Publisher to address three-install limit in a comprehensive response to ongoing DRM woes
Spore publisher EA has responded to a number of the complaints being levelled at the publisher regarding its seemingly strict DRM measures included in Will Wright’s latest PC outing – and it has stated that it intends to make changes to its current three install limit on the game.
Speaking to MTV, EA reportedly said: “That will be changed. The current limit on the number of computers that can be associated with a single copy of Spore is very similar to a solution that iTunes has. The difference is that with iTunes you can de-authorise a computer. Right now, with our solution, you can’t. But there is a patch coming for that.”
EA also pointed out that to date only 0.4 per cent of Spore owners had tried to activate the ambitious PC title on more than three machines.
The EA spokesperson added: “EA has no intentions – nor will they ever – of making it easier for people to play a pirated game than to play an authentic retail copy.”
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0.4%
0.4% of owners in the first couple of weeks of buying the game wanted to install on more than 3 machines...
For such a short space of time that's massive!
I'm sure someone can do that math of how many people that was, how much an average activation call costs (a lot), and how much lovely money EA made.
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Don't the phone companies make most of the money out of phone calls?
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QUOTE: "The EA spokesperson added: “EA has no intentions – nor will they ever – of making it easier for people to play a pirated game than to play an authentic retail copy.” "
That's kinda ironic, as for some people it turns out that it's easier to install the pirated copy that to play their retail copy!
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I hope EA losses money on this venture honestly what computer gamer doesn't use his cds more than 3 times. You know how many times I had to reinstall CS:S and Oblivion. And the fact that they think its ok to follow apples footsteps only shows how far the company has fallen. Why use a nazi company like itunes when you can buy the cds or pirate it.
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I just hope that patch will add an autosave feature. I just lost 1 hour of play due to it crashing :(
(before you start, it wasn't easy to save as I was trying to wipe out an entire race at the time, gotta love being able to perform genocide in the game :)
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@Gruntkiller: How is iTunes a Nazi company?
Firstly, it is a program not a company.
Second, Nazi? I doubt that the holocaust has happened a second time because someone decided to play their songs through a Mac MP3 program.
Isn't the real issue...
.. that Spore also installs the SecuROM rootkit and modifies the operation of your computer without prior disclosure or user consent. There is ZERO mention of SecuROM anywhere in any documentation associated with Spore. If there were, I wouldn't have bought it and wasted an hour getting rid of SecuROM and returning the disc!
The only real option if you don't want spyware installed without your consent now seems to be to get a hacked copy! Unbelievable!
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