Current STARFORCE is great for legit buyers.

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Originally Posted by Luciel

That might be your oppinion but its far from truth, how is a protection that prevents piracy a bad thing FOR THE INDUSTRY?

I agree with Luciel. How can a protection that is designed to protect the industry etc be a bad thing ?. Yep i agree its a pain in the ass when wanting to back up your original shop bought and paid for version. The way i look @ this is simple. Ok i hate SF3 (when it comes to backing up games) but when it comes to maintaining a steady flow of new and original and console ported games to PC then thats a good thing. Many times the piracy industry has bought producers,dev's etc to a grinding halt meaning we loose out. Piracy is major and in some countries you can pick up a £40 (UK RETAIL PRICE) for as little as £1 or £2. Whilst that brings the whole issue of over pricing back up it also shows (and ive been informed from speaking to various ppl) that in some places its EASIER to get hold of pirated software than retail .
Now i dont agree with the steam "protection" (if thats what you want to call it) but as far as SF3 goes if it makes developers,produces,etc etc willing to keep the PC in their sights when producing games then that can only be a good thing cant it ?. (if we try to look @ it another way what happens if the number of games comming out on PC really drops to well bellow adverage because of piracy ? To many ppl continuly DOWNLOAD games and refuse to ever buy one. Even if they think a game is excellent they wont buy it). I would hate the number of quality titles that are released on PC to drop because of PIRACY!! Has anyone else noticed that it seems to be the "DOWNLOADERS" etc that are the biggest number of ppl complaining about not being able to play "backed up" games ? SCREAMING out for cracks . I think the majority of ppl who continualy clog up the threads with posts about needing a crack,bypass SF3 for SF3 protected games are warez users. I know there are also ppl who own the original retail versions to that want a crack,want to back up their original (im one of them) But look how many ppl have been banned recently because of breaking the rules. (due to warez, how to get a coppied game to run etc etc). I for one have had my fill of warez kiddies Fu(K OFF WAREZ KIDDIES