Comments on: EA Downplays Spore’s DRM Triggered Piracy Record

By: Spore Tops the 2008 PC Games Piracy List | Student Tech News

Spore Tops the 2008 PC Games Piracy List | Student Tech News — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:15:25 +0000

[...] due to the DRM that was put into the game – EA doubted our statistics. EA’s Mariam Sughayer said that every BitTorrent download was not a successful copy, and that several downloads didn’t work, [...]

By: Top 10 Most Pirated Games of 2008 at IDTorrent Blog

Top 10 Most Pirated Games of 2008 at IDTorrent Blog — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:10:43 +0000

[...] was put into the game – EA doubted our statistics. EA’s Mariam Sughayer said that every BitTorrent download was not a successful copy, and [...]

By: Torrent Freak: 10 Most Pirated Games Of 2008 - StrafeRight Forums

Torrent Freak: 10 Most Pirated Games Of 2008 - StrafeRight Forums — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:43:48 +0000

[...] due to the DRM that was put into the game – EA doubted our statistics. EA?s Mariam Sughayer said that every BitTorrent download was not a successful copy, and that several downloads didn?t work, [...]

By: Bucky Ohare

Bucky Ohare — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:16:09 +0000

I had spores 2 weeks before its release thanks to a nice aussy, it works just fine, I felt bad at first and was going to buy it but poor EA tried to bend us all over with their sneaky crap 3 installs LMAO, what you think people would rebuy your game? But it was them who got to bite the pillow this time! SO bend over EA and take it like a champ. How many other titles have you done this to, in reference to installing crap on my pc with out me knowing? Anyways I think Ill download the Sims2 for the Mrs. now and yes all of the expansions too, just need the mansion stuff and it will be complete. I will never buy an EA game again, and a HUGE thanks to the uploader for saveing us the money and the jaw dropping expression when we would reinstall and see “your maximum installs has been reached”

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:20:36 +0000

Spore was shit.

I downloaded it (OMG A LOST SALE!!1111), played it 5 minutes and deleted it.

By: waku2waku

waku2waku — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:11:28 +0000

Frustrated like me. Check out the campaign to get EA to unbundle DRM and SecuROM at http://www.thepoint.com/campaigns/ea-games-without-drm-and-secu-rom

Petitions are petitions, but at least it’s something.

By: blackbunny

blackbunny — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:13:02 +0000

I hate EA. Warhammer online… yeah that’s all i have to say. other than a 4 letter word that starts with a fu and ends with a ck.

By: PC Gaming DRM « Eric Schroeder’s Weblog

PC Gaming DRM « Eric Schroeder’s Weblog — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:06:21 +0000

[...] http://torrentfreak.com/ea-downplays-spores-drm-081001/ [...]

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:17:49 +0000

I bought it and installed it before I learned about the DRM. I wouldn’t have learned about the DRM if the game had worked properly in the first place.

I was having technical issues related to image rendering (and yes, I have a computer that more than meets the requirements) and when I looked for help I discovered, much to my dismay, that there was a DRM scheme in my computer as well as a crappy game. Or as another poster suggests, a “gamelage,” (think collage with game).

So EA got my sale (Galactic Edition) this time but the company will never see another dollar from me for the rest of my life. I don’t care if they switch to life support equipment and I’m dying. I will not patronize their company again. I’m also doing what I can to participate in the lawsuit.

As I’ve stated on their forums, they made a crappy game, couched it in a terrifyingly invasive DRM scheme, and prevent me from selling it to someone else without divulging my personal information and I consider this no less an act of piracy than the hundreds of thousands of people stealing their software.

If the game were worth playing I might consider pirating it so I can at least play it without fearing my install limit will magically appear but the game is dull and buggy.

My advice to anyone wanting a decent gaming experience, look elsewhere.

By: Ponderings For 2008-10-05 » Ponderings Of Guy

Ponderings For 2008-10-05 » Ponderings Of Guy — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:37:48 +0000

[...] goes to show the real outcome of truly evil forms of DRM (they are all evil, but ones like this are from the seventh [...]

By: Anonymous2

Anonymous2 — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:26:15 +0000

I agree, it is bullshit!!! EA wants to make a claim about piraticy, isn’t that what they just did with the shit that is now floating in those computers. Who in the fuck do they think they are to regulate anything besides there hours of operation.

By: mem

mem — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:49:11 +0000

on the plus side, this could be cited as an admission by EA that the “one download = one sale” policy is broken as hell

its nice to hear a them admit their mistakes, even by accident

By: lucegunz

lucegunz — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:53:04 +0000

My little brother bought and installed spore on my system! I had no idea they used secuRom as i never really play any games on this thing…

Can someone show me how to remove it? or leave me a link as to where i can go to get rid of it… i hate root kits =/

By: lero

lero — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:50:47 +0000

yeah, #56, you got that right.

By: lero

lero — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:48:18 +0000

gotta admit, in this case it will reflect badly on sales, i’ll download a game, if its great i’ll always buy it(yeah i know you hear it all the time) but this is one boring game, if i could’nt download it i would have rushed out and bought it based on the hype, now i won’t. more new games need to put out a demo on the net pre release, it does’nt seem to happen anymore, maybe most new games are’nt confident enough.

By: huh

huh — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:25:05 +0000

Why has nobody said or done anything about comment #:

10 Oct 02, 2008 at 00:10 by mwahahaha

no moderators? no nothing? WTF?
DRM isn’t ok, and neither was that comment.

By: NOMORE_EA

NOMORE_EA — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:48:58 +0000

I will never purchase another product from EA again.. I recommend you fire the idiot who came up with this plan

By: Johnmc

Johnmc — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:26:06 +0000

#52

Yes I will just go in that store and steal something that I did not want to buy.. So now what is UP with your logic

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:24:01 +0000

#52 – Anon

Why the hell are you here?.. Go back to your feel good interwebs and leave the pirating to the Adults..

By: Johnmc

Johnmc — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:22:30 +0000

#27

Go back to your RIAA websites asshole.. Why are you here exactly?