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Thinking of buying a second-hand copy of Spore? Might want to think twice: According to the buyer, his copy of the game was purchased from “a crotchety old redneck,” but the buyer didn’t get the necessary information needed to get into the game’s main account, and thus couldn’t play. A call to customer support was . . . → Read More: Just as I speculated: “Spore” DRM is about blocking resales of the game. When Sony launched the video store service on the Playstation Network I took the time to fire up my PS3 and browse through the store to see what they were offering and how much it would cost, but I didn’t buy anything because I hadn’t taken the time to find out what the terms of . . . → Read More: I won’t be buying videos through the PS3 video store. EA Games Label President Frank Gibeau sent the folks at Kotaku.com a press release about DRM used on Spore which again demonstrates that they just aren’t getting the message. They continue to think the issue is solely about how many installs the game has and they continue to repeat the lie that DRM stops piracy: . . . → Read More: Electronic Arts modifies “Spore” DRM again, but still doesn’t address SecuROM controversy. On the one hand I suppose I should be impressed that Electronic Arts bothered to respond to all the complaints about the SecuROM DRM at all, but the responses they gave to MTV Multiplayer show they still don’t get it: Complaint: A legitimately bought copy of “Spore” can’t be activated on more than three different . . . → Read More: Electronic Arts still doesn’t get it. Responds to DRM controversy in “Spore.” It appears the folks at Electronic Arts are doing everything they can to ensure I never purchase one of their PC games again. Word over on the official support forums for Command and Conquer says that the upcoming Red Alert 3, a sequel to my all-time favorite RTS, will use a slightly more lenient SecuROM . . . → Read More: “Red Alert 3” will also have SecuROM DRM. Out of the (currently) 230 reviews for Spore at Amazon.com some 199 of them are 1 star and the comments make it clear this is due entirely to the SecuROM DRM. Some of the comments include insights such as: This type of DRM with not stand, man Do not treat your customers as “Criminals First”. . . . → Read More: “Spore” gets a shitload of 1 star ratings due to DRM. It seems there’s never enough time or money to play every great game that is released. There’s plenty of titles that have sat on my Amazon Wish List until they were no longer available so I never got around to playing them. If you’re like me and prefer to buy your games rather than just . . . → Read More: “Good Old Games” is about to go beta. The folks over at Game Viper are reporting that Spore has already been cracked: After news of Spore breaking the street date in Australia, we hear that Spore has already been cracked by a group called “RELOADED” despite it’s use of SecuROM, the anti-pirating software. (the same one used in BioShock) There are currently over . . . → Read More: “Spore” already cracked and available through Bittorrent. Stardock is one of the few game publishers out there that seem to understand their market. Their games generally don’t have any DRM systems mucking up your system or other forms of copyright protection and yet they tend to sell pretty well despite the fact that they’re pirated just as much as any other title. . . . → Read More: Stardock proposes a “Gamer’s Bill of Rights” at PAX. Here’s a familiar song. Yahoo! Music is calling it quits and taking their key servers down on September 30, 2008. If you’re one of the dozen people who bought DRM protected music through that service, well, it sucks to be you: Once the Yahoo store goes down and the key servers go offline, existing tracks . . . → Read More: DRM Deja Vu: Yahoo! Music shutting down. Any music you purchased through it will soon be useless. |
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