Reflexx
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I hate to go this road but...
DRM has been on every system so far, and know what ? Almost every system has been hacked. I can in less than 5 min find a hack for a PS3 (3.55 or lower model) or find a hack for almost ANY 360 right now (firmwares depending on model). I looked it up for a giggle and found plenty of forums with people doing it. And on your local Torrent site you can find all the PS3 and 360 games you could ever want, even ones that wont be released for a month. I do not do this to any of my systems but, have been tempted at one point or another, not for games, but, the 3rd party tools.
Does anyone here ACTUALLY think adding DRM to games is going to stop the hackers ? Infact, if you add DRM hackers WANT to hack it more. The bigger the system is, the more demand for a hack and it will come, just a matter of time. DRM just makes it more of a challange for them.
Sure there are problems with Hacking a system, for example, if you hack your 360/PS3 and go online, your banned for life (from playing on line or buying content out of the store) but, you can always play your "backups" single player version.
As someone who has delt with the poor side of DRM (Windows Media Center HDCP issues) with plenty of issues, and know plenty of problems with people buying DRM music from a company that went under (all music is unplayable)
DRM just makes it hard for the consumer, it's never accepted and never will be. Some people dont have issues with it, others will. It just makes the customer hate the company who made it and gives people a bad experiance when they are trying to use something THEY PAID for.
Microsoft does a good job with security over all (I'm a systems admin and know the ins and outs of Windows security) but, when it's bad, it's bad and everyone pays for it...
The point isn't to stop people who are intent on hacking. It's to keep it from regular people deciding to hack because of the hoops they'd have to go through to make it happen and keep it happening. Most people don't have time for that stuff.
There will still be hacks.