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-   -   Why EA games are not likely coming to the n900 (https://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=43176)

cashclientel 2010-02-04 13:19
Re: EA games coming to the n900?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by REMFwhoopitydo (Post 510337)
i don't have 100% internet connectivity, and i would never buy a product that needed repeated activation.
Thanks. You have internet connectivity enough and you wouldn't have to keep putting the code in (ridiculous!), just the software could check at periodic intervals that you hadn't cracked it or used some kind of keygen.

zerojay 2010-02-04 13:31
Re: EA games coming to the n900?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by REMFwhoopitydo (Post 510315)
i thought stuff bought from the Ovi store was protected, and that the DRM necessary was part of the 1.1 update?
Yes, and that DRM isn't strong enough for game companies.

REMFwhoopitydo 2010-02-04 13:35
Re: EA games coming to the n900?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by cashclientel (Post 510340)
Thanks. You have internet connectivity enough and you wouldn't have to keep putting the code in (ridiculous!), just the software could check at periodic intervals that you hadn't cracked it or used some kind of keygen.
well, you didn't specify and that is exactly what ubisoft intend to implement.

REMFwhoopitydo 2010-02-04 13:36
Re: EA games coming to the n900?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by zerojay (Post 510356)
Yes, and that DRM isn't strong enough for game companies.
shame, seems a bit pointless if it won't achieve its stated goal. :(

on the other hand, there is a limit to the intrusiveness of the DRM i am willing to accept.

VDVsx 2010-02-04 14:36
Re: EA games coming to the n900?
 
At this time the only DRM system that offers true protection is through a HW chip, can be pirated but is very difficult. Don't know if the iPhone or some Android devices already offer such level of protection.

javispedro 2010-02-04 14:38
Re: EA games coming to the n900?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by zerojay (Post 507847)
No, EA will not be supporting Maemo, at least not now. No, Apple isn't paying them to stay exclusive either.

The only realistic way you're going to get game developers coming to your platform is if you do the following:

a) Easy to use SDK
b) Popular game engines such as Unity3D ported
c) Userbase to support the work
d) Piracy protection (DRM)
Palm only had the last one to offer, and (my guess) a lot of money and promises of a larger userbase (which they don't offer right now, even if it's quite a bit larger than N900's).

And btw Palm doesn't use any HW DRM -- they just make it hard for you to get the files since they're encrypted (using DM) when you connect it via USB Mass Storage.

Dancairo 2010-02-04 14:47
Re: EA games coming to the n900?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkPand0r (Post 507823)
Somehow I doubt it.
Not sure why, just something tells me:
A.- EA don't make great games.
B. - Apple will "persuade" them not to.
A - Matter of opinion, not fact!

dtrouton 2010-02-04 14:53
Re: EA games coming to the n900?
 
Someone saw an ad in a UK mag for FIFA on the N900. The thread is at
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=39807 and a pic of the ad is at http://share.ovi.com/media/Barts.76....Barts.76.10008

Mind you the same mag got a few facts wrong!

VDVsx 2010-02-04 14:55
Re: EA games coming to the n900?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by javispedro (Post 510425)
Palm only had the last one to offer, and (my guess) a lot of money and promises of a larger userbase (which they don't offer right now, even if it's quite a bit larger than N900's).

And btw Palm doesn't use any HW DRM -- they just make it hard for you to get the files since they're encrypted (using DM) when you connect it via USB Mass Storage.
Same for Android and IPhone it seems.
At least the Android system was already cracked and there's a couple of tutorials around explaining how to take advantage of the system, typical :D

Since Palm was referred, it seems to me very easy to port a native palm pre game to the N900(if you've the code of course).

Fargus 2010-02-04 15:03
Re: EA games coming to the n900?
 
My understanding is that DRM mode is to be a feature of Maemo 6. Part of the problem with releasing to such an open platform is that the operating system is open to hacking so even IMEI is potentially spoofable.


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