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Originally Posted by ekster
Here's a recent experience I had with DRM and games...
I bought the game Mass Effect when it was freshly released, I paid the full price for it.
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As a side note:
If you owned a PS3 or a Wii, you couldn't play Mass Effect 1 at all.
That is an issue of exclusivity-Microsoft exercising their right to keep the game to themselves to differentiate in the marketplace.
If you buy a copy of the Xbox360 version of Mass Effect 2, getting the same game for the PS3 will cost you all over again.
That is an issue of compatibility-the two consoles use different OSes, and needed separate teams to develop the games, with added costs. But, the overall content (story development, images, text, and other resources) are re-used.
Neither of these are specifically about DRM, like your PC situation-but it just adds to the confusion/frustration of many users.