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Maybe you should take a ride on the Bioware forums. As you might know, you can't post there unless you've registered your game. Same goes now for Spore. There are pages of discussions about the adventures of the people who practically are forced to buy new copies of the games. If you call all those people pirates, well, i don't know what to say...And I repeat myself: I'm not renting games and i'd rather not buying whatever I consider that goes too far in terms of protecting IP. Did anyone bothered to read the article from the link I've posted???
It's my right to vote with my wallet. Not going to buy FIFA(not that I've bought one since 2003, changed on Pro Evolution Soccer and my money are going at Namcofrom 4-5 years now). And be honest: that DRM didn't stopped any of the EA games from being pirated from hell and back. Like I've said: I've had my "painless" fun with Bioshock and Mass Effect (stupid me, I couldn't resist buying the last one, as I am a Bioware fan), so painless is debatable. One Windows reinstall and a videocard upgrade reduced my activations at Mass Effect at 1. And if you read EULA carefully you will see that the extra activations are given by EA on a case by case basis. Funny, isn't it? It's okay with Sacred2, as they've said that the DRM will be removed in two years (and I'm inclined to believe Ascaron, as they did that with the previous Sacred), but don't tell me that EA it's all heart. And please, do bother and read the article....And if a game is good, so what? There are limits to what a corporation can do. In-game ads? Painless indeed. The people that were playing the latest FIFA or the last Battlefield and saw campaign ads for Obama must be thrilled, right?? In case that you've missed that, EA did this little thing to their loyal clients. So what's next after that???There are a number of lawsuits initiated against EA and the use of that DRM and you might remember the fact that some customers banded a few years ago against Ubisoft that was using Starforce at the time and Ubi lost the lawsuit. So there was a precedent. And the moderators and the staff that were on the EA forums are now in the silentio stampa. Also there was issued a warning ban for anyone that dares to discuss about that particular DRM.
There is another lawsuit against EA initiated by the people who bought Sims2 and they've seen the DRM changed from Safedisc to SecuROM. If I was willing to agree on certain things, I'm not willing to agree on others. In-game ads = wrong, the right for someone to monitor my activity while I'm online(Sony, see the link)=wrong.
I'm not suffering for any EA game, as all of them can be replaced with something similar. EA it's not exactly the most creative company out there. Now back to my 1.65 King's Bounty - The Legend.
Sorry for the long post, but people giving up on their rights so easily are making my blood boil.
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