bluesmurph Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Ok so the next DLC has been officially announced but I was wondering on how they will deal with PC Pirates. No matter what they do people will pirate the game and the dlc packs but the way they have it set up almost seems easy to me. I don't know if this is how the actual DLC will be installed but i noticed that the HD texture pack was just 1 or 2 .esp files in the data folder. If the DLC is installed by just downloading the .esp's doesn't that make it super easy for people to copy the files and upload them to sites for free? please correct me if I'm wrong but it seems as if their is no security in this, it's like just downloading a mod. If this is truly how they are going to ship the DLC why would they make it so easy. If this is not please tell me, im curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordanLoL Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Yes, that's how Bethesda has released DLC's in the past. It was no different than installing a mod. Maybe this time they'll require you to activate it on Steam before you can play. Now that they have Steam Workshop I can see that happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VileTouch Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 that's where companies are wrong. it's not just pc pirates. it's just as easy to burn a dvd or a blue ray for the console as it is for the pc. and the drm/copy protection systems they put into the dvds only give head aches to us paying customers as pirates will always find a way to circumvent them. so i hope they release it as hassle free as possible. giving better benefits to those who pay -i think- is a better way to incite more people to buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesmurph Posted May 3, 2012 Author Share Posted May 3, 2012 giving better benefits to those who pay -i think- is a better way to incite more people to buy. Yah I totally agree. I love getting things free and all (maybe i've pirated stuff maybe not....) but I would much rather pay the company for their product and support them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VileTouch Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 here's a discussion we had two years ago on piracy... as you can see things have not changed much since Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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