Rocksteady Thwarts Pirates with Gimped Version of Arkham Asylum
Posted 09/15/09 at 11:14:13 PM by Nathan Grayson
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Getting your sticky fingers on a pirated copy of Batman: Arkham Asylum may not land you in its titular super-powered jailhouse, but make no mistake, thieves and ne’er do wells, there will be consequences. See, one pirate – who apparently forgot to steal himself a brain -- tried to contact developer Rocksteady with a game-related query. Problem: he posed his question roughly a week before the game’s PC launch date.
“When I…jump from one platform to another, Batman tries to open his wings again and again instead of gliding,” the user wrote, detailing Batman’s repeated plunges into Arkham’s poisonous underbelly.
“The problem you have encountered is a hook in the copy protection, to catch out people who try and download cracked versions of the game for free,” replied Rocksteady’s community manager. “It’s not a bug in the game’s code, it’s a bug in your moral code.”
We’re not saying anything. We’ll just let that sink in.
This is easily the best
Submitted by StonedMagician99 on Thu, 09/17/2009 - 8:49am
This is easily the best anti-piracy strategy I've seen so far.
Correction: Rocksteady attempts damage control by lying...
Submitted by kiaghi7 on Wed, 09/16/2009 - 1:47pm
First let's lay the ground rules:
Nobody gets to lie, particularly when all the evidence demonstrates otherwise.
Rocksteady hasn't thwarted anyone, they've only pretended to "purposely" bug a number of game features as copy protection, the catch is that those with LEGITIMATE COPIES had identical maladies to those without.
Next, "the scene" patched the game -BEFORE- rocksteady did... Let's make sure the class read that...
THE PIRATES FIXED THE GAME BEFORE THE DEVELOPER COULD!
Absolutely there are imbeciles that post on the message boards asking for support to a game that isn't even out yet, however there are people who got copies of the game off the shelf perfectly legit because the store stocked them early, even though technically they weren't supposed to.
Now, this isn't to say that piracy is good, but at the same time I'm not going to sit here and have a developer pee on my leg and insist it's raining. MaxPC, you have my support as always, but the whole story is just as important as getting it in before the deadline, a half truth is only worth a whole lie.
Honestly, how retarded do
Submitted by I Jedi on Wed, 09/16/2009 - 10:18am
**Double post**
Submitted by I Jedi on Wed, 09/16/2009 - 10:17am
Honestly, how retarded do you have to be to call in to tech support before the game is released? Honestly...
Submitted by watsi on Wed, 09/16/2009 - 9:49am
That's it man, game over man, game over!!!
Submitted by devin3627 on Wed, 09/16/2009 - 9:26am
no comment
Submitted by Mr_Gone on Wed, 09/16/2009 - 8:16am
Someone else on another board said it the best.....
hes not a pirate.. hes an idiot.... you dont pirate a game, before its release date, then contact the company
He's both.
Submitted by nedwards on Wed, 09/16/2009 - 8:25am
He's both.
Quotes
Submitted by Ravenhurst on Wed, 09/16/2009 - 7:43am
You don't edit the text when you quote someone else.
On a side note... it sunk in alright. Kudos to Rocksteady.
pizzowned
Submitted by lunchbox73 on Wed, 09/16/2009 - 4:39am
pizzowned
Submitted by Axeion on Tue, 09/15/2009 - 10:48pm
preorded the pc version sunday. an if thats true realy like how they handled it.
"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing." — Robert E. Howard, The Tower of the Elephant (1933)
Submitted by snapple00 on Wed, 09/16/2009 - 5:09am
What?
Does anyone ever read what they type before they post here?
(Hmm, this is riddled with spelling errors and doesn't make sense. POST)
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