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Video games will be stunted by DRM
Why are people so worried? The development of video games with better graphics will be stunted if not haulted to a new graphics engine coming out ever 3 to 5 years with proposed Trusted Computing. The cost of developing a game will increase significantly as one will have to cooperate with numerous hardware vendors to ensure that keys are properly used. The consumer will ultimately be screwed over because they will find out that their computer's graphics card is obsolete, and since they can't play the game if they put a new graphics card in there (as it will violate the "trust" in their "trusted" computing platform), they will be forced to shell out $5,000 for a new gaming rig every 3 years.
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Hey! Be fair to the Congress critters  Boot_Agnostic | 06/03/06
I surprised they have the time to do anything at all...  James T. Kirk | 06/05/06
Why doesn't congress investigate the recent loss of private data?  Mr. Roboto | 06/02/06
Call Your Congressman About This  HarryPellerin | 06/04/06
finally Jusice  Bowler_z | 06/04/06
Video games will be stunted by DRM  Anthony S. | 06/04/06
Pure FUD  voska | 06/05/06
Computer Games are NOT niche market  dragosani | 06/05/06
Has the government forgotten the meaning of the word "ratings"?  BlazeEagle | 06/04/06
This is dumb!  DemonX | 06/04/06
Smoke and mirrrors  Boot_Agnostic | 06/05/06
Well, I feel much safer now.  James T. Kirk | 06/05/06

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