The so-called safedisc protection that publishers use is supposed to decrease piracy. Except, as most of you know, when it increases it.
We just spent $100 on a new game, and it flat-out doesn’t work with our CD drive. Why? Safedisc prevents the game from running. So now I’m looking for a no-CD crack that will work with the version I bought so my wife can play the game. And if I find a reliable source, I just might become a pirate.
I mean, why play $100 to buy a game I can’t play, when I can get a free copy that actually works? Don’t the publishers even consider the long-term satisfaction of their customers? Yes, that’s rhetorical.