It was in French, so in Italian too? I guess that's their modus operandi. Advertise languages to attract customers, but don't pay for any kind of quality.
Having zero piracy would really help to tell publishers how wrong they are.

But eventually, it will . There are people probably working on it right now . And besides - most companies aren't Blizzard, and most games aren't Diablo III . There are very few companies that can get away with crap like that .

Although I have my steam account (and it's hard to let go of the bloody thing), I absolutely hate this attitude of PC Gaming=Steam.

On the good side, it helps the devs/publishers with a sort of "standard" like a "first party".
On the completely bad side, PC gaming isn't about standards, it's about having choice (IMO).

But the thing is, it isn't Valve that have to change it's mentality, it is us. A really hard thing to do but... yeah.

Strangely enough you don't even need Steam for that.
Race The Sun, Long Live The Queen and many other games have in-game achievements and some even have online Leaderboards.

Yeah, let's say italian subs...are not so italianish :D
A mix between english and some strange languages :D

No, then they would just say: "See, online DRM is working...".

Low sales, no piracy, and they would have no excuse. The message would be: make a good game or fuck off. If you download it illegally, it shows interest and still validates them.

I was just going to say the same! :)
I completely agree with you: nothing speaks more eloquently than a low amount of sales, and piracy only strenghtens the current corporative claims. Having less revenues means needing to make the game more appealing, which *might* lead to a different kind of release for a different kind of audience (see an hypotetical Steam-free version).

Edit: Besides, the guy there is quite the jerk.

First this: then this: Am I the only one who can spot a certain contradiction?
First, he says that GOG would need achievements, multiplayer & co. so it's its own fault if the store does not sell Talos yet, then when Galaxy is mentioned the main reason becomes "GOG is not Steam".
"B calss citizens" again, eh? They can keep their game.

but but ... everyone needs to be able to marvel at your accomplishments online.

DRM never works, have you heard of Denuvo, it took time, but people got around it either way.

Did DA:I sales go up because it wasn't cracked until this week? They didn't, that's because there are actually only a few different types of people who pirate. Pirated games aren't lost sales, becuase most pirates wouldn't buy the game.
1) Poor people - they don't have the money for luxury items and need the money they have to live
2) People who hold grudge against a company - I'M LOOKING AT YOU EA!!! F**K YOU FOR WESTWOOD AND OTHERS
3) People who try out the game before buying it. - Most people I know are like that (that's what you get for losing demo variants and shareware)
4) Stupid people who think they are part of a counter-culture or whatever.


http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2013/03/19/drm-hurts-companies-more-than-piracy-developer-argues/

I know that it doesn't work. But that's how any publisher would spin it if piracy for a game that has online DRM was very low. They would never admit that the game was simply crap.

I'm sure I remember a time when 'advanced' had some other meaning.

It's like you read my mind...

Well , i will not miss this game from my GOG collection .