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Gabe Newell slams DRM

Posted on Saturday, 13 March 2010 by Speed, source: Develop

Newell doesn't like Ubi's new DRM scheme

Valve Software's Gabe Newell has lashed out to DRM last night when he spoke at the Game Developers Choice awards. He said that people in the games industry should start looking at their products as a service to customers and that DRM just diminishes the value of what you're trying to sell:

“One thing that you hear us talk a lot about is entertainment as a service,” he said.

“It’s an attitude that says ‘what have I done for my customers today?’

“It informs all the decisions we make, and once you get into that mindset it helps you avoid things like some of the Digital Rights Management problems that actually make your entertainment products worth less by wrapping those negatives around them.”

After his speech, the whole room, packed with developers and "industry luminaries", started cheering.

Last week, Ubisoft's servers were under attack from disgruntled hackers who didn't like the company's new DRM anti-piracy measures that requires users to have a permanent internet connection in order to play (even in singleplayer mode).

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Anonymous

I think my respect for Gabe just shot up quite abit more. ^_^

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Posted on 17:37, March 13th 2010

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Posted on 13:04, March 14th 2010

StormGuy85

From the person who brought us Half-Life 2 and the horrible situation their servers gave all us paying customers on the first couple days of release...

Amusing.

From the person who brought us Half-Life 2 and the horrible situation their servers gave all us paying customers on the first couple days of release... Amusing.

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Posted on 17:08, March 14th 2010

Anonymous

Well, he's got a financial interest in slamming it, 'cause what's the alternative to DRM, from a game-pusher's perspective? Steam, that's what...

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Posted on 18:40, March 14th 2010

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Posted on 12:51, March 16th 2010

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Posted on 20:44, March 16th 2010

Anonymous

Personally I think he is a hypocrite, on the one hand he is slamming DRM while the other is forcing his own DRM on people, even people who buy their software from suppliers other than steam. If you don't have an internet connection, which some people do not have, granted it's a small minority, then you are screwed, so what's the difference if you're one of the minority then none.

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Posted on 01:31, March 24th 2010

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