Encryption Chip Will End Piracy, Says Atari Founder

***NightNinja*** · 05-25-2008, 07:58 PM

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.

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limp5560 · 05-31-2008, 12:10 AM

Do you think hackers will find a way around this?

mvp_SyCo · 05-31-2008, 10:34 AM

Well this is why most pc games don't come out for pc. Because Of piracy and there're losing alot of money because of piracy.

***NightNinja*** · 05-31-2008, 07:01 PM

I think that just as there are always methods to get around the anti-cheats there will always be methods to get around their anti-piracy. Unfortunately, the community has gotten so large that their efforts to stop it will not be enough.

Tehninja · 06-12-2008, 07:59 AM

Cool, now I get to spend 25 hours messing with my Motherboard Hoo-ray!

05-25-2008, 07:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
*NightNinja* Administrator Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 340	Encryption Chip Will End Piracy, Says Atari Founder 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. Read more about this story at ShackNews __________________ DO NOT PM ME FOR HACKS, I DON'T HAVE HACKS

05-31-2008, 07:01 PM	#4 (permalink)
*NightNinja* Administrator Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 340	I think that just as there are always methods to get around the anti-cheats there will always be methods to get around their anti-piracy. Unfortunately, the community has gotten so large that their efforts to stop it will not be enough. __________________ DO NOT PM ME FOR HACKS, I DON'T HAVE HACKS

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05-31-2008, 12:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
limp5560 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 2	Do you think hackers will find a way around this?

05-31-2008, 10:34 AM	#3 (permalink)
mvp_SyCo Junior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3	Well this is why most pc games don't come out for pc. Because Of piracy and there're losing alot of money because of piracy.

06-12-2008, 07:59 AM	#5 (permalink)
Tehninja Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1	Cool, now I get to spend 25 hours messing with my Motherboard Hoo-ray!