You know how in trailers of terrible “family” movies there’s always a part where the announcers says, “Here we go again!” in that dumb “enthusiastic announcer guy voice”? Think of that right now, only juxtaposed with the sights and sounds of Liberty City, for it has been revealed that Grand Theft Auto IV uses SecurROM DRM. That’s the same DRM that upset so many would-be Spore players (but didn’t bother Fallout 3 players).
Straight from a Rockstar rep:
GTA IV PC uses SecuROM for protecting our EXE… Product Activation is a one time only online authentication when installing the game. GTA IV has no install limits for the retail disc version of the game, and that version can be installed on an unlimited number of PCs by the retail disk owner.
So, if we’re to believe this shadowy Rockstar fellow, the actual restrictions imposed by SecuROM seem to be minimal. That is to say there are none, as all it’s used for is to validate your CD key. Certainly that seems reasonable. You should also know that the game requires Games For Windows Live—how in God’s name did Microsoft manage to foist that upon savvy PC gamers?—is required to play the game.
Grand Theft Auto IV for the PC is to be released on December 2. SecuROM or not, expect to find cracks available within two seconds of its release, if not before then. Such is life.
I really wanted this game. I’ve been waiting for months for the PC release and have watched all the YouTube vids from the console people. I’ve been staring at the calendar for months and the wait was almost over.
And then this.
With the economy the way it is, why would I pay $50 to someone just to have them treat me like a thief and install malicious software on my computer?
I think I’ll head over to Stardock instead. I’m sure I can find $50 worth of games to buy there.
Nice, but I think I would create a new code rather than staying with DRM after the whole Spore fiasco… And Dead Space has DRM, and the crack was a modified DLL file that goes in place of the other one! Seriously, they should switch from DRM… Oh well, whatever lol This game’s gonna be awesome!! But I’ll need to get a new video card before playing…