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That's hardly a solution. There is no way, short of a massive letter-writing campaign, for a software publisher to look at flagging sales and know that it was due to onerous DRM. More likely, they'd blame it on piracy and go looking for even more restrictive DRM.

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And so the cycle would continue until sales fall enough that the company goes under. At the same time, assuming people will stop buying DRM'd products, the companies not using DRM on their games will see their sales rise.

This seems like a great solution.

And if it doesn't work that way, would you concede that this model of the world needs to be amended?

(I would prefer that reality works this way. I am a big fan of 2D Boy for one.)

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