The difference between an Indie and an AAA game couple of AAA games that I’ve seen

Servers:

Random Indie game: Let’s you play the single player even when their server is down AAA game Nasty AAA game NHL ’12, Diablo 3, Assassin’s Creed: Doesn’t allow you to play the game because their damn server cloud is down or something.

Saving game:

Random Indie game: Allows you to save the game AAA game Nasty AAA game NHL ’12: Corrupts the save game file for some reason after you’ve played one round of ice hockey (*ahem*). I suspect some sort of special nasty DRM to prevent piratism. It’s bit annoying for those who actually bought the game.

Is it just me, or are certain AAA games trying to force us customers from playing the games thanks to their DRM?

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