Spore, DRM gone bad.
Posted on September 8, 2008 - Filed Under Gaming
Last month I wrote a bit about piracy and DRM and how the two are combining to dry up the PC market. Well it seems EA doesn’t read my blog 
or well…anything on the internet. Spore was released over the weekend and it’s taking a beating across the internet. At the time of writing this 749 out of 813 reviews on amazon.com have given this game a 1 star rating. No, it’s not because Spore turned out horrible, It’s because EA decided to punish paying customers.
You get 3 times you can install spore. So if you own a laptop and a dekstop you better not intend on upgrading both or have anything happen to your hard drives. If you do need a 4th install you can call EA and as long as you still have you receipt for proof of purchase and can explain why you need a 4th install, they may grant you one. But the question remains, why is this here in the first place?
How does punhishing your paying customer help prevent piracy? The reason behind some companies, like EA, is beyond me. The first thing many of us are going to do, is find a crack around the DRM issues. If I pay $50 for a game, I want the game to be mine, to use how I want. I’ve been eagerly awaiting this game and I was planning on this being the first game I was going to play on my computer whenever I get the chance to pick that up. Now it seems I just might end up passing on a game I’ve been watching for nearly 2 years. Hopefully EA will listen to the complaints and quickly release a patch to fix this problem. I understand wanting to protect your work, but this isn’t the way to do it EA.
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