Has the DRM Dissapeared?

10-09-2010, 08:12 AM

I remember a long time ago considering buying one of the X games, and immediately stopped when I saw that the game had additional third-party DRM. It was a large disclaimer on the right-hand side of the 'Store' page.

Now, this deal/sale/package has hit, and I've checked all the component 'Store' pages, and none of them mention anything about third party DRM.

Is the DRM truly gone, or have they simply removed those disclaimers from the 'Store' page?

Vaemer-Riit · 10-09-2010, 08:49 AM

The Copy Protection has ben gone as of 4 patches ago:

Quote:

X3: Terran Conflict has been updated to v2.5!

New Features and Improvements:

Removed copy protection

Source: http://store.steampowered.com/news/?appids=2820

All of the previous X games also have had their DRM removed as well

Aesir Rising · 10-09-2010, 09:54 AM

Egosoft has been good about removing DRM about a year after each release.

Fastred · 10-09-2010, 02:09 PM

What about on the retail version of the X3 games? Do they still retain the DRM or does patching them to current version remove the DRM?

Aesir Rising · 10-10-2010, 01:04 AM

Patching removes it from disk versions.

Also, the "Superbox" has no DRM for any game version contained in the set.

Fastred · 10-10-2010, 05:31 AM

Thanks. Been thinking about picking up X3 Gold retail but have been putting it off since I have other games I need to complete/play more of.

ravenstar68 · 10-15-2010, 06:53 AM

You could try buying the X Superbox as that has the complete set of games. All updated to work on Windows 7 too.

10-09-2010, 08:12 AM	#1
vB_Maarx Guest Posts: n/a	Has the DRM Dissapeared? I remember a long time ago considering buying one of the X games, and immediately stopped when I saw that the game had additional third-party DRM. It was a large disclaimer on the right-hand side of the 'Store' page. Now, this deal/sale/package has hit, and I've checked all the component 'Store' pages, and none of them mention anything about third party DRM. Is the DRM truly gone, or have they simply removed those disclaimers from the 'Store' page?

10-10-2010, 01:04 AM	#5
Aesir Rising Join Date: Sep 2008 Reputation: 87 Posts: 1,369	Patching removes it from disk versions. Also, the "Superbox" has no DRM for any game version contained in the set. Last edited by Aesir Rising: 10-10-2010 at 01:07 AM.

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10-09-2010, 09:54 AM	#3
Aesir Rising Join Date: Sep 2008 Reputation: 87 Posts: 1,369	Egosoft has been good about removing DRM about a year after each release.

10-09-2010, 02:09 PM	#4
Fastred Join Date: Dec 2008 Reputation: 15 Posts: 173	What about on the retail version of the X3 games? Do they still retain the DRM or does patching them to current version remove the DRM?

10-10-2010, 05:31 AM	#6
Fastred Join Date: Dec 2008 Reputation: 15 Posts: 173	Thanks. Been thinking about picking up X3 Gold retail but have been putting it off since I have other games I need to complete/play more of.

10-15-2010, 06:53 AM	#7
ravenstar68 Join Date: Jun 2009 Reputation: 4 Posts: 55	You could try buying the X Superbox as that has the complete set of games. All updated to work on Windows 7 too.