Comments on: EA to PC Gamers: “Install 3 times? Buy another copy”

By: Spore « Otome Gaming Diary

Spore « Otome Gaming Diary — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:09:10 +0000

[...] of game I’d wag my tail and place a pre-order of the limited edition, but… reading the issue with the license makes me think [...]

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:27:54 +0000

I wish ea goes down and lose buyers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Yeesnaw

Yeesnaw — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:11:56 +0000

You can buy this from steam and play/install it on unlimited computer, i think EA should’ve done the same thing with Spore by assining the key to your email account.

By: sandrar

sandrar — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:10:30 +0000

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By: Ray Britton

Ray Britton — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:41:28 +0000

The main problem I have with DRM is this: whenever something tries to install securom on my computer, it blue screens, so I have copies of Battlefield 2, 2142, SimCity, Sims 2, and Spore on my shelf, and I can’t use them.

By: Ferris Bueller

Ferris Bueller — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:10:26 +0000

so lemme get this straight…..cuz i just found out about this
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the whole time my sims 2 copies were messing up were because of something EA installed?….
and hypothetically speaking…lets say i buy Sims 3 and my friend wants a copy….i cant burn a copy and give’em 1?…whats the point of the CD copier on a computer then?!?!…OR another senario…if i wanted to lend him MY old copy after a few expansions come out…i cant?!!
….ugh…..why make something so fun …so difficult….

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:09:12 +0000

We already know that DRM doesn't work, there really is no point talking about it. The owner of Apple even admits that DRM in itunes hurts the legal customer not the pirate. This is why they came up with itunes plus. You pay an additional $0.30 for your songs and the DRM goes away. The people who said calling EA support will solve the problem have either never dealed with EA support before or are lieing. EA support sucks. If you ever want to solve a problem you are going to have to do it yourself. More usful than the EA support is a magical thing called the google search bar. I hate everything about activation. What happend to the good old days when you installed a program and it worked. If you reinstalled a program it still worked. This is horrible. Me and my brother install our games on both our computers. This puts an end to that. As if EA games were not expensive enough. -mike

By: FUCK EA

FUCK EA — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:48:23 +0000

EA CAN SUCK MY 7INCH BONER AND SLOBBER ALL OVER IT LIKE A GOOD GIRL.

By: Geniebean

Geniebean — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:13:44 +0000

This was an easy fix. I bought this for my daughter and installed on 3 pc’s before just buying her a new one. Of course on the 4th pc it wouldnt work (3 times the limit). I called EA, gave them my registration code and email, and he fixed it *poof* that easy.

By: Андрей

Андрей — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 07:38:00 +0000

Народ в таких случаях так говорит – Баба гневалась на торг, а торг того и не ведает.

By: Judhudson

Judhudson — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:20:33 +0000

*Gasp* Say it isn’t so? I guess I am caught red-handed. If that’s the case, then according my picture of all the Maxis games I have – http://www.simprograms.com/images/misc/bedroom_06.jpg I guess I made a prop case of the Galactic Edition as well as a fake case for the Spore Creature Creator. Same goes with all of my Maxis games.

Yeah, drink your shutup juice and stay off of this site until you get your facts straight.

-Good day!

By: FUCKOFF

FUCKOFF — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 04:31:42 +0000

Oh STFU you stupid dumb fucken illegal pc bastard you DOWNLOADED this shit for free so dont go writing a article about it you stupid dumb fucken geek bitch!!

By: a2d

a2d — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:34:24 +0000

Roach and cock are both fitting names for you my friend.
I buy software i don’t rent it.

If i buy a copy of a game or software then I OWN THAT COPY.
Not the rights of the game but that copy.

If i want to spend the whole day installing and then un-installing it that is my fuckin’ business and my right – i paid for the motherfucker.

I wouldn’t own an EA game if it was free – they are without a doubt the worst game publisher in the business.

All EA is doing is pissing people off and turning average users TOWARDS PIRACY. I hate EA and if i wanted one of their games i sure wouldn’t buy it i would pirate it and feel damn good about it.

Fuck EA

By: The Singaporean Gamer » Blog Archive » EA’s CEO Hates DRM. Really!

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:49:57 +0000

[...] have seen what will happen once the 3-install limit is up. The first advice they give you: buy another copy! So instead of directing users to call customer [...]

By: Anonymous2

Anonymous2 — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:40:35 +0000

Actually the main reason for DRM and activation limitation is to kill off the ability to re-sell the software. Thats all. When they say its to stop piracy, they are lying. It does not affect the pirates only people who paid for the game. People who have had their fun and wish to sell their CD on. They can’t. The money they would have got by re-selling that CD is money the distributor wants.

By: Common Sense

Common Sense — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:57:09 +0000

I quit buying anything with the EA logo years ago.
This latest invasion of privacy is just the last nail in the coffin.
Never again will I shell out money for something that just got another word for crap (EA) on it.
When buying from EA, you support invasion of privacy, next to no quality control and nonexistent customer support.
On top of this, EA as a company doesnt care for their employees either.

As there is still enough other companies out there that know the meaning of service and customer satisfaction, I dont really see why you should even bother touching EA products.
There is one simple solution to stop this crap once and for all.

Never buy EA products!
Now lets put that in a timeframe; EVER!

By: Plymmy

Plymmy — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:54:38 +0000

having just had to reinstall spore for the third time (one OS upgrade and one bad install) I am frankly appalled at EA’s method of stopping piracy. I can understand software that protects legitimate copies of the game from ending up on the web, but limiting installs doesn’t even make sense. Surely it only takes the one install to spread the game on the internet. The idea that by effectively loaning me my £35 (roughly $80) game actually sides me with the pirates.

Good job EA!

By: Decirium

Decirium — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:30:00 +0000

Nicodareus – Valid points from a company perspective that don’t work in this case. Firstly, more and more people are being pushed onto the internet whether they like it or not. Secondly, this type of DRM supports that as a form of tracking. Thirdly, if the software to crack or pirate the DRM’d software is freely available on the internet and people are now needing the access to use that software, it is going to lead to lead to people finding out how easy it is to do such.

Put simply, when I first started getting errors about CD keys, I looked it up, found out about cracks and have even since used them where software needs it’s cd in the drive in the form of no-cd cracks. Those are not technically illegal as I am just bypassing a problem that the company created. I’ll re-state it again – ” DRM doesn’t work” – temporary is not the same as permanent, if the company goes bust then I will be unable to use half the software they released and this is never the way to do things. As long as that is true, “pirates” will continue to crack the software not just for fun but because of need as well.

By: Dave Sodee

Dave Sodee — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:15:08 +0000

I have been a pc gamer for over 10 years now. I have bought hundreds of dollars of pc games and thousands on my rigs over the years. DRM never works and has always been the bane of the paying customer. It causes performance issues with pc games. It makes the paying customer jump through hoops to enjoy the product they purchased. The eula agreements and null and void as they do not state what copy protection is on the software that is going to be installed on the pc you own.

EA will not get another of my dollars after years of buying from them. Mostly Need to Speed titles and a few others.

It is a shame but they just have gotten too big to care about customers. So it is time for the customers to say good bye to Madden xxxx and the other old tired crap they make. Spore…pass. Sims…enough of it already. Old tired stuff …stop buying it and buy from Stardock and other creative outlets.

By: Oldtimer

Oldtimer — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:44:47 +0000

These publisher are going to find themselves out of business if they don’t stop getting into our private lives and computers. I’ve played computer games since 1982, and have never seen developers resort to this kind of invasion into our lives. Back then, we bought computer games and sure their was pirating and copying going on but never saw companies suffer for it. When well known companies like Electronic Arts released great games back then, they always made a ton of money pirates or not! That is why they are still here today, prospering and getting bigger. I think companies are getting a little too bold because of their wealth and need to be shown who put them is that position. “The customer is always right” seem to have been forgotten. They are no better than virus writers and malware developers acting the way they do. Bottom line, great companies have always survied and prospered regardless of the overblown pirating issues. The FBI can do this work and there is no need to invade our privacy. P.S.- the online activation thing is insane. Had you told people in the 80’s you had to pay $10 dollars for internet access just to play the game they bought and could only play it a certain amount of times; they would have looked at you like you were crazy. Out!!!