EA’s mouthpiece foiled by Command and Conquer DRM
DRM that requires an Internet connection at all times is a pain in the butt, as EA’s Jeff Green found out when he tried to play Command and Conquer 4. A company man’s frustration with his company’s products.
…C4 as an ‘online-only’ game which it basically is then maybe we’d adjust our expectations accordingly.”Making single-player games effectively online-only is a bad solution to any problem, especially after we’ve explored how many people live without reliable Internet connections. You could save the points and progress and upload them when there is a connection, as Green points out, or simply design your games assuming players may not always be where there is Internet.
Green sent a warning to prospective players. “The story is fun, the gameplay is interesting and different at least but if you suffer from shaky/unreliable DSL you’ve been warned.”…
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