4 posts tagged “drm”

Check out this article for what GTA 4 PC needs:
http://au.pc.ign.com/articles/934/934268p1.html

For GTA 4 for PC you "need":
- Games For Windows
- Adobe Flash
- Internet Explorer
- SecuROM
- Rockstar Games Social Club application
- You will need an active internet connection to activate the software
- retail disk is required to be in the computer drive in order to play
- An active internet connection is required to play multi-player games
- Microsoft's .NET Framework

extra needed:
In order to upload videos to our internet site and play online multi-player modes, you will also need an active internet connection and accounts with both Rockstar Games Social Club and Games for Window-LIVE.

System Specs needed
OS: Windows
CPU:  Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8Ghz, AMD X2 64 2.4Ghz
Memory: 1.5GB
16GB Free Hard Drive Space
Video Card: 256MB NVIDIA 7900 / 256MB ATI X1900

I've heard and seen multiple sites saying 1 gig of RAM for XP
2 gig of RAM for Vista
Some sites saying 512 video cards needed

Some sites saying Pixel Shader 3 video cards needed
(nvidia 7600 and higher)

I enjoyed Diablo 1 back in the day since it was only on a cd disc
it had LAN COOP and it had the ability to install via SPAWN mode
Allowing people without a LEGIT copy of the game to install LAN ONLY
mode 'spawn' of the game via your disc .

I never really got into Diablo 2 it was multiple discs but it supported 3DFX Glide API

Here comes the crap Diablo 3
Diablo 3 = no spawn install
Diablo 3 = no LAN multiplayer
Diablo 3 = no LAN coop mode

3 strikes and its out , no decent reason to buy it legit

Theres a few websites and slashdot interview mentioning the question of Diablo 3 and lan play
and of course theres the huge backlash of the blizzard and d3 devs NOT listening to the feedback
of peoples reaction to the shitty use of colors in Diablo 3

Jay Wilson: Currently we plan to allow players, even offline. What we have done, however, the menu a little change. We want to encourage players in Battle.net to play. In Diablo 2 was the first option single player, you click it, playing the game in normal difficulty, and thinks: “Hey, I would now prefer to play with my friends.”, But could not, because if you look at the Battle . net connected, one could not take the character.We could not allow that, because we were the safety of characters not guarantee offline. There is still a separation between single player and Battle.net characters. We want all to know that it is better to play Battle.net. You can play with other players and if they want it they can close off their game alone games. If you decide it should, offline to play, then we will also be the player know that he is not in a position to be the character to play online. We currently have no intentions to LAN games, we focus fully on the Battle.net, where we not only have the ability to quickly contact with other players record, but also to Blizzard community and thus also to support , As in the community.

Region	Expected pricing at release
	Basic	Premium
Japan	JP¥49,980 ($420 US)[7]	JP¥59,980 ($508 US)

Australia[22]

A$829 ($570 US)

A$999 ($680 US)

Their is news storys all over the place of PS3 units been sold out in Asia already .
No suprise their considering they were the first ones to get access to it and its cheaper to buy

Price of the 20 gig PS3 model is 49980 yen converts to AU$ 556.55 that is AU 272.45 MORE  that Australians are  paying  for a product that will come out in March 2007 , 4 months after Asia and  USA

Windows Vista Retail:

Microsoft Vista Homepage:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/

 All verisons of Vista should have in it :
 Digital Rights Management (DRM)
 Microsoft IE v7
 Microsoft Windows Meda Player v10
 Micorosft Defender (aka Microsoft Antispyware)
 Microsoft Software Firewall and Application Blocker
 Microsoft DotNet v3

More Windows Vista features here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/features/default.mspx

Windows Vista Hardware System Requirments:

 * CPU:     1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor or better
 * RAM:     1 GB of system memory or more.
 * Video:   DirectX 9 graphics card  /w WDDM driver, 128 MB of graphics memory , Pixel Shader 2
 * HDD:     40 GB of hard drive capacity with 15 GB free space.
 * Optical: DVD-ROM Drive.
 * Sound:   Audio output capability.
 * Internet access capability for DRM , commincation to Microsoft and User internet connectivity.

* Windows Vista Home Basic, FULL: US$199 (AU$259.50)/  Upgrade: US$99.95 (AU$130.32)
 Vista's new Search Explorer, Sidebar, Parental Controls , DotNet 3
 DOES NOT SUPPORT AERO THEME
 DOES NOT HAVE Windows 3D Flip
 DOES NOT HAVE INTERGRATED DVD Burning
 DOES NOT SUPPORT TABBLET PCS
 DOES NOT HAVE REMOTE DESKTOP
 DOES NOT HAVE Bitlocker Drive Encyption
 DOES NOT HAVE Windows Media centre

* Windows Vista Home Premium, FULL: US$239 (AU$311.65)/ Upgrade: US$159 (AU$207.30)
  Windows Aero interface, Windows Media Center functionality,
  Windows Tablet PC technology and integrated DVD burning.

* Windows Vista Business, US$299 (AU$389.85) /  Upgrade: US$199 (AU$259.50)
Aero user interface, offers improved document managing and Windows Tablet PC functionality.

* Windows Vista Ultimate, US$399 (AU$520.23) /  Upgrade: US$259 (AU$337.70)
 Vista Ultimate combines the functionality of Vista Home Premium and Vista Business.

* Windows Vista Starter: Unknown $$$ Probly cheaper then Vista basic upgrade!
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/editions/starter.mspx
Windows Vista Starter is NOT available in the United States, Canada,
 the European Union, Australia, New Zealand.