Following questions and concerns from the BioShock 2 PC community, 2K Marin has said that it will scale back on the title’s DRM for both the retail and digital versions of the game.
“Over the past two days, I’ve fielded a lot of questions and concerns about the DRM for both the retail and digital versions of BioShock 2. Because of this feedback, we are scaling back BioShock 2’s DRM,” said community manager ‘Elizabeth’.
“There will be no SecuROM install limits for either the retail or digital editions of BioShock 2, and SecuROM will be used only to verify the game’s executable and check the date. Beyond that, we are only using standard Games for Windows Live non-SSA guidelines, which, per Microsoft, comes with 15 activations (after that, you can reset them with a call to Microsoft.)”
2K says that the new DRM is now similar to other popular games that the community said had better DRM through both digital and retail channels.
"Many of you have used Batman: Arkham Asylum as an example to me, which uses the exact same Games for Windows Live guidelines as us as well as SecuROM on retail discs, and now our SecuROM is less restrictive on Steam.”
Elizabeth said that the developer appreciates how frustrating and confusing the variables of PC gaming can be and “when you say there is a problem, we listen, and use your suggestions to make things better. Feedback like this does not go unheard, and while this might not be the ideal protection for everyone, we will continue to listen and work with you in the future when formulating our DRM plans.”
BioShock 2 launches on February 9 across PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 platforms.