Blizzard co-founder Frank Pearce, recently did an interview in which he spoke out against DRM and called it “a losing battle”. Some of the inconvieniences that DRM has caused have really been the achilles heel of the project. Plus, not all gamers want to be connected to internet “just because we say so”. Blizzard looks to maintain security via closed network. Which in Blizzard’s case is Battle.net.
If we’ve done our job right and implemented Battle.net in a great way, people will want to be connected while they’re playing the single player campaign so they can stay connected to their friends on Battle.net and earn the achievements on Battle.net,” Frank Pearce said. “The best approach from our perspective is to make sure that you’ve got a full-featured platform that people want to play on, where their friends are, where the community is.
-Videogamer
Pearce believes that DRM is an invasive practice, and believes that the development team resources should be focused on bringing new content and cool new features, not anti-piracy measures. Blizzard’s next big thing Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty will launch July 27th c/o Frank Pearce executive producer of the title.
Published: May 31, 2010 02:11 pm