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Originally Posted by ASIIndustries
I dont see why we should just boycott the games that do have Starforce secretly installed on them, would it not be better to boycott the publishers that are known use the dreaded Starforce protection in their published games!
ASIIndustries.
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Whilst what you say makes sence it would (imo) be hard to make work. ie Lets say a publisher protects a game with SF but has another release thats protected with another copy protection then we (the consumer) would be loosing out x2 fold. Due to not buying the SF protected game and then not buying other games released from that publisher that are not SF protected because lets face it there have been some good releases that have SF protection and those of us who take part in the boycott obviously loose out. We need to make it known that we only have a problem with SF protected games regardless of who releases them and i belive the best way to send that message it to boycott all/any SF protected game/app. If a publisher has (in the past/present) released or will release a SF protected game then only boycotting the games that are SF protected will soon give the publishers/developers the message that our gripe is SF and only SF. It would be counterproductive to boycott a publisher/developer compleatly just because they have released a game in the past with SF on it because by only boycotting that SF release will the message will be loud + clear.
Its only if enough of us compleatly 100% boycott SF protected games will it make a difference. However for this to happen there needs to be a vast % of the gaming public taking part in this for it to be felt financialy by those who decide if SF is used.This means that even when a excellent game is released that we have been awaiting is released but has SF protection we bite our lip and remember its for the bigger picture but i guess that many people crack at this point and buy the SF game. (this will send out a message that as long as a game is good and has been marketed correctly ect SF will not loose profits making the boycott of ours less productive
Thats my opinion. I Support the boycott and have since the begining (as i have stated in this thread previously) so come on guys/gals lets protect our PC's, and think about the consequences SF poses. I just hope someone manages to take SF development to court and wins (or would it be the publishers who were taken to court as they made the decision to protect the game with SF). Who would be accountable ? There are so many uncertancies and a sucessfull suit against SF could open the flood gates (this is new territory) and so is the way in which SF works. If anyone knows of anything going through the courts or already gone through concerning SF id be very intrested to have a read. Any links will be appreciated.
Thats my ramble over
