The simple reason for this is that PCs offer a playground for potential pirates. Executable files can be fiddled with, as can incoming and outgoing traffic. Publishers on the PC can fight back with third-party DRM solutions, as well as a first-party one from Microsoft that's both hardware and software based.
The company's Games for Windows Live platform employs several types of copy protection, many of which exist on Microsoft's servers and therefore cannot be hacked or modified as easily. Like Ubisoft, Microsoft also offers a constant-connection type of DRM on any title, though it can also do "check-ins" on a more sporadic basis.
These checks goes hand-in-hand with a user's Windows Live ID , which means that anyone who wishes to play that game must share their information with Microsoft. These efforts originate from the general success of gaming consoles. Console makers like Sony and Microsoft have been able to create closed boxes with complicated system checks and operating systems that run a security layer to keep unsigned code from running.
Sure there's a percentage of consoles that have been modified to run unsigned or otherwise modified game code--OK, actually it's in the millions , but it's nowhere near that of the PC.
Increasingly so, the joke seems to be on the customers who end up buying this software when it first comes out. A simple look back at some controversial titles has shown us that after the initial sales come, the publisher later removes the vast majority of the DRM, leaving gamers to enjoy the software with fewer restrictions.
Spore by EA may be one of the most high profile examples of this practice. It shipped in late with SecuROM , a copy-protection technology that keeps people from installing the game on too many machines. At the time of launch, that number was limited to three, meaning a user who had purchased the software would have to keep track of where that software was installed and deactivate any old copies before installing it on new hardware. The move to include this, along with a check that would verify whether a copy was legitimate each time a user went online, resulted in plenty of negative press, bad user reviews, and piracy on an absolutely massive scale after hackers were able to bypass the security measures.
After two class action lawsuits , which took aim at the company for failing to tell customers that the game installer would also install SecuROM, Spore publisher EA relented , cranking the number of installs up to five machines. Just two months after its launch, EA also released a version that did not have SecuROM at all, though it was sold through Valve's Steam software , which has copy protection checks of its own though they do not require a separate program, or limit installations--two of SecuRom's follies.
This was later pushed to five after 2K got into trouble for printing only a U. There was also a problem with the uninstaller not deactivating that particular user's software activation slot, which led to the company putting out a deactivate tool. You must have JavaScript enabled in your browser to utilize the functionality of this website. Forgot Your Password? Checking "Remember Me" will let you access your shopping cart on this computer when you are logged out.
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