I came across a link to the Resident Evil Revelations Steam forum while browsing the PC Gaming sub on Reddit, and well, it seems Capcom has decided to add some form of anti-modding DRM to their games. That alone is pathetic as hell, but it’s crazy Japanese business decisions we are talking bout there. You can’t get weirder than that. However, what once again caught my eye with this issue – is the issue of digital ownership, which mostly is confined to Steam.
You see, as of late, Steam is becoming a worse place for digital ownership than it ever was before. It’s not entirely their fault, as most publishers didn’t care much about their backlog in the past, but that has changed now. Suddenly there is money to be earned in the old. And once again, thanks to Steam’s policy regarding forced updates. A publisher can and will change their old games thanks to these forced updates, either by destroying any or all modding, or making the game worse by itself by making it run worse. Apparently, this is the case with Resident Evil Revelations.
So, another strike for Steam, and digital ownership in general. This particular problem could have been fixed by not having a forced update policy in the first place, but that wouldn’t remove the problem of having publishers meddling with old stable games. You will own nothing and be happy, pleb! It’s frustrating, and disappointing as hell, but as it is now, I’m more than ready to make the switch to GOG permanently; if I’m now forced to live in a world of digital games only. I recommend more to do so, not to drive people to GOG, because I like them more or anything like that, but out of the pure perspective that GOG games come without DRM and are tamper-free. Much safer for the future!
Thanks for reading.
/Thomas
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