Originally posted on September 10, 2008 @ 12:25 am
EA Games’ much anticipated game Spore is already out in the market after a development of so many years. But looking at different forums and ratings at Amazon.com, you’d think that the game is crap. Actually, the bad ratings are not really directed at the quality of the game but rather on the bad DRM implementation in Spore.
The DRM in Spore only allows owners up to three activations of the game after it has been installed as a way of deterring software pirates from reusing activation codes. But the problem here is that an owner who uses up those three chances even for completely legitimate reasons will have to contact EA’s customer support and ask for a new authentication, with approvel given on a case to case basis.
I’m curious as to how EA will manage this potential problem.