World of Goo Dev: DRM is Unnecessary

Ron Carmel, co-founder of 2D Boy, shared strong advice with indie developers today concerning involvement with publishers and DRM.

[cain141]

Didn't this game have a crazy high pirate rate?

[SirLarr]

It did, but every PC game does. The point here is that it wasn't pirated any more than other, DRM'd PC games.

[iTZKooPA]

A pirated copy != a sale.

Despite piracy, companies that support their product after sales (looking at you Crytek who stopped patching Crysis almost immediately) generally don't get hammered by piracy as much. Stardock and Valve as two prime examples.

Thank you for treating me as a customer 2D Boy!

[predator]

Thats what I was thinking

[DK_Switch]

You're damned right it's unnecessary, and a giant pain in the ass.

Good on ya, Ron Carmel.

P.S. Mr. Carmel, your last name makes me hungry.

[Zeus Lee]

World of Goo was so awesome God why isn't it on PSN/XBL???

[cain141]

I want to try it out...

[TheIneffableBob]

The way it's controlled would not suit analog sticks well.

[NeverforgetNES]

Well, this is ironic.

[A HiFi]

DRM crippled the launch of Football Manager 2009 too. A high number of people couldn't play it for 48 hours. In no way is it the way forward.

[SlamVanderhuge]

Such a shame that this was pirated so much...game was excellent

[italianbreadman]

It's terribly annoying that in the software I PURCHASE, I get all kinds of other-ware that I DON'T WANT to go with it... and it's not optional.

[pippoppow]

All it does it inconvenience paying customers. Games with DRM are pirated just as much if not more. It needs to go away.