Artofwar Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Ok so I bought the game and have the cd key and all that. (got the downloadable version). What happens 3 years from now when I want to put it on a new computer and play it... will I have to be able to connect to Battlefront... what if they are out of business. Then we can't play the game anymore. I have games I play now I own the cd and the company has gone out of business but I can still play their games cause I own them... but what about this game .. it is only playable as long as battlefront stays in business. What if they loose there data base of all our info ??? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tankmajor Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 that is why i buoght both you could burn to disc 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Activation of the game DOES require contacting the license server. This is true whether you have the download or the physical DVD of the product. I believe the license server is maintained by the company that develops the copy-protection software/DRM, though we are responsible for managing our license keys. If Battlefront were to go out of business, I believe we would release a DRM-free executable; assuming that 'going out of business' can be orderly. If that is the case, then a copy-protection free version of the game shouldn't be too big of an issue to generate (since we would not be too worried about protecting the game for revenue purposes). This course of action has been suggested as a possibility in the past when this question has come up ('going out of business'). Things may not always proceed in this orderly, customer-friendly manner, but under most circumstances this is what I believe would happen (outside of something really catastrophic). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faelwolf Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 So you are saying you don't have a contigency plan for the Zombie Apocalypse? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 It's funny how people keep asking us this same question yet often seem perfectly happy to have all their games saved on cloud server services that require you to go online all the time to play Compared to that system, with our store you actually OWN the product, and activated games can never be deactivated, and you can reinstall as often as you wish and so forth. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artofwar Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 Thanks for the reply I'm ok now .. can enjoy the battles more now when I get shot it won't hurt so much ... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Childress Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 It's funny how people keep asking us this same question yet often seem perfectly happy to have all their games saved on cloud server services that require you to go online all the time to play Because with Battlefront different rules apply. But you figured that out already, right? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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