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Re:SimCity Burning: A Warning to Publishers on The Dangers o... by borlak on Friday March 08, 2013 @04:08PM (#5345751)
They could still have all these social/online features and not require internet-DRM to play.

You play your game, and if you want to do something social and the servers are down -- it sucks, but you can still play, and take part in the social stuff when it is up and working.

For online saves -- there is a local backup for when the online system is down.

These are not difficult things. They are just trying to fight an ever-losing battle against piracy.

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Re:SimCity Burning: A Warning to Publishers on The Dangers o... by knowaveragejoe on Friday March 08, 2013 @08:23PM (#5346830)
Diablo III has shown that it's not an ever-losing battle, as unfortunate as that may be for the consumer caught in the middle in the foreseeable future.
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