my mates been saying that BF dont come with CD key and that you dont need one to play online? is this correct?
does battlefield 1942 required CD key?
18 public posts in this discussion.
Post 2
Well you need one to install it :)
Post 3
They are lying.
Post 4
Buy the damm game.
Post 5
Yeah, and in other news, a hugely anticipated online game is resorting to a new method to combat piracy. Honesty. When approached for comment, a company spokesperson said 'Rather than waste money on a physical method to combat piracy, we're going to believe the quality of our product is such that people will *want* to buy it. We won't be implementing even trivial cd-keys to protect our servers from illegitimate copies of the game.' The source then took a brief look at his watch, and could be heard muttering under his breath 'Fuck, it isnt April 1st, woops'
</dripping sarcasm>
Post 6
nice mate :)
Post 7
Heh, its only good when you're not on the receiving end of a rant like that.
Of course, CD-keys introduce key-gens which introduce problems for legitimate purchasers of a game (keygen matches, etc).
Post 8
then get really really long keys
Post 9
There's only so much space on the CD-case, and only so much time people are willing to spend typing in a key.
Post 10
Quote from Aravi D'teron:
There's only so much space on the CD-case, and only so much time people are willing to spend typing in a key.
Yeah, I just spend $90 on a game
omg this cdkey is too long, im not playing this
Post 11
Its still gonna piss people off, it will not instantly harm sales but it will anger customers.
Post 12
really, inputing a large key rather than have your computer freak out all the time because of authentication
I know which i'd take
Post 13
Yeah, but thanks to key-gens, CD-keys are inneffective. So they'll probably still use the latter aswell.
Post 14
Quote from I:
then get really really long keys
what are you ignorant?
You get a key with 80 bagillion different combinations and use a registry like WON
then the likely hood of a kegen match is reduced with a direct relation to the length of the key
die
remind me not to press edit instead of quote
Post 15
But that won't stop piracy, keygens will still work.
Post 16
Aravi, i highly doubt it would anger customers... maybe the stupid and lazy ones...
however, if they were stupid and lazy they would prolly be playing CS (and hacking it...).
and aravi, you've completely changed the argument in the course of the last few posts...
From: stopping keygen matches
to: stopping piracy in general
the former is much easier to do then the latter, and that is what harb was arguing.
Post 17
Why not use a system similar to Windows XP, where u have to register the cd key by phone or online with the servers before allowed to play.. and service packs/updates that do the same as Windows XP SP1.. or something. i just bought the game 30 mins ago ..cant play it yet cause sister is using computer.. :x
Post 18
You'll never completely eliminate the possibility of a key-gen match, although you can reduce the probability.