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 [...]