EA to address Spore’s DRM concerns
- September 17th, 2008
- 2 Comments
In light of thousands upon thousands of irate DRM-hating gamers, Electronic Arts has announced that it’ll be issuing a patch to the game that’ll allow people to de-authorize certain computers.
Currently, the game is only able to be activated on up to three machines. If you replace one of those machines, you’ll have to call up EA, proof of purchase at hand, and plead your case to be able to activate it again. Under the new system, you’ll be able to deactivate certain machines, similar to how iTunes works, and activate new ones.
The patch will apparently be coming in the “near future,” although no specific date has been given.
Mark (Who am I?)
2 months ago
Not good enough. I’m still not buying.
Until SecuROM is totally gone, I won’t be buying this or any other game sporting it. As much of a pain as Steam was when HL2 came out, at least it is transparent and is actually a useful tool for me to use and is easily removed. I’ve actually grown fond of it. SecuROM is a hijacker, and I’ll kill it anyway I can.
I’ve never pirated a game before in my life, but if this goes on for very much longer, I’m considering torrenting a copy just to bolster the pirate statistics going around the web.
Gabemac (Who am I?)
2 months ago
It is interesting that EA still doesn’t get it, making paid users fell like criminals. I talk about this and other DRM and Torrent news on my show today. Thanks for the post…
Episode referencing this article:
http://tinyurl.com/42gjjl