No DRM set-up for PC Fallout 3

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No DRM set-up for PC Fallout 3

Posted Oct 1st 2008 10:00AM by John Callaham
Filed under: Interviews, RPG, Fallout 3

With all of the controversy surrounding DRM set-ups for games like Mass Effect and most recently Spore, it's interesting to note that one of the biggest PC game releases for 2008, Bethesda Softworks' Fallout 3, won't have that kind of feature when it releases later this month. In a new chat with Shacknews, the company's PR spokesperson Pete Hines states that their copy protection will be ".....Pretty similar to what we did for [Elder Scrolls IV:] Oblivion, which was--we basically don't do any--we do the mildest form possible." That game used a simple CD check.

Hines didn't say what the install limit on Fallout 3 would be and he also said that piracy continues to be an issue for PC games but it seems the publisher is more concerned with making the consumer happy. Hines states, "It's very important for us not to ruin the experience for the person who did buy a copy, so we try to be very careful."

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Tags: bethesda-softworks, fallout-3

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Dear Bethesda,

Thank you.

Sincerely,
A loyal paying customer

*wipes a away tears of joy and perfumes the letter before sending it*

...bysmittyPosted at 10:17AM on Oct 1st 2008 by bysmitty

Wow, I had to read the article twice to make sure my eyes weren't deceiving me.Posted at 11:04AM on Oct 1st 2008 by Stridery

Wow... Awesome news.
Now if only more companies can jump on that bandwagon...

@bysmitty I'll also sign that letter... lol.Posted at 11:18AM on Oct 1st 2008 by Nerdman

Which reminds me, here's a code for the GOG.com beta if you weren't able to get in: S2GB75T3
Put the code in here: http://www.gog.com/en/beta/Posted at 4:15PM on Oct 1st 2008 by AnthonyGalindoX

When Bethsoft bought the license, some people weren't sure it was a good idea. The doubters have just been proved wrong.Posted at 9:31PM on Oct 1st 2008 by James

"Hines didn't say what the install limit on Fallout 3 would be"

uh-oh

any install limit is an awful install limitPosted at 3:40PM on Oct 2nd 2008 by Haggard (Mr.ESC died for our sins)

That's great news. I will actually be able to pay money for F3 (I don't pay for games with bad DRM, I just get pirates to remove the DRM for me.)
However, I am worried if it says a CD check is required. I really hate CDs due to the spin-up noise, the lag of accessing them, having to carry them around when you have a laptop, etc.
Still, promising no DRM means you can look forward to my money :-)Posted at 6:54PM on Oct 3rd 2008 by Binarysplit

This sure contrasts with what the idiots at Ubisoft have been saying about piracy. I'm going to go pre-order the game now. THANK YOU for listening to us gamers, and thanks for trusting us enough to not impose nasty DRM!

You will win big with this strategy! Avoid all strategies that EA uses, and you will please us customers greatly!Posted at 11:28AM on Oct 9th 2008 by John Smith

I've bought the game - the collector's edition. Not because there was no DRM or something. I just very much like Fallout. I think that good games don't need any protection. As long as they stay affordable people will buy them.
I have to admit though that my first copy of Fallout3 was a pirated one :shame: I just wanted to see if I'm right about buying the game will it run on my PC good enough (and after tutorial + an hour or so of gameplay I purchased it on-line and didn't play the pirated copy anymore ever since + advised my friends to buy it themselves - some did buy it too :) ) I use this scheme for nearly all games I own. If I like the game I buy it. (so far Crysis, Gears of War, Bioshock and a few minor titles didn't made it)Posted at 1:14PM on Dec 27th 2008 by wiewior1984