Poll: EA is at it again With there SecuROM software

[Pigeon_Grenade]

I found this While i was looking things up on Wikipedia, and it made me dread the thought of EA Slapping this Crappy software to EVERYTHING, i know it Seems unlikely but I'm pretty sure there are those out there who dont have the Net(Some of my Cousins), this Program is Designed so you HAVE to Register it, which seems Bogus for some, what if its a gift?, and after such Backlash from putting it on Something like Spore, EA is trying to Wait out the Customers on this one. i think there gonna Destroy themselves on this one.

SecuROM controversy

Executive Producer Chris Corry has stated that Red Alert 3 will come bundled with the controversial SecuROM software. The game will have to be activated the first time online, and will then feature a limit of 5 installations per machine. After this fifth installation, consumers will be required to contact EA Customer Service for every additional activation. He has also confirmed that uninstalling the game will not be returning the used installation back to the user. EA's rationale for the continued use of SecuROM in their products is "Digital Rights Management", yet the EA title to have featured the most severe SecuROM protection to date, the 2008 game Spore, was on September 13, 2008 announced to be the most pirated video game ever, with over half a million illegal downloads within the first week of its release. In the aftermath of Spore's SecuROM controversy, there was an outcry amongst some circles of customers who began threatening to boycott Red Alert 3 if this game was bundled with such "digital rights management" mechanisms as well. In response, EA announced that in Red Alert 3 the installation limit would be increased from 3 to 5 installations per machine. Many customers remained unsatisfied, stating that for all intents and purposes they will be "renting" the game from EA at full price.

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[TsunamiWombat]

I find it funny the first 3 responses actually picked option 3.

 

[nikomas1]

Who's accepting that? My computer likes to crash and what if you live at different homes with seperated parents like me? It's going to be pirated anyhow so what's the point?

 

[Pigeon_Grenade]

ya some computers can be Very buggy at times, those Will get used up pretty quickly

i thank god that fallout 3 is not a EA title

 

[Altorin]

I find it funny the first 3 responses actually picked option 3.

9/10 did.

 

[TsunamiWombat]

Correction 10/11 did.

 

[Altorin]

Correction 10/11 did.

I was fully aware my numbers would quickly date themselves.

I stand by them

 

[10BIT]

11/12

I cannot see any good reason to use it. All it does is harass those who legally pay for it. It is not too difficult for the pirates to remove this feature. I would be buying Mirror's Edge for sure if it weren't for SecuRom. If I get the game, it would be a pirated version unless they remove it. SecuRom cannot be called security when all it does is encouraging people to steal.

 

[T3chn0s1s]

Being the sort of dorkus I am, I subscribe to the school of PC maintenance that says an installation of windows that's more than a month old is an installation of windows that needs to be reinstalled. This theory was originally in place to make people too stupid to keep up with updates get their updates for all hardware in the machine. It also served to clear up all that icky space, but it was never neccessary and actually does deteriorate the machine...

However, I still do it, because it only messes up the one drive, and the slaved drive with all my games remains intact. Issue is, with this system in place, next time I play the game windows registers it all over again with the server, meaning I just installed it again. If I reformat five times, I can't play anymore.

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Let's look at that again. I still have friggin' Commander Keen on floppies that I play from time to time. Anyone who hasn't played it should actually look into it, because I'm pretty sure you can freeware that at this point. I still play One Must Fall and such... Why won't I play Spore in another couple years? Why won't I play RA3 in another year or two, when I still have my old Red Alert discs? (ironically, the allied disc is currently in my drive because I was trying out a campaign my mate made for it) Oh right, because I don't own it anymore, my rental is up.

Right...

EA is laying the high hard one to us, and I object.