So EA has responded to the uproar of the Spore DRM saying:
"You can install the game on three computers - at your office, at home or for your family. What you can't do is make and distribute a thousand copies online," added Sughayer."

Meanwhile internet reports suggest that Spore is headed for becoming the most downloaded game of all time on Torrent sites, having apparently already soared past 500,000 downloads. Ouch.

Hilarious. I guess that Spore DRM really took care of the piracy issue.

Hey, at least I bought it, like most NORMAL people do..

If you torrent the game, though, don't you then not have access to the index of user generated content?  That seems to be the whole point of the game.

"If you torrent the game, though, don't you then not have access to the index of user generated content?  That seems to be the whole point of the game."

ouch... looks like they're going to have to find a new way to battle piracy.

"ouch... looks like they're going to have to find a new way to battle piracy."

This sends a good message, I was thinking before that the drm is hurting them far more than helping. Now it definately is.

"So EA has responded to the uproar of the Spore DRM saying:
"You can install the game on three computers - at your office, at home or for your family. What you can't do is make and distribute a thousand copies online," added Sughayer."

Meanwhile internet reports suggest that Spore is headed for becoming the most downloaded game of all time on Torrent sites, having apparently already soared past 500,000 downloads. Ouch.

Hilarious. I guess that Spore DRM really took care of the piracy issue."

Next Up: GTA IV PC.

People who pirate games shouldn't be permitted to play games. And the people who celebrate those who pirate games should join them in their non-gaming solitude

"People who pirate games shouldn't be permitted to play games."

I don't plan on pirating, but I'm not going to shed a tear for EA over this.   EA made its own bed.  Illegal or not they should find a way that actually encourages people in a positive manner to buy it and not shaft people who do .  It's even more ridiculous as there are DRM and digital distribution systems like Steam that work and people are happy use.  If Spore were on Steam I'd have bought it.

"I don't plan on pirating, but I'm not going to shed a tear for EA over this.   EA made its own bed.  Illegal or not they should find a way that actually encourages people in a positive manner to buy it and not shaft people who do .  It's even more ridiculous as there are DRM and digital distribution systems like Steam that work and people are happy use.  If Spore were on Steam I'd have bought it.

"

Wow, I knew there were some pretty solid cracked copies out there already but I had no idea of anything on this scale. Still, with so much illegal distribution it's not hard to understand why EA are using DRM to hang onto every legal customer they can get.

"Terrell said:

"People who pirate games shouldn't be permitted to play games."

People who employ DRM shouldn't be given money."

ROFL anyone have the system requirements handy?

"DRM isn't going away, and people need to realize that it is actually a good thing."

As a result of what I found, I'm changing the way I make and sell my games. I already dropped some prices, and will keep future games cheaper, I abandoned copy-protection on all my games the next day, and resolved to work harder than ever before to make the best games that I can. I went from being demoralised and depressed by pirates to being motivated and encouraged by them. I asked them what they thought, then listened. Given the inability of big media companies to do either, I think I suddenly found my competitive advantage.

"People who employ DRM shouldn't be given money."

"Next Up: GTA IV PC."

"ZeroCast said:

"Next Up: GTA IV PC."

I will have zero regrets pirating this seeing as I wasted money on the PS3 version."

it was a good idea - drum sucks, but in terms of sales its the right thing to do, they'll more then likely remove it when they meet there Quota etc.....

"Demilich said:

"ZeroCast said:

"Next Up: GTA IV PC."

I will have zero regrets pirating this seeing as I wasted money on the PS3 version."

Wasted your money ? Why ? What's wrong with the PS3 version ?"

"ZeroCast said:

"Demilich said:

"ZeroCast said:

"Next Up: GTA IV PC."

I will have zero regrets pirating this seeing as I wasted money on the PS3 version."

Wasted your money ? Why ? What's wrong with the PS3 version ?"

If I had known there would be a PC version so soon I'd have waited. Mods, better graphics, higher resolution, recording, ease of use and superior multiplayer are all reasons why I shouldn't have bought the PS3 version."

At least it had an Oscar-worthy story.




:(

"ZeroCast said:

"Demilich said:

"ZeroCast said:

"Next Up: GTA IV PC."

I will have zero regrets pirating this seeing as I wasted money on the PS3 version."

Wasted your money ? Why ? What's wrong with the PS3 version ?"

If I had known there would be a PC version so soon I'd have waited. Mods, better graphics, higher resolution, recording, ease of use and superior multiplayer are all reasons why I shouldn't have bought the PS3 version."

Piracy will be solved once people make good games for good prices with scalable requirements and lots of content.

Look at Team Fortress 2 - the piracy rate must be like .001%. Because its a fucking good game for a good price with lots of content.

You're in a business, developers, and poor quality doesn't sell. Maybe on the consoles, but not on the PC.

Piracy is bad - but you can't stop it. Get it through your heads. More people will not pirate it if they have an incentive to buy the game.

The DRM thing is horrible, i bought the damn game and they are treating my like i pirated the game. All the pirates has no problems installing the game.

My dream would be if the game would be added on Steam, to be sold or activated by serial key.

Agreed with xruntime. Valve games have such low piracy rate because they're worth buying. Blizzard has the same thing going on too. Create an online community you want to be a part of and people won't pirate.

Valve also understands that PC gamers love convenience.  That's why Steam is so successful.  DRM is horribly inconvenient.  I've been using no CD cracks for games I legitimately bought for a decade simply because I shouldn't have to put a disc in every time I want to play something that's entirely on the hard drive.

ha ha. how oh so very ironic

"Piracy will be solved once people make good games for good prices with scalable requirements and lots of content.

Look at Team Fortress 2 - the piracy rate must be like .001%. Because its a fucking good game for a good price with lots of content.

You're in a business, developers, and poor quality doesn't sell. Maybe on the consoles, but not on the PC.

Piracy is bad - but you can't stop it. Get it through your heads. More people will not pirate it if they have an incentive to buy the game."

Pirates can play online. Ever hear of cracked servers? They exist.

There is NO game out there that cannot be pirated. Fact. World of Warcraft has been pirated a lot - but no one cares about it because they still have 15 million paying subscribers.

"Pirates can play online. Ever hear of cracked servers? They exist.

There is NO game out there that cannot be pirated. Fact. World of Warcraft has been pirated a lot - but no one cares about it because they still have 15 million paying subscribers."

Good.

I bet there's people that downloaded the game 50 times just to prove a point.

Cool i hope EA learns its leasson!!
Now start making games for free!

"ZeroCast said:

"Next Up: GTA IV PC."

I will have zero regrets pirating this seeing as I wasted money on the PS3 version."

"Demilich said:

"ZeroCast said:

"Next Up: GTA IV PC."

I will have zero regrets pirating this seeing as I wasted money on the PS3 version."

Then you are part of the problem."

I fully support the pirates in this case simply because stuff like DRM just doesn't not work and ends up punishing the consumer base the company should be targetting.

"Pirates can play online. Ever hear of cracked servers? They exist.

"Piracy will be solved once people make good games for good prices with scalable requirements and lots of content.

Look at Team Fortress 2 - the piracy rate must be like .001%. Because its a fucking good game for a good price with lots of content.

You're in a business, developers, and poor quality doesn't sell. Maybe on the consoles, but not on the PC.

Piracy is bad - but you can't stop it. Get it through your heads. More people will not pirate it if they have an incentive to buy the game."

This also ownes people who dont think Pc gaming is dieing.

Unfortunately I think this will just further encourage EA to use more draconian DRM in future games. EA needs to put their games on Steam. I bet Crysis: Warhead will sell a lot more because it's on Valve's amazing service.

lol @ the first post..... 500,000 eh? 

DRM sucks... plain and simple..... but this is the way things are going to go.... best security is online security really.... just look at all MMOs... when things are recorded and files sent to and from online servers to your machine, picking out ilegal copies becomes increasingly very easy heh... by the next generation of games im guessing almost all games will have some kind of online secure in place, like, some of the important content, you'll need to be online to get it.... and you'll have to have legit copies in order to get that...

thats my opinion anyway

Where's Jeff to voice his opposition?

Rofl pwnt

"I bet there's people that downloaded the game 50 times just to prove a point.

IF you can't access created content, then you aren't getting the full game. That's like playing a demo, basically.

"

I brought it
Copies always fail for me and Malaysia internet is hella slow