Despite manual's claim, Spore only allows one account per copy

Another reason to not buy or to pirate until those plonkers remove the crap DRM.

I returned my copy of Spore and put it towards a Fable 2 pre-order.

I think it's hilarious how they think DRM is going to stop people pirating the game. All it's doing is making it frustrating for the users who actually bought it.

For instance, I bought the collectors edition only to find out that EA had given me a faulty serial key. Then I had to deal with their HORRIBLE support line at $3 per minute, only to be told to email them (which I had already done with no helpful response).

I was furious with EA after that, to the point I plan to never purchase another EA title ever again until they clean up their act.

There's plenty more to the horror story in detail here:
http://www.gamertonight.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=20765

Glad I took the game back, I'd be better off pirating it. Not that I'd even bother, since the game is a steaming pile of shit anyway.

The creature creation tools are truly brilliant, sadly that doesn't make a good game.

What a darn shame this game is so awful. I really loved the concept.

I bought the game via amazon and only found out about the DRM junk after it had been shipped. Sure I coulda taken it back, but since I have been really looking forward to this game I went ahead and installed it. I ended up playing it for like 6 hours straight. It sucks about the DRM but I hope with all this hooplaw they do something about it.

Fix the manual or fix the game. I'd rather they fix the game.

I kind of had an interest in this game, but meh...

EA promoting piracy by default...they should sue themselfs....

Don't get this game.

My wife, who was hyped for Spore since it was announced, and who doesn't really play games, stopped playing after saying "This isn't even a game, there is no gameplay. It's just boring, all you do is click on fruit for 4 hours."

NO SALE EA! you suck.

I played a copy of this game for an hour or two before dumping it. Having a large scope of customization is nothing if the underlying game isn't much fun, which it isn't IMO.

DRM punishes only legit customers. It only takes one pirate outsmarting the DRM once, which they often do before the game is even on store shelves. Do publishers not see their DRM being broken so quickly and question the expense of such ultimately anti-consumer measures?

I will continue to crack my legitimately purchased games as I refuse to be punished by unreasonable and unsuccessful DRM measures.

so more reasons for not buying it

DRM will adversely affect Spore sales. EA may one day learn locked down DRM isn't a good idea.

DRM is so damn stupid, it only harms the legitimate gamers who purchase the software. Clearly it doesn't impede pirates, but in fact only entices them further.

There has to be a better way...

Why do people think that because a game has DRM that gives them the right to pirate it?

Don't like the DRM? well just don't it, but asume that then you wont be playing it.

What will happen now is that when EA tries to explain the lower sales, intead of saying "maybe we had a faulty product, maybe we shouldn't have used that DRM" they will say "this MUST be related with this increasing piracy figures, we'll have to use an even harder DRM next time"

Don't think I'm supporting EA, I hate what they're doing, but I just think piracy is not the answer.

This is just as bad as the 3 install limit IMHO. For my wife to play this game after me, even if we are really careful with the installs, she can't have her own set of creatures.

Amazon.com deleted all user review off their site or hid them either way... booh! terminating purchasing from them.

DRM only EVER hurts the customers. Then again, thats exactly what EA wants. Companies know DRM will never stop piracy. What it does do is force legit customers to have to rebuy the game when they run out of their 5 installs. What if you lose your EA account info or its stolen? Again, you are screwed. I've forgotten my EA account for games like C&C generals a million times and often thanks for EA's awful online system, recover password is never an option. Thankfully, you could always create new ones. Can't do that with Spore.

Its a shame i'm missing out on the Spore experience but honestly, it just reminds me why i game on a console. I can put my game disk in any 360 if its a 360 game or any Wii if its a Wii game and not be restricted. EA can keep the game. If they want me, a valid customer to buy their PC games, they better stop trying to screw me over. I bought the game, i want to be able to install the game however many times i want, even if i reformat my OS or buy new computers/parts. Picture Starcraft having this kind of DRM. I've reinstalled, got new computers, reformat OS hundreds of times since i bought that game over a decade ago. Spore wouldn't last as long. i'd have to go buy another copy..

Well, it's all been said again, but I'm not buying the game for this reason alone.

$40 is too much for a rental and the DRM is so easy to get around, it's just ridiculous. It isn't putting anyone off pirating the game, it's only hurting the buyers. etc.

Fuck Spore. I have better things to do then dick around with DRM 4 years from now when I get a craving for some oldschool Spore and I can't do shit because I've been anal raped by EA's DRM. Go to hell EA and take your crap practices with you.