22nd
December
2008
EA to release games on Steam without DRM
posted in Technology |This is big news- I can buy Spore and I think Mirror’s Edge now (or soon). The cool thing is that Steam has a type of DRM that doesn’t punish the customer- I can only install the games when I’m logged in, but they make it super easy when I get a new computer. I just re-download all my games to my new computer, and I’m good to go.
I can’t express in words how lame it was when other titles like BioShock were released on Steam but still containing their own potentially system-destabilizing DRM. Glad to see them moving away from that, and if I were running Steam I’d ban any other forms of DRM and keep my brand clear as the system that doesn’t screw up your computer.