Crash 4 battle.net has a always online DRM

[Andrei]

Before anyone wants to buy crash 4 he should be aware the game needs a constant internet connection for playing.

Ill 100% not support activision I would like to support Crash Bandicoot as a franchise but this move is just anti consumer.

[Fox]

So glad it got cracked so quick. If ever Crash 4 comes out on Steam i'll buy it no question ask. On Battle.net? They can kiss my ass if they want me to buy that ♥♥♥♥ with a DRM like that ♥♥♥♥ them.

[Aec0n]

i dont like pirate games but here it still makes sense.......

[Kaed✩Wolf]

FoxNightDream původně napsal:

So glad it got cracked so quick. If ever Crash 4 comes out on Steam i'll buy it no question ask. On Battle.net? They can kiss my ass if they want me to buy that ♥♥♥♥ with a DRM like that ♥♥♥♥ them.

Woah! Slow down there pal!

[Lucas_Tekkan]

⚡Nash původně napsal:

Well game just got cracked be empress so.... maybe cashtivision can remove the always online BS

It was cracked by Codex
EDIT: Well, it appears it was also cracked by Empress

[Zhong Xina]

SHREDDER původně napsal:

99% of pcs nowdays are connected to internet so it is not a problem. I only know one person who dont have internet and that because his parents wanted to save money so they cut off telephoen and internet but he has a good enough pc(core i5 6600k 16 gb 2800 mhz gtx 1070 24'' 1440p 60 hz ips). Evryone else that iknow has internet. He now will have no choice than to go to an internet cafe and play it there instead of his pc but he is a very specific case. he already goes to internet cafe if he wants to play a multiplayer game or read something on the internet.

why support this unnecessary inconvenience? look at cyberpunk 2077 it was sold with no drm and still sold 13 million copies in december 2020. activision punishing paying customers with always online drm for nothing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk_2077#Sales
https://www.cdprojekt.com/en/wp-content/uploads-en/2020/12/current-report-no-672020-1.pdf

[Schorsch Wadschinken]

To be clear, CD Projekt Red is a much more liked company that people put different trust into, partly due to their consumer-friendly policies, partly because they're nowhere near as scummy as Activision.

That aside though, I think you're right and to me it suggests that the Activision executives don't quite understand the industry. The always-online DRM caused some backlash and it clearly wasn't worth it seeing that it was cracked after a mere day.

[Doktor Mandrake]

Lets not forget there's no cloud saves either.

Just makes no sense, its not even one of their huge blockbusters like COD here, and I fear Activision will use this as an excuse from releasing any future Crash games if it sells poorly even though if it does it's because of their own failings, not only with online drm but only on battle.net

Toys for Bob did a pretty good job finished it last night, far from perfect but a really good modern Crash

[Hadoki]

always online, no, I not buy this crap.

[Roe Jogan]

What you people dont have internet? Its 2021

[tyl0413]

Roe Jogan původně napsal:

What you people dont have internet? Its 2021

It's the publishers that don't have internet.

[NBOX21]

Roe Jogan původně napsal:

What you people dont have internet? Its 2021

Believe it or not, some people don't. That, or they live in an area where internet is not very reliable. Heck, even my internet doesn't work 100% of the time, and even if it did, sometimes the servers crash making the game unplayable regardless of how good your connection is.

[Doktor Mandrake]

Roe Jogan původně napsal:

What you people dont have internet? Its 2021

Hilarious saying this when their servers went down the other day, preventing everyone from playing the game.

Kinda makes your argument invalid doesnt it?

[DeGreZet]

Another reason to simply just wait for Steam release...

[Kuriishi]

DeGreZet původně napsal:

Another reason to simply just wait for Steam release... :cool_:

Wouldn't be so sure that's even happening considering the last in-house Activision game on Steam is 3 years ago at this point

[NBOX21]

Kuriishi původně napsal:

DeGreZet původně napsal:

Another reason to simply just wait for Steam release... :cool_:

Wouldn't be so sure that's even happening considering the last in-house Activision game on Steam is 3 years ago at this point

Besides, you should be careful what you wish for - even if they do decide to release it on Steam later on, they might still make online connectivity mandatory anyway, or worse, use Denuvo or similar DRM in it (which also gets cracked quickly BTW) that hurts performance during play.