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Edav Nomad · 10-01-2008, 12:19 PM

From Shacknews.com:

After playing a few hours of the PC version of Fallout 3 earlier today, I sat down with Bethesda's Pete Hines to talk about serious PC business. What kind of DRM will be included on the Fallout 3 disc? Will the PC version suffer from console interface holdovers a la Oblivion? Is the company optimistic about supporting the PC platform in the future? Read on to find out.

Shack: What kind of copy protection will be included on the PC version of Fallout 3?

Pete Hines: Pretty similar to what we did for Oblivion, which was--we basically don't do any--we do the mildest form possible. I actually don't know if I even want to get into what it is that we exactly do, but we try to be really noninvasive when it comes to that stuff. [ed- Oblivion employed a simple DVD check.]

And it is a pain in the ass--it is a pain in the ass that we have to do it at all in the first place. But when you spend tens of millions of dollars, we don't think it's right to just put something out there and let everybody do whatever they want and pass it around.

And to have to support all of that--which is often the unspoken thing that nobody really wants to point to. You can argue all day whether or not somebody would have bought a copy of a game they pirated, but you can't argue, and you will never win the argument that I'm not having to provide tech support for those folks. Because I know for a fact that we are. We catch those folks all the time, where we're providing support for somebody who turns out didn't actually pay for the game and just downloaded a copy.

The Fallout 3 PC Interview: Bethesda on DRM, Censorship and Consolification - Shacknews - PC Games, PlayStation, Xbox 360 and Wii video game news, previews and downloads

Aimee Weber · 10-01-2008, 12:21 PM

Well this is good news.

Verkin Raven · 10-01-2008, 09:10 PM

These people actually understand the reality that no matter what they do, pirates will get the game, so it's best not to torture and abuse paying customers for what really amounts to no tangible purpose.

I'll have nothing to do with Spore, but Bethesda will get my $50 or whatever they charge for Fallout 3.

Aimee Weber · 10-01-2008, 09:22 PM

Sadly, Spore already got my money (fool me once ...)

The only reason I'm not enraged over their 3 reinstall limit is that the game was so breathtakingly dreadful that I'll not be needing the other two. In future, EA can go ahead and focus all their efforts on cutting edge DRM for crappy games ... in the meantime I'll be buying Fallout 3 from Bethesda.

10-01-2008, 12:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
Edav Nomad King Edav I Nomadicstan or bust!! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: L.A. (Lower Alabama) Posts: 2,569 SL Join Date: June 12, 2003 XBOX Leaderboard: 3^rd My Mood:	No DRM for Fallout 3 PC From Shacknews.com: After playing a few hours of the PC version of Fallout 3 earlier today, I sat down with Bethesda's Pete Hines to talk about serious PC business. What kind of DRM will be included on the Fallout 3 disc? Will the PC version suffer from console interface holdovers a la Oblivion? Is the company optimistic about supporting the PC platform in the future? Read on to find out. Shack: What kind of copy protection will be included on the PC version of Fallout 3? Pete Hines: Pretty similar to what we did for Oblivion, which was--we basically don't do any--we do the mildest form possible. I actually don't know if I even want to get into what it is that we exactly do, but we try to be really noninvasive when it comes to that stuff. [ed- Oblivion employed a simple DVD check.] And it is a pain in the ass--it is a pain in the ass that we have to do it at all in the first place. But when you spend tens of millions of dollars, we don't think it's right to just put something out there and let everybody do whatever they want and pass it around. And to have to support all of that--which is often the unspoken thing that nobody really wants to point to. You can argue all day whether or not somebody would have bought a copy of a game they pirated, but you can't argue, and you will never win the argument that I'm not having to provide tech support for those folks. Because I know for a fact that we are. We catch those folks all the time, where we're providing support for somebody who turns out didn't actually pay for the game and just downloaded a copy. The Fallout 3 PC Interview: Bethesda on DRM, Censorship and Consolification - Shacknews - PC Games, PlayStation, Xbox 360 and Wii video game news, previews and downloads __________________ "Please do not nuzzle the instrument of my vengeance." - Rok'tar

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10-01-2008, 12:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
Aimee Weber Queen of the Metaverse Edit Status Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,589 My Mood:	Well this is good news.

10-01-2008, 09:10 PM	#3 (permalink)
Verkin Raven vs. Godzilla :D Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Vermont Posts: 818 SL Join Date: 1/4/05 Blog Entries: 1 SLShopper Ads: 3 My Mood:	These people actually understand the reality that no matter what they do, pirates will get the game, so it's best not to torture and abuse paying customers for what really amounts to no tangible purpose. I'll have nothing to do with Spore, but Bethesda will get my $50 or whatever they charge for Fallout 3.

10-01-2008, 09:22 PM	#4 (permalink)
Aimee Weber Queen of the Metaverse Edit Status Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,589 My Mood:	Sadly, Spore already got my money (fool me once ...) The only reason I'm not enraged over their 3 reinstall limit is that the game was so breathtakingly dreadful that I'll not be needing the other two. In future, EA can go ahead and focus all their efforts on cutting edge DRM for crappy games ... in the meantime I'll be buying Fallout 3 from Bethesda.