I am an "old person," too, and I know more about computers than a whole LOT of these wet-behind-the-ears snots. I am also a charter gamer; I've been gaming since Atari Pong came out. I began studying computer administration, architecture, and programming BEFORE the internet was publicly launched. No, who we need to wait for to die off is all the FRAKKING IDIOTS...but, sadly, the odds of winning the lottery fifty times in a row is far more likely to happen.
The problem is that the morons developing DRM for their media releases is that they did not have properly educated and trained instructors; they fail to TEST the DRMs they develop as they should: 1) Test on a number of platforms. 2) Test playing with a number of applications. 3) Test with and without various codecs, et cetera.
Don't do this, and you alienate your target market. I don't buy Blu-Ray media because my experiences have not been consistent. I can never tell if a given title will play or not, and Redbox and Netflix don't give refunds. Stick to conventional DVDs until the idiots twig to the fact that their "enhancements" aren't generating the expected sales.
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The problem is that the morons developing DRM for their media releases is that they did not have properly educated and trained instructors; they fail to TEST the DRMs they develop as they should:
1) Test on a number of platforms.
2) Test playing with a number of applications.
3) Test with and without various codecs, et cetera.
Don't do this, and you alienate your target market. I don't buy Blu-Ray media because my experiences have not been consistent. I can never tell if a given title will play or not, and Redbox and Netflix don't give refunds. Stick to conventional DVDs until the idiots twig to the fact that their "enhancements" aren't generating the expected sales.
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