20th February 2010, 2:56 AM
Read my entire post before complaining that I missed something. I kinda covered that. As to the first thing, I meant an advantage over competing DRM solutions.
As to the second, server backups of saves, as well as inherit portability when you go over to another gamer's house, is nothing but a plus. The disadvantage, as we both said, is simply that they removed local game saves when they could have had both.
And yes, this will be circumvented on day 1. This is all basically busy work so that their "real" bosses, stock holders, are convinced they are working.
As to the second, server backups of saves, as well as inherit portability when you go over to another gamer's house, is nothing but a plus. The disadvantage, as we both said, is simply that they removed local game saves when they could have had both.
And yes, this will be circumvented on day 1. This is all basically busy work so that their "real" bosses, stock holders, are convinced they are working.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)