didn't have anything ot...  :  StashTheVampede  (#21)  «
#20, Which of those company's games are you wishing t...  :  ludi  (#24)  «
#16, I loved Sacrifice. I still have the game box/disc arou...  :  kvndoom  (#19)  «
#14, each and every Valve game sell ton of copies (HL2 sold 4 mil...  :  gargar  (#22)  «
#14, You can still play Steam content offline, and you can suppos...  :  BenBasson  (#26)  «

   #25. Posted at 11:02 AM on Sep 30th 2008 Edit   Reply
Starfalcon
Well, I broke out my old copy of fallout 2 to play a few days ago. Just think if it needed to check back home to be able to play...I would be the proud owner of a coaster. Thats why I am against all this new DRM and no phsical media trends. WHat happens if I have a DDL of a game and the company goes out of business and then my hard drive dies...I have nothing I can do. With all the old games I have, I can install and play them any time I want without any hassles. With games now, legitimate owners get all the hassle and only the pirates have no problems. This is why the computer gaming market has fallen off a cliff. At least good old games has the right idea, hope the rest of the industry wakes up and smells the cofee. Or else it is just going to be wow and a few 1st person shooters on the computer....oh wait.
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   #23. Posted at 06:01 PM on Sep 29th 2008 Edit   Reply
xii
Serves people right for buying something to which someone else holds the keys.
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   #1. Posted at 11:02 AM on Sep 29th 2008 Edit   Reply
indeego
Make the assumption that DRM is a dead end, and you'll never have issues.
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#1, Yep, that's why I still buy CD's...  :  vince  (#2)  «
#2, Didn't Sony put some rootkits on audio CDs so that people...  :  Scrotos  (#10)  «
#1, Yep, many jumped that bandwagon attempting to make profit li...  :  Mystic-G  (#9)  «
#9, It's mainly due to demand and market share. I-tunes has a...  :  CB5000  (#13)  «
#1, I long have... That's why when I buy a DRM'd song from Itune...  :  Smurfer2  (#17)  «

   #12. Posted at 02:27 PM on Sep 29th 2008 Edit   Reply
kvndoom
Walmart will be happy to sell you a spindle of blank CD's. Always Low Prices. Always.
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   #11. Posted at 12:46 PM on Sep 29th 2008, Edited at 07:29 PM on Sep 29th 2008 Edit   Reply
Scrotos
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And it could be that there's not a large overlap, i.e. the songs offered in the DRM'ed WMAs aren't necessarily also available as MP3s due to one reason or another like licensing or the artist throwing a fit or something. So rather than deal on a case-by-case basis it's less hassle to just have one all-encompassing policy rather than tell a customer that they can get MP3s for this and this and this song, but not for that and that song.
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   #8. Posted at 11:50 AM on Sep 29th 2008 Edit   Reply
kcarlile
If you're buying music from Wal-"We reserve the right to edit the hell out of lyrics without telling you!"-Mart, you're just asking for it.
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   #7. Posted at 11:47 AM on Sep 29th 2008 Edit   Reply
ssidbroadcast
I got one of these emails last week.
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   #6. Posted at 11:44 AM on Sep 29th 2008 Edit   Reply
Shinare
I've been buying DRM free music from Walmart for a while now. I havn't bought a CD in a long time. My only beef is that when you buy a full album, the albumart is not included as part of the download, which would be nice.
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   #5. Posted at 11:40 AM on Sep 29th 2008 Edit   Reply
odizzido
and this is exactly why people should stay away from DRM
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   #3. Posted at 11:25 AM on Sep 29th 2008 Edit   Reply
derFunkenstein
why don't they just let you download the MP3 version of songs you purchased? It's not like they don't have records...
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#3, Probably because the record labels want blood from a turnip,...  :  ludi  (#4)  «
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