Posted May 26, 200816 yr Quote At yesterday's Wedbush Morgan Securities conference, Atari founder Nolan Bushnell claimed that a stealth encryption chip will "absolutely stop piracy of [PC] gameplay." "There is a stealth encryption chip called a TPM that is going on the motherboards of most of the computers that are coming out now," explained Bushnell, according to a GamesIndustry report. "What that says is that in the games business we will be able to encrypt with an absolutely verifiable private key in the encryption world--which is uncrackable by people on the internet and by giving away passwords--which will allow for a huge market to develop in some of the areas where piracy has been a real problem." Piracy has been a hot-button issue in the PC gaming industry for some time now, with renowned PC developers such as Crytek, id, and Epic claiming that the high rate of pirated PC software forced them to put games on other platforms. "I've seen studios close as the result of it, I've seen people lose their homes," former Ritual QA manager Mike Russell told Shacknews while discussing the effects of piracy. "I guess I'm more vocal than a lot of people because I've seen the personal side of it, and it's just sad that we have so many people looking for a way of justifying it." Bushnell suggested that though movie and music piracy will likely continue unabated, game markets made previously inaccessible due to piracy issues will begin to flourish as the chip's install base grows. "Games are a different thing, because games are so integrated with the code. The TPM will, in fact, absolutely stop piracy of gameplay," he noted. "As soon as the installed base of the TPM hardware chip gets large enough, we will start to see revenues coming from Asia and India at a time when before it didn't make sense." After founding Atari and making Pong a household name, Bushnell went on to create the Chuck E. Cheese franchise, which mixed pizza eateries with arcades and animatronic stage performances. Since then, he has moved away from the mainstream video game industry, and recently went so far as to label modern games "pure, unadulterated trash." http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/52841 Discuss.
May 26, 200816 yr They said this about SecuROM too.. Some guy in his 30's living in his mothers basement will beat this aswell.
May 26, 200816 yr If its a chip can't you simply just take it out and create a bypassing program or some shit?
May 26, 200816 yr American said: who fucking cares just buy the game the person who posted this topic maybe?
May 26, 200816 yr American said: who fucking cares just buy the game That's easy to say from your parents home with no bills and a fucking allowance.
May 26, 200816 yr Little Fascist Bunny! said: That's easy to say from your parents home with no bills and a fucking allowance. SHUT UP FAGGOT I LIVE IN THE SLUMS OF CHICAGO YOU DONT KNOW SHIT ABOUT LIVING ON WELFARE
May 26, 200816 yr gab0rik10 said: as long as i dont have to start buying MUSIC i dont give a shit very true
May 26, 200816 yr Author Tom said: OMG HERE'S A SOLUTION: DON'T BUY THE FUCKING CHIP. :drool2: If they all have their way it will be built into motherboards. There will always be ways around anything they do. Whatever they can do, someone can undo.
May 26, 200816 yr The software will have to have an interface for the chip, it can be broken and will be broken very easily. stupid people
May 26, 200816 yr rhcp430 said: 1. get shitty job 2. work 3. ???? 4. PROFIT!!!! is that still funny to you?
May 26, 200816 yr Unless motherboard manufacturers are forced to place this chip on their boards, people will probably avoid them anyway, so they won't As long as this chip doesn't get embedded in many motherboards at the beginning most likely there's nothing to worry about. But even if it does catch on, I'm sure there will be a workaround.
May 26, 200816 yr Quote BUTT_PLUG;564350']this will not stop piracy. a group of very bored/talented people will find a way. Yeah. I mean, what the hell could be so hard about it? Somebody's cracked practically everything that was said to be uncrackable, so..
