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Report: Valve's Gabe Newell Disses DRM
GamePolitics News — ... strategies are just dumb. The goal should be to create greater value for customers through service value (make it easy for me to play my games whenever and wherever I want to), not by decreasing the value of a product (maybe I'll be able to play my game and maybe I won't). We really really discourage other developers and publishes from using the broken DRM offerings, and in general there is a groundswell to abandon those approaches. Via: Tech in Hiding Games

Gabe Doesn't Like DRM Strategies
Evil Avatar - News Items — ... Valve's very own Gabe Newell has commented on DRM through an email to some dude stating that he feels most DRM strategies are dumb and the goal should be to add value, not decrease it. Additionally, he states that the industry may be headed in the right direction, looking to abandon the draconian styles. Tech in Hiding: ...

Gabe Newell: Most DRM Plans Are "Dumb"
The Escapist : Latest News — ... goes, most DRM strategies are just dumb. The goal should be to create greater value for customers through service value (make it easy for me to play my games whenever and wherever I want to), not by decreasing the value of a product (maybe I'll be able to play my game and maybe I won't)." He is hoping that he can "discourage other developers and publishes from using the broken DRM offerings," and believes he is succeeding due to "a groundswell to abandon those approaches." Source: Tech in Hiding via ...