Quote Originally Posted by JBHuskers View Post
So if Austin was playing your owned game and you decided it's time to play, you'd basically boot him out of it?
No. The owner is always allowed to play no matter what. Say I bought a game, Austin, G, and JB are my 3 family members. I want to play Call of Duty, so I start it up. G sees me playing and starts it up. We are both able to play. Say Austin sees us playing and wants to use a shared copy. He can not until G stops playing, and then Austin can play it. Once Austin stops, then JB can play it. However, if I stop, only one of the 3 family members can still play it.

Basically, only the owner AND one of the family members can be playing at one time. It was a REALLY good idea and I'm sorely disappointed they removed it.

Quote Originally Posted by Kingpin32 View Post
After seeing all the backlash that has come from the DRM debacle, do you really think a publisher would come out and say "hey we're still gonna have DRM on our games?" EA has pretty much solidified that they aren't gonna bring back online codes.
EA said they were discontinuing the online pass. That's a little bit different than locking a game behind a serial code like a PC game. Do you think it's coincidence EA announced the end of their online passes right around the time Microsoft announced their system? I don't. It may not happen right away, but it will most certainly happen eventually.

Quote Originally Posted by SCClassof93 View Post
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Hopefully they will see that the market does NOT support this practice and won't go this route. However, I know some will bend over and say "I gotta play x", but if most say, "nope I will pass and support something else", you won't see much DRM. Now, drop my game to $40 and you can DRM away would be a good move
The market does support the practice. PC games are doing just fine. Diablo 3 sold a shit ton of copies and it was behind the one use serial code. A few hundred/thousand whiny babies on the internet does not even begin to equate for the entire gaming community that would be more than willing to purchase a game that requires a serial code to be entered.