But Rod, someone has to be concerned about the distant future. Otherwise, we'll be completely unprepared for the robotic DRM enforcement squads.
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But Rod, someone has to be concerned about the distant future. Otherwise, we'll be completely unprepared for the robotic DRM enforcement squads.
[via Rock, Paper, Shotgun]
Reader Comments (24)
Posted: Mar 26th 2009 10:41PM (Unverified) said
Smart thinkin' there.
Posted: Mar 26th 2009 11:44PM (Unverified) said
Considering Spore was anecdotally the most widely pirated new release in history (with some torrents reporting almost 100,000 simultaneous peers), you'd hoped they would have learned *something* about making every single potential customer stop with wallet in hand and say "wait... if I just pirate this, I don't need to worry about the DRM."
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Posted: Mar 26th 2009 10:43PM Da Largest said
In other words, they've already come to grips with the fact that, like Sims 2 before it, this'll be the most pirated game of all time within days no matter what they do about it.
Posted: Mar 26th 2009 10:52PM Ignatius said
Well, the more they churn out expansions, the more people pirate it.
I'll be happy to buy The Sims 2 Complete Collection, but I'm not going to buy every freaking expansion to get the most out of the game.
If you bought every single Sims 2 expansion/stuff pack and the original game AT the time of their launch, it would add up to over $500. That is just ridiculous and that is the biggest reason it is pirated.
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I'll be happy to buy The Sims 2 Complete Collection, but I'm not going to buy every freaking expansion to get the most out of the game.
If you bought every single Sims 2 expansion/stuff pack and the original game AT the time of their launch, it would add up to over $500. That is just ridiculous and that is the biggest reason it is pirated.
Posted: Mar 26th 2009 11:46PM (Unverified) said
I don't think it's so much that, as they probably don't want otherwise-paying customers to boycott their product, pirate it, and then give it a 1-star review on Amazon.
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Posted: Mar 26th 2009 10:45PM (Unverified) said
I don't like the fact that I'm starting to like EA
Posted: Mar 26th 2009 11:34PM DonaldMick said
Wow, EA ended the Cold War by themselves?
Respect +30.
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Respect +30.
Posted: Mar 26th 2009 10:53PM (Unverified) said
Yeah I went and checked after reading this, and Spore's STILL one of the most pirated games on several sites. EA got smart awfully quick haha.
Posted: Mar 26th 2009 11:08PM Gibbeynator said
EA abandoning SecuRom? Oh yeah, this isn't POSSIBLY a trap. This is in NO WAY related to an attempt to create a new form of DRM that's more restrictive and more annoying than SecuRom.
I need more tinfoil.
I need more tinfoil.
Posted: Mar 26th 2009 11:19PM Bailers77 said
Well, I'll stand up and clap for EA. I think we have to give them credit for at least trying to the right thing. It must have been a very difficult decision, knowing that now matter what they do, the trolls will steal their game. At least now they get some positive PR for not putting a DRM on that will break the game for those of us that legally get their products.
Posted: Mar 26th 2009 11:23PM BigD145 said
Did EA decide it wasn't worth the money to go ahead with DRM? Thank you, recession/depression.
Posted: Mar 26th 2009 11:24PM (Unverified) said
I can only hope they patch previously released games to do away with the DRM crap so I can finally buy Mass Effect. >.
Posted: Mar 26th 2009 11:34PM (Unverified) said
maybe they discovered that their audience base is comprised of a lot of people who don't use the internet or are not as apt in using it.
though i didn't mean to imply anything, i was just suggesting that it's possible they decided on this because of something like that. when i played the sims 2, i had it installed on my laptop that had no internet connectivity (mostly because i was too lazy to get a wireless router).
nonetheless, i can't wait for this game to come out. it's been so long since i've played the sims. as silly as it is, it's hella addicting.
though i didn't mean to imply anything, i was just suggesting that it's possible they decided on this because of something like that. when i played the sims 2, i had it installed on my laptop that had no internet connectivity (mostly because i was too lazy to get a wireless router).
nonetheless, i can't wait for this game to come out. it's been so long since i've played the sims. as silly as it is, it's hella addicting.
Posted: Mar 26th 2009 11:36PM RKN said
THANK FUCKING GOD.
Posted: Mar 26th 2009 11:39PM Gun Barrier said
April Fools?
Posted: Mar 27th 2009 12:07AM (Unverified) said
This is a business decision. They realized they really didn't stop piracy and the only thing it did was piss off people who actually bought. Piracy is a complicated thing. Especially considering the product. The product really is nothing more than lines of computer code. So no matter what kind of protection, someone will hack it. Plus stating the number of pirated copies as lost revenue is stupid. 99% of the pirates would not have bought anyway. So the real cost and loss of revenue is $0. Given that they realized that they were actually losing more revenue by being so restrictive. People who would have bought, didn't. So now they don't have to pay for the DRM and they maximize revenue.
Posted: Mar 26th 2009 11:53PM (Unverified) said
It is actually sort of hard to believe EA is capable of this without the direct intercession of the divine.
Posted: Mar 27th 2009 9:05AM (Unverified) said
I'm curious to know what copy protection system The Sims 3 will be using. You'll note they don't actually say they're NOT using SecuROM and it is possible to adjust how restrictive SecuROM is. If it's still SecuROM just with most of the "features" disabled then I still won't be buying it.
Can anyone confirm just what it is that they will be using?
Can anyone confirm just what it is that they will be using?
Posted: Mar 27th 2009 11:22AM FredFredrickson said
Guess they learned their lesson with Spore, eh?
Posted: Mar 28th 2009 4:38AM apocacrux said
It's a move in the right direction.
