RaenImrahl wrote...
Sandboxing: I suppose the use of such software *could* be a way to circumvent DRM, etc. So let's agree, for now at least, to avoid any more "how to" guides on the subject, okay? Meantime I'll message Chris and ask him to, at some point, address Bioware/EA's stance on the use of Origin with a virtual environment.
Sorry, but no. Nobody with any technical knowledge would make this claim. All that sandboxing does is makes applications run in a way that prevents them accessing parts of your computer's filesystem outside of their root folder, basically all that it does is stops them from going rogue and gaining access to data that they shouldn't. Almost all DRM in games these days works in one of 2 ways, it either performs a legitimacy check of the optical disk that the product was installed from by various means, or contacts an internet server to verify that you're using a correct licence key (or in the cases of apps like Steam or Origin whether your account has access to the game you're launching / downloading). There is no way that sandboxing could be used to facilitate any forms of piracy, nor could it circumvent any of the technical copy protection features implemented into most games. With all due respect, if you're going to implement a policy of censoring people, don't do it based on a faulty assimilation of facts.
And with regards to the issue of this thread, the use of Origin for ME3, I like a few other members have used process explorer to keep my eyes on Origin (and for the sake of comparison Steam as well) and I found the claim that it scans your hard drives for pirated games to be totally without merit, I saw neither Steam nor Origin accessing anything that they shouldn't be. The level of fearmongering against Origin is extreme to say the least, and my look into this issues suggests that all of the claims made are simply false. If people dislike origin it's their right to do so, however don't spread faulty assertions, it just wastes people's time. I still plan to pre-order the collector's edition of ME3 and I plan to enjoy it. So far I have played BF3 (which Intel kindly provided me free with the purchase of my i7-2700K), and I have yet to play Burnout Paradise 2 (also free, thanks to a promotion EA kindly put up). I have had no problems with Origin. It hasn't crashed, and it hasn't caused me any performance issues either. I will admit that I do believe that Steam is better, however I find Origin works just fine for it's intended purpose.
What, however I do take issue with are statements like this:
However, I really do not accept the criticism that WE, BioWare and EA, are wrong for not offering it on Steam. We would like to offer it on Steam. We used to have a good relationship with Steam. The more stores and digital retailers who sell our games, the more customers can buy the games and the money we can make. We are working with digital retailers like Direct2Drive and others so we are not Origin exclusive by any means. Unfortunately, Steam changed their policies and we are currently not able to come to an agreement that allows us to be on Steam. We were on Steam for ME2. We were on Steam for Dragon Age II until we had to remove it, again because Steam changed their policies. We would be on Steam now if their policies allowed us to be there. I do not know if a significant number of fans complaining to Steam that they want Mass Effect 3 to be on Steam will have an effect or not, but it certainly will not hurt. Steam is a great service and I would hope that we will work with them if it becomes possible for us to do so.
I'm sorry if it seems to some that I'm being a bit blunt, but frankly I think this PRish crap is an insult to all of Bioware's fans because the honest truth is that Valve only stated that the DLC for games should be offered through steam, not that steam was the only platform that DLC could be shipped with, but that buying the DLC through Steam had to be one of the options. The reason that this offer was rejected was actually due to an exclusivity deal that EA had signed for DLC with another download service, so the reality of the situation is that both Valve and EA must share a part of the blame for this eventuality. These PRish attempts to shift the blame onto Valve just don't cut it in my opinion, EA need to stand up and accept their portion of the blame too. Because in the end the only people losing out are the gamers, and presenting your loyal fans with a deceptively one sided explanation is just distasteful.
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that does sound pretty odd.
