- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Security software... the only secsoft I know of on Halo2 is one that stops you playing online with hardware/software mods. Basically it checks your xbox is exactly as it would be from the shop. This couldn't possibly be transfered to PC because PC's don't have a hardware standard. If perhaps you're hinting towards the software which stops you using pirated copies or illegal product keys, then you'd be wrong. That software is there to stop freeloading losers from playing games which they don't haven't paid for. As legitemate consumers who've paid for a product/service, we have the right to be protected from people using the same product/service without paying. If it means a little bit of varification software then that's fine. Note: see end of post.
If you weren't talking about that then that's fine, but I've no idea what security software you're talking about and why it's a bad thing.
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I wanted to emphasize that a Little Bit of varification software is ok. Valve's approach to this however, called Steam, is not ok. Firstly you have to varify you've copy of the game over the internet. Or in other words, you're guilty until you can prove you're innocent. If you don't have an internet connection then in Valve's opinion you're obviously a software pirate and you can't play the game you've just bought. For those of us who have activated our product, we have to sign in to Steam in order to play it. Again, we're accused of being guilty every time we want to play the game we've paid for until we've signed into our account for validation, so Valve knows exactly what we're doing and when we're doing it, how long we're doing it for and how often. I'm not ok with this invasion of privacy. I have bought a legal copy of your game Valve. WTF makes you think you have the right to demand an inquisition every time I want to play it?