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PCGA President: SecuROM Parent Company on Our Side Now

Posted 04/15/09 at 04:13:55 AM  by Nathan Grayson

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Yesterday, we reported that, along with losing Activision Blizzard, the PC Gaming Alliance accepted a shifty-eyed new figure into its ranks: Sony DADC. Fortunately, however, the SecuROM parent company doesn’t plan on working any shady deals behind the curtain, according to PCGA president Randy Stude. In fact, like Arnold in Terminator 2, Sony DADC is switching sides to help PC gamers topple a much bigger baddy -- in this case, piracy.
 
Speaking with BigDownload, Stude explained that Sony DADC decided to join the PCGA in order to assist the organization’s piracy-perforating subcommittee. According to Stude, keeping its alleged enemy roughly as close as its friends will provide the PCGA with ideas for its PC game piracy report, which is coming sometime before the year’s out.
 
Meanwhile, on the other side of the revolving door, Stude confirmed that PC manufacturer Acer left the building along with Activision Blizzard, for essentially the same monetarily minded reasons. Apparently, when it comes down to saving a few bucks or performing a philanthropic act – contrary to what Fable II and BioShock had us believing – the yellow brick road is the path of least resistance.
 
But hey, at least GameStop… exists. It recently joined the PCGA as a penny-pinching “Contributor,” which means that the notoriously PC-unfriendly game store is a member, but for less cash. Better than nothing, we guess.
 
Expect more PCGA-related announcements before this June’s E3 gaming expo.

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TAGS: drm, gaming, Software, news, Acer, GameStop, securom, PC Gaming Alliance, Sony DADC
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avatarAre you kidding me?!?!?!

Submitted by Righteous Fury on Wed, 04/15/2009 - 1:42pm

Boy, do I smell a rat...

It's all too obvious that everyone is jumping ship due to the innovation of others like Steam and Stardock which will put SecuRom and its ilk OUT OF BUSINESS. And to say that the very company that was being targeted is no longer one of the bad guys just because he's willing to pay you some dues... please. Maybe if this was MaximumMac you'd find some here willing to believe this, but this is MaxPC, so good luck.

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avatarAlso, they should get people

Submitted by AntiHero on Wed, 04/15/2009 - 12:22pm

Also, they should get people who download, and upload, not just upload, have the downloader prove it's a legal copy.

*Excuse the accidental double post, wireless connection timed out so i pressed post again when it restored, it had already sent the post.

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avatarOne thing I wish...

Submitted by AntiHero on Wed, 04/15/2009 - 12:19pm

One thing i wish would stay is the ability to download the ISO's for games, i have in the past lost discs, or they got damaged beyond repair. Therein leaving me with a choice, buy the product again, or move on (this was before i learned of downloading it, and mounting ISO's from gamecopyworld, with the help of a virtual drive) Also being able to mount ISO's on multiple virtual drives, makes games more available, for example going to play one game, and then another, which would require swapping discs, easier yet, to have them both mounted on a virtual drive. The thing is, and this is what would get any torrent site off the hook, is that they have no control over what people use it for, but they do support it for the legal reason.

I don't like Microsoft, I associate with it.

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avatarIf they finally find a way

Submitted by KaylaKaze on Wed, 04/15/2009 - 8:29am

If they finally find a way to stop piracy, I'm gonna laugh my ass off as the industry starts scratching its head wondering why hardware sales and high tier brandband subscriptions start dropping. Of course, I suppose there are more things to do with top tier broadband than just GAME piracy.

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