Command & Conquer 4 Requires Always on Internet Connection
by eXophase Mirror on Jul.14, 2009 at 3:06 pm, under Gaming, PC | Thread ID: 4829
According to EA community manager APOC, the recently announced Command & Conquer 4 will require an always on, active internet connection, even in single player campaigns.
APOC explains that the inclusion of a robust stat-tracking system was the primary motivation factor behind making a persistent connection a necessity.
As of right now, you need to be online all the time to play C&C 4. This is primarily due to our “player progression” feature so everything can be tracked. C&C 4 is not an MMO in the sense of World of Warcraft, but conceptually it has similar principles for being online all the time. While some may be taken aback by this, we’ve been testing this feature internally with all of our world-wide markets. We wanted to make sure it wouldn’t take away any significant market or territory from playing the game. We have not found or seen any results that have made us think otherwise. You won’t need a fast connection, in fact, you could be on age-old dial-up, and have the same single player experience as everyone else. Online all the time won’t cause lag for single-player. We’ve also heavily worked on the online infrastructure such that people with slower connections will not lag other players with faster connections in Multiplayer.
Interesting decision, one that I think will not be taken lightheartedly by longtime fans of the franchise. It’s one thing to require an active internet connection for activation purposes, but to always require it during solo gameplay sessions seems a bit excessive. Technicalities aside, surely stats could be recorded offline then sent to master severs once the player goes online? I feel more justification is needed here.
A PC-exclusive effort, Command & Conquer 4 is due out in 2010.
Command & Conquer 4 Requires Always On Internet Connection - [eXophase.com]
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July 14th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
BS, it's another try at anti-piracy measures I reckon
EDIT: I don't think it's a good idea at all. What of people who play on laptops while travelling or whatnot?
July 14th, 2009 at 8:48 pm
i agree with this. it's a good idea.
July 14th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
By doing this, they're sacrificing the sales they'd attain from people without internet connectivity, in order to try and save what they could potentially lose through piracy. Seems pretty stupid to me.
July 14th, 2009 at 11:30 pm
Once it's cracked they can pirate it. :w00t:
EA should really give up on these anti piracy measures. Last time they tried it (Spore) people downloaded the game to bypass the broken DRM rather than buying it.
July 15th, 2009 at 1:25 am
that leaves me out
Their lost.
July 15th, 2009 at 1:26 am
Great, more ridiculous anti piracy measures.
July 15th, 2009 at 1:52 am
Even though I'm not a PC gamer (mainly because my PC isn't good enough) I think this is a bad move. How can they expect you to be online at all times to play? This sucks for the people who travel with their computers.
July 15th, 2009 at 1:58 am
These companies are bringing piracy into the mainstream more and more with every move they make. I see more 09 F9 happening sometime in the future.
July 15th, 2009 at 2:44 am
Purely Ridiculous.
In the end, these measures are simply going to push for more pirated copies, just to avoid all of these restrictions.
July 15th, 2009 at 5:55 am
They should wait until America is fully corrected to something other then Dial up and Satellite.