Copy Protection. Securty measure or an absolute waste of money? - Page 2

Papercut · 10th Apr 2007, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by PsYkHoTiK

I think steam as well as a few other games connects to a master server. This is a somewhat effective way of circumventing piracy. It binds the cd keys to user accounts.

Which is one of the things that bugs me about Steam. If I'm tired of a game and I want to sell it, it's not as simple as passing someone else the game and CD key.

PsYkHoTiK · 10th Apr 2007, 01:14 PM

Yea... I have TONS of games on my steam account... :\ No way I'd ever sell that lol...

Chai · 10th Apr 2007, 01:58 PM

Actually I'm not trying to promote piracy, as I own HL2, and still playing a bit of CS:S yesterday, which I suck quite badly these days.

But I really think of selling my steam account, so not an issue for me, but certain is an issue for many. So it's not that good after all.

Dashken · 11th Apr 2007, 10:17 AM

Even the latest C&C3, it's easy to change its serial for network games.

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10th Apr 2007, 01:14 PM	#12 (permalink)
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10th Apr 2007, 01:58 PM	#13 (permalink)
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11th Apr 2007, 10:17 AM	#14 (permalink)
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