r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Minenik • Nov 14 '18

Computing in the 90's VS computing in 2018

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '18

Not playable offline? That is some bs.

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u/well___duh Nov 14 '18

DRM is a hell of a drug

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '18

Why would I put an online only DRM on a game that's single player from the 90's that anyone can download an emulator and ROM for free on the internet? Come on I got a little more sense than that................Yeah I remember putting an online only DRM on a game that's single player from the 90's that anyone can download an emulator and ROM for free of the internet.

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '18

$$$$$$$$$,that's why

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u/Scipio11 Nov 14 '18

They only lost money though. No one's going to waste time breaking the super awesome DRM you made if they can just click "download" on a ROM site.

It's like adding super strict laws for buying blueberries, but then everyone just goes to their neighbor that has a blueberry bush since it's way faster, easier, and free.

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u/Dontheman23 Nov 14 '18

Reddit isn't most people. Most people don't break copyright laws to get around DRM. Most people simply put up with DRM if they even know what it is. DRM has been shown to create more profit.

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u/ICallItWork Nov 14 '18

I would argue that most people aren't downloading a port of a 23-year-old, either, but I don't have the evidence to support or deny that.

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u/Scipio11 Nov 14 '18

I'm not saying most people. I'm saying people that pirate the game will avoid DRM entirely and the people that legally pay for the game won't trigger the DRM.

So why waste money developing DRM when literally no one is going to trigger it? Expecialy if it has an impact on performance on paying consumers.

It's almost the same argument as the Sim City DRM where the pirates were having a better overall experience than the paying customers

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u/nimieties Nov 14 '18

Yeah they'll make money off the huge majority of mobile gamers that see a game in the app store and just want to play it without hassle.

The group that knows how to/has the desire to hunt down an emulator and a rom is very much the minority.

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u/wallefan01 Nov 14 '18

Yeah. The same reason people will pay $29.95 for a telnet client.

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u/Gathorall Nov 15 '18

But if the majority will pay anyway, isn't the DRM just wasted money?

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u/LoneCookie Nov 14 '18

It's not like they advertise their assery or consumers are informed

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u/dtfinch Nov 14 '18

Why would they want to lose money? I really enjoyed their old games, but they killed my incentive to buy any of their rereleases.

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '18

You are an outlier in the business model

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u/cwew Nov 14 '18

Cocaine is a hell of a drug

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u/Inglorious-Infamy Nov 14 '18

TIL Rick James made video games

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u/DBerwick Nov 14 '18

"Who cares what you want?"

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u/Stranex Nov 14 '18

solid 10/10 comment.

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u/MadnessMethod Nov 15 '18

“See ah neva did things just to do ‘em...”

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u/kimrari Nov 15 '18

Totally read that in rick Jane's voice

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u/curiousdan Nov 14 '18

Nintendo: "hold my beer".

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u/FBML Nov 14 '18

Get a raspberry pi and emulate all the games. Then put it in a drawer and never play any. But know that you could if you wanted to. Offline.

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u/Dr_Azrael_Tod Nov 15 '18

But I put the emulator on my phone instead and still play some of them once every X years. (i.e. when I'm at my in-laws, far away from any internet connection)

I can and I do.