Wait. Is the console version officially canned?? Damn! I was hoping for this to come out later this year to tide me over till Mass Effect 2 comes knocking...
I wish I could get past the title, but it bugs me to no end.
Do they mean it like "Stop that man! He's Witching that poor elderly lady!" or "At first, I was moderately Witchy. But since then, I've become far Witcher than before."
Ugh, that's possibly the worst form of DRM in my mind. I never understood why Secu-rom was thought to be so terrible. I agree that it's only harmful to legit consumers, but I think its effects are dramatized.
This, however, is just annoying. It really bugs me when I have to put my games in... it's just something I've gotten used to not doing, and I hate having cases clutter up my desk.
Anyways, I'm sure this will be on Steam, so it's really not a problem. STEAM FTW!
And what exactly is EA's company line in regard to this. Has the state of PC game piracy drastically changed? Or did they realize that limited online authentication did nothing to curb it while driving legitimate customers away?
Once, just once, I'd really like to see a company own up to their stupidity.
@Shin-san: It's up to EA. They're doing the same with the Sims 3 which like it or not is a massive franchise for them. They've learned their lesson now it seems.
One of these days I may get around to buying Spore, but it's just so much work to have to buy it and then get a cracked version to avoid ever allowing SecuROM onto my PC (the box will remain sealed forever). Good on EA for allowing this.
So I guess I'm still out of luck, since it's my computer's habit to periodically eject my hard drive across the room. Not much time to deauthorize my games mid-flight.
@Lazureus: I am a person against any form of required internet-connection to activate, while I think it's pretty nice if they did, I still wouldn't be very grateful for EA.
On the other hand, if it is a joke, then they are dicks.
@flukielukie: Yes it was. I can no longer play Crysis: Warhead that I legitimately bought right when it was released. Why? Because overclocking my CPU means I've used up one of those installs! And I get treated to a message that says "Please purchase another license to play this game". No mention of a support number I can call or anything. I'm obviously in the wrong here.
So I decided to use a no-cd crack instead. Works great now!
Ah, it took some time but it seems Stardock finally got their plan in motion. I have to say I'm a bit skeptical about this new activation thing. I'm willing to give them a chance though, they really know how to make you value buying a game instead of treating you like a thief.
<3 Stardock
Too bad I think some publishers will hate them for the reselling aspect, but we'll see what happens.
07/08/09
Any news on that or did I just miss the memo?
07/08/09
Solid game by the way.
07/08/09
Do they mean it like "Stop that man! He's Witching that poor elderly lady!" or "At first, I was moderately Witchy. But since then, I've become far Witcher than before."
07/08/09
(In case no one gets the olde english reference).
05/04/09
This, however, is just annoying. It really bugs me when I have to put my games in... it's just something I've gotten used to not doing, and I hate having cases clutter up my desk.
Anyways, I'm sure this will be on Steam, so it's really not a problem. STEAM FTW!
05/04/09
Once, just once, I'd really like to see a company own up to their stupidity.
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05/04/09
Me as well. This is a major factor determining whether or not I purchase PC games these days.
One of these days I may get around to buying Spore, but it's just so much work to have to buy it and then get a cracked version to avoid ever allowing SecuROM onto my PC (the box will remain sealed forever).
Good on EA for allowing this.
05/04/09
Now do the same for Mass Effect 2!
03/31/09
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03/31/09
Definitely sounds to good to be true.. doesn't it...
03/31/09
On the other hand, if it is a joke, then they are dicks.
03/31/09
A baby step, sure, but better than nothing.
03/31/09
03/31/09
SecuROM really was a stupid idea.
03/31/09
So I decided to use a no-cd crack instead. Works great now!
03/31/09
03/31/09
And sharing is wrong.
03/31/09
03/27/09
I love you.
03/27/09
<3 Stardock
Too bad I think some publishers will hate them for the reselling aspect, but we'll see what happens.