Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-121.54.32.129-20130512134510/@comment-36.231.185.83-20140902143519

Ok, I realize this is a year too late, but I bought the original game and then found out about that *%^£$%ing stupid Steam requirement. Like I really *want* to share my private gaming habits with the whole internet? What the * were they thinking?

Anyway:  I downloaded the "no steam" crack for it, because I wanted to play a game that I payed for, and I didn't want to have Big Brother Steam watch me do it. Honestly, I then downloaded pirated DLCs and updates just because the only way to buy them legitimately was to go through the Steam nonsense again.

So:

Gamers:  piracy is bad, support the developers by buying the game. Developers:  Steam (and Windows LIVE) requirements are BAD. Include them as options; some gamers like them. However, if you include them as DRM, gamers are going to pirate. Piracy is bad, but screwing over your customers is worse. ("Perhaps on the rare occasion pursuing the right course demands an act of piracy, piracy itself can be the right course?")