[QUOTE="GeneralButt"]

[QUOTE="Mograine"]

About time. It was bound to happen sooner or later. I can see this as the norm during next gen.

Mograine

It's the opposite, actually - games that focus on MP a lot are bound to be hurt less by piracy, as you need to have an original copy to play online, while single player games don't and therefore allow pirates to do what they do freely.

People will whine in the beginning, but will adapt as more and more do this, especially if the hardware manufacturers support this with their own resources.

I meant games that are exclusive to Xbox Live, PSN and Wii online. If you download them, then it shows you have an internet connection on said console so there's very little reason why you can't be connected while playing (As annoying as it is). That's why I think the online only only games have a strong chance of going that way.

Single player games? doubtful. Look at the chart that showed the % of consoles connected to the internet (not sure where it is now, but I saw it in a thread here a few days ago) About 50% of Wiis weren't connected and about 25% of PS3s and 360 also weren't connected, that's about 50 million people that devs won't be able to sell there game to right there.

[QUOTE="GeneralButt"]

[QUOTE="Mograine"]

About time. It was bound to happen sooner or later. I can see this as the norm during next gen.

Espada12

Err there is no point to putting DRM on online only games, the fact it is online only IS DRM without actually being DRM. DRM is more likely to show up in SP games..

About time. It was bound to happen sooner or later. I can see this as the norm during next gen.

Mograine

[QUOTE="verbalfilth"]

[QUOTE="razgriz_101"]

Pretty sure GT5 prologue has this aswell and Burnout Paradise.

razgriz_101

I could have sworn I've played burnout offline. I think you're just confusing it because the switch from offline to online mode doesn't require you to quit your game....its a smooth transition.....

I don't know much about prologue since I've never played it, but I highly doubt its an online only game.

im talking bout the dl version of it not being sharable showing that a similar scheme is actually already in place in games on PSN.

I don't see why they didn't just tie this to your PSN name, I'd have no problem with that but an always on internet connection is pure fail. My internet connection is actually pretty good but it does drop connection from time to time (though it is pretty rare). So if i was in the middle of a game and the connection drops I'd get kicked from the game and lose all my progress? Screw that.

Any game that comes out with this flawed DRM, I'm just going to flat out refuse to buy.

Thanks a lot guys, much appreciated. :)

I'm going to start ordering in parts for my new rig and was wondering what PSU i shout get. I'll be running a core i7 and probably 2 GTX 480s for SLI. I was thinking about getting this PSU but I'm not sure if it has enough power (or if it has all the connectors i need, I'm a noob at PC building :P )

So what do you recommend I should get?

[QUOTE="GeneralButt"]

[QUOTE="-Snooze-"]

The 360 version will top a million sales. You think Square won't be delighted? A million is nothing to scoff at. If SONY could have kept it exclusive they would have.

MS have far more power when it comes to writing cheques ...

-Snooze-

Also your "MS writing cheques" part is laughable. MS didn't make all it's money by writing out cheques for things they are not going to get a return on....

You overestimate the PS3 numbers and underestimate the xbox numbers ... The 360 version is probsbly already close to a million, if not passed it.

You brought the whole "writing cheques" argument up dude. You assume SONY has more buying power then MS, and yet who losts the most support this gen?

The 360 has close to 23 million 360s in the US and FFXIII only sold 493,900 and you think WW it's "close to a million, if not passed it" ?? There's only about 14 million or so 360 in all other territories (minus Japan) I'd say it's still a long way away from the 1 million mark.

And "writing cheques argument" was not an argument, it was just an observation. If MW2 only sold 1 million or a little bit more than that on the PS3 compared to 6-7 million on the 360, wouldn't you say MS would be in a prime position to pick up MW3 as a 360 exclusive?? If you say "yes" you're a hypocrite because that's what I've been saying about the next FF game.

[QUOTE="GeneralButt"]

[QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"] lol yeah keep telling your self that. but then again all we have now are american numbers, and Jpn numbers we don't have canada, south america, europe, australia...ect I'd think you'd be worried that since it shows its gonna sell well enough that Square has EVERY reason to release vs's on the 360 as well.WilliamRLBaker

[QUOTE="GeneralButt"]

[QUOTE="-Snooze-"]

The 360 sold over half as much as the PS3 version dude. if that;s small enoughf or SONY to just write a check, then the total reenue isn't much at all ...

Also, MS can write cheques too ... larger cheques.

-Snooze-

The 360 version will top a million sales. You think Square won't be delighted? A million is nothing to scoff at. If SONY could have kept it exclusive they would have.

MS have far more power when it comes to writing cheques ...

Also your "MS writing cheques" part is laughable. MS didn't make all it's money by writing out cheques for things they are not going to get a return on....