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[news.ea.com]
"Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) today announced Command & Conquer™ Red Alert™ 3 Commander’s Challenge, a new console gaming experience for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network from the storied Command & Conquer franchise."
The XBLA Achievement list has already been found:
[www.xbox360achievements.org]
08/14/09
hmmm... I was hoping it would be just an add-on to the game so that there could have been 250 added achievement points and already owning the full game would have felt more rewarding. I guess having it available to a bigger audience is better for them. Oh EA and their monies.
08/14/09
Stand alone actually makes a lot of sense when you think about it. Its why I've been getting the "If TF2 gets a 360 update like they're still working on, itll probably be an XBLA title" vibe as well.
Think about it. They can not only sell this Commanders Challenge to people who already own the game, but also the people who already traded it/sold it too, since its standalone. And maybe if someone buys this and really likes it (hey, lets take a chance, its ten bucks) they'll go out and buy the full game.
I, for one, think this approach was brilliant. Taking a piece of advice from the PC standalone expansion idea.
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Good price. I think that EA really have a good handle on DLC.
08/14/09
...what's the big idea here then?
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It sells itself.
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That said, almost everyone has a computer these days, ergo the problem of having to buy another keyboard and mouse is almost moot.
01/21/09
Yes I know the M/KB works for the browser.
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12/07/08
Am I the only one who's really, really bothered by the fact that SecuROM blacklists legitimate software? Between that, the slient install, and the high-level access granted to a piece of software you can't monitor, DRM has more problems than an install limit - And no one seems to care about those issues, for some reason.
12/07/08
and which bits of legitimate software would these be?
12/07/08
Most software that can be used for illegitimate purposes has legitimate uses as well.
Let's take a big one: drive emulation software such as Daemon Tools.
Let's say I author DVDs and DVD-ROMs for a living - every time I make a modification to the disc image I should have to spend 10 minutes burning another disc? No, I'll mount the image and see how the autoplay starts and play it through common DVD software and so on.
Of course, if I have such software most DRM will choke and not let me play. So, what, I should have to either burn discs all the time or boot to a separate OS whenever I want to play?
Besides, DRM deciding which software is and isn't legitimate to prevent infringement is a slippery slope. DRM could someday well decide that if you have Photoshop installed, that would permit you to edit screenshots and infringe the publisher's copyright by claiming it as your own work or some other random bullshit.
What software I use on my PC for my purposes is my business and unless publishers are willing to print what the DRM scans for on the box itself where I can see it before I buy their software, they have no business telling me where I can and can't install my license.
Software costing thousands of dollars like 3dsmax and XSI don't bloody well do this crap.
12/07/08
In order to play the game, you'd need to uninstall, de-authorise the very computer you're playing on, and reinstall? It's almost funny...
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How is this difficult for everyone to understand?
12/07/08
The point is: there are many hardware modifications that don't entail a reinstallation of the OS or game. If changing the graphics card or overclocking the CPU were enough to make the game "think" that it's being run on a new system, then the "previous" installation that you'd unauthorise would be the exact same one you're going to play, and you'd play it on the same - albeit slightly modified - computer. That's the part I find funny, that's all. It's not meant to be a comment on DMRs or anything else...
12/07/08
That DRM removal tool is all well and good if we can do a CONTROLLED UNINSTALL. If a hard drive, windows installation, motherboard, etc. fails in an uncontrolled fashion we have still burned an installation credit with no means of retrieval unless of course you count calling Customer (dis)service and begging to use the product that you paid for as a means of retrieval. NOT GOOD.
DRM in its current form just needs to go away. Stardock with Impulse and Valve with Steam have it figured out. EA (and Rockstar) can continue not getting any of my hard earned ducats. Damn shame too. First RA game I have passed on and I will cry tears of rage if I have to pass on a Bioware RPG (Dragon Age) thanks to this EA DRM nonsense.
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No, this is for that 2% (bullshit percentage grab out of thin air) amount of people who like to upgrade and alter there PC a lot.
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I love how they automatically assume that I need to buy another license. So glad that RA3 will remove that problem if I come across it. I shouldn't have to crack legally purchased games.
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