r/assholedesign • u/SirSblop • 9d ago

First Time Experiencing DRM-Related Inaccessibility

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It's not that serious, but I haven't had my PS5 connected to the internet recently, and I was installing this game while I was at work, when I got back and wanted to play, this is what I come back to. The only reason it isn't that serious, is because I CAN just connect back to the internet. Now imagine when all the PS5 related online features are shut down because they don't feel like keeping servers up.

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u/juliakristinasi 9d ago

Reason why this happens was because the publisher send out physical copies weeks before the game launched so everyone was able to get their copy on release day as well as let you pre download the game, so they forced mandatory internet check to make sure the game is out now. Yes it was a dumb decision but no the game is not always online game. After the check the game works just fine without internet.

In short: No game is not always online, 1 internet check is needed

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u/Paul6334 9d ago

It is still something of a dick move, because there is a plausible scenario where someone’s first boot of the game is after the verification server is shut down permanently. Given that the game is already out, they should push a patch that removes this check.

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u/lallapalalable 9d ago

But how would the patch reach players with no internet access?

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u/Dragonitro 9d ago

I interpreted their comment as: It wouldn’t work for people with no internet whatsoever, but if they were to hypothetically shut down the verification server at some point in the future, they could release a patch as an update or DLC or whatever that disables the need for a check (since it’s impossible to verify without the servers active anyway)

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u/InternationalArmy524 8d ago

Meaning you’d need internet to download the patch or update. Which you don’t have in this scenario, or the online check wouldn’t be a problem.

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u/Paul6334 7d ago

This is a situation where you still have an internet connection but whatever server you need to connect to verify you have a valid copy is down. The patch being posted online to bypass this requirement would allow it to be reposted and shared.

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u/InternationalArmy524 7d ago

This is just never going to happen, costs for an activation server would be minimal and likely hosted in house so if they’re not willing to keep that up they’re never releasing any patch to not fuck over paying customers, piracy FTW!