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Originally Posted by JeremyR
In the PC game arena, another great example would be Steam. A lot of people buy games from it over DRM free sources (like Good old Games)? Why, partially because people really really like Steam, but also because they frequently have sales with insane discounts, 50-80%.
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Steam is a great example of DRM done right. At its very core, Steam is a DRM system first and foremost, and its goal is to ensure that you and only you ever get to use the copy of the game that you bought from them. With unlimited reinstalls on as many computers as you want. At the same time, as long as only one of your logins is online and the others are in off-line mode. Combine that with the community, the store and their border-line insane discounts when the big sales come along, and you have success on your hands, while making most of your customers forget that what you're actually selling them is a mandatory DRM system.
And I prefer GOG for my older games. Their prices are good enough, there is no DRM, and they run on Windows 7.
