Somebody in Sony's marketing department had best be working on replacing the PS3's "It only does everything" ad campaign with the PS4's new "Deal With It" ad campaign.
@Dienheart The point is, CDPR doesn't just do it to maximize their profits, they do it to make great games. They aren't driven by the almighty ledger like some devs and publishers are, so they will not compromise on any front, including graphics and gameplay, just to sell a few more copies on weaker systems.
@MAD_AI Still can't download or install without Steam, hence not DRM free. DRM is for controlling more than just your ability to play a game, it is for controlling everything you can and cannot do with licensed software, including how you obtain it and install it.
@moonlightwolf01 Agreed. Steam is considered to be acceptable DRM by most gamers (myself included) and even though CDPR is not going to put in their own DRM, like SecuROM or something worse, they aren't likely to cut out the largest game distributor in the digital download space, especially since it is considered so acceptable.
@Morphine_OD CDPR will never sell out, they have said as much in the past. Financial and creative independence are part of their core principles. They would be more likely to close down than sell out, which is good enough reason to keep buying their games.
@MAD_AI Steam itself is DRM. Any required client with a required network connection is by definition DRM. SteamWorks is not DRM on its own, it's just an API that allows developers to integrate the multiple functions of Steam, including its DRM, into any game.
@barrybarryk That wasn't CDPR's fault. Atari, the publisher of the previous Witcher games, required CDPR to put DRM on the games, at least at launch. CDPR had no choice but to include it, but they did always plan to remove it after launch, not because people complained. If Atari wasn't involved, those games never would have had DRM to begin with.
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