Many gamers who bought the PC version of BioShock have been outraged at the game's DRM for various reasons. The good news is that 2K has finally responded to these issues over on The Cult of Rapture. Here are some choice quotes from the post:
Starting immediately, we will be upping the activation count to a 5 by 5 plan. We will be raising the maximum amount of computers a user can have BioShock installed on simultaneously from 2 to 5, and allowing a user to reinstall BioShock on each of those computers from 3 times to 5 times.
Also, we have in the works a revoke tool which you will be able to run on your machine if you want to free up that key and move it to to another computer
And as for widescreen, we also want to say we completely understand a user's desire to augment their FOV. BioShock is a harrowing experience, but we don't want anyone to feel limited (or motion sick!). So we are in the process of working on an official PC patch to give widescreen PC users a choice to expand their horizontal FOV, and are investigating creating a similar update for the 360.
While I didn't feel that the widescreen problem was that big of a deal, it's still nice to see that 2K is committed to fixing it. If you still have more unanswered questions, there is a technical FAQ which can be found right here.
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11:01 AM on 08.24.2007
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I think someone may have posted about it in the clogs.
So who won that contest anyway? I assume it was sazemaster, but i don't remember an announcement.
http://www.destructoid.com/who-s-your-daddy-contest-winners-39006.phtml#ext
You guys want a LE? Cool, we'll poll you to see what you want in it.
Broken Big Daddy figures? No prob, we'll send you a new one and an artbook.
DRM a bitch? We'll make it better.
Bitching about widescreen? Working on that, too.
Of course, it also helps that BioShock is the fucking bee's knees, too.
(That's right. I said bee's knees.)
Vista doestn even have that limited install CRAP and its nearly $200 than that waste of HDD Bioshock
Removing the failed DRM measure and replacing it with a working substitute = Pass
Removing DRM Completey = WIN
Single player games should never have to be activated online.
*runs off*
+1 in my book.
At last, I can play Dead Rising the way it was meant to be played...on my HDTV. It's like playing a whole new game when you can actually READ the dialog.
Omni dual saw