There was a big snafu earlier in the week regarding the game From Dust. It was published by Ubisoft, and during pre-release they had made a forum post stating that players would not be required to have an internet connection in order to play the game. (So in other words, the game would not have DRM.)
The day after the game was released, that forum post was edited several times, and I think eventually deleted all together. And lo and behold, the game had DRM and required you to be constantly connected to the internet in order to play.
As you can imagine, this started a huge flame fest. Players who concern themselves with such things, or players who feel the need to act as the RIGHTEOUS DEFENDERS OF THE CONSUMER AGAINST THE EVIL CONSPIRING GAME CORPORATIONS pounded their chests and gnashed their teeth together in rage.
Meanwhile, I played the game. It was all right.
Today, Ubisoft announced that they would be patching From Dust to completely remove the DRM from the game. You would think this would cause those RIGHTEOUS DEFENDERS OF THE CONSUMER AGAINST THE EVIL CONSPIRING GAME CORPORATIONS to actually be happy for once.
Well, you'd be an idiot if you think that, actually. Everyone knows gamers are never happy.
So what's the word on the forums now? "TOO LITTLE TOO LATE UBISOFT I'VE ALREADY LOST ALL FAITH IN YOU! WAAAAAAH!"
And I've lost faith in humanity. I guess we're even!
(As a side note, I have never used "I've lost faith in..." seriously. And I want to backhand anyone who does.)
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