Comments on: The People Have Spoken: ‘Spore’ Is Ruined By Its Own DRM

By: Spore: Mac Gaming Evolves | MacApper

Spore: Mac Gaming Evolves | MacApper — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:13:47 +0000

[...] could spend a whole new article discussing just that. But I don’t have to because it’s been discussed before. Suffice it to say that the entire concept of such rigid restraints is [...]

By: Marius Stubberud Buertange

Marius Stubberud Buertange — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:57:27 +0000

If you guys want a new and better spore, please help participate by signing this petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/restorsp/petition.html And by all means, get your friends and families to sign too and then they can spread it even further. These petitions do tend to get things done.

Thanks in advance
Sincerely
Marius

By: calipip4

calipip4 — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:10:14 +0000

Most people have the whole idea of Securom and the 3 activations wrong..It’s not just a simple DRM, it installs seperately to the game without your knowledge..if you un-install the game..you don’t un-install the SecuRom, which makes it a rootkit (malware), so if you don’t know this, you will think it’s gone coz it hides in hidden folders and in your Registry, not to mention what it does to AV’s by disabling them and the damage it does to some of the PC”s hardware. The other issue I have with this type of Draconian DRM is that when you can’t afford the internet anymore, you can no longer Play a Game you Paid for, and that is wrong..most games aren’t played over the Net so why do we have to be connected to it. There is a lot bigger picture than what we’re seeing here right now, this is only a baby step to the end plan. I will not buy anything that is put out by EA anymore, even though I would love to buy Sims2 Ikea, Sims2 Apartment Life and Spore but I just don’t trust EA or Sony.

By: M

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 07:32:31 +0000

I hear you, but EA are good at unleashing hellspawn minions at anything that has a chance of deteriorating their image if they can put their hands on something that looks legal. They live on it.

By: Benzodiazepine

Benzodiazepine — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:44:35 +0000

Yeah, it’s a good idea for not in a rush to buy it.
Let’s see what’s gonna happen next.

The game looks cool but with limited time installing…?
Hello..it’s a trial then, not a ready-to-sell product.

By: SmellyGeekBoy

SmellyGeekBoy — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:13:50 +0000

I think Spore looks great, but I’ll be waiting a while until I buy it, not only because of the system requirements* but the whole DRM fiasco too. No wonder I’ve stuck to console gaming ever since Half-Life 2 was released (remember the activation server issues on the first few days? Eugh.)

*Apparently there is a hack to allow Spore to run on the Mac Mini’s GMA 950 graphics chipset, though I imagine it runs like a pig.

By: Tigervamp

Tigervamp — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:07:36 +0000

The cost of purchasing a new PC which will be good enough to even run Spore properly is already pricing me out of the market.

Unfortunately, if people decide not to buy this game I can see it affecting the people at Maxis far more than it will affect a company as large as Electronic Arts.

EA can afford to take a loss with one of their games but Maxis might find it more difficult to bounce back from poor sales and the knock-on bad publicity the game will receive due to this incredible error in judgement.

Although, having said that, they do have Sims 3 up their sleeves so I’m sure they’ll do just fine.

By: Rich Nixon

Rich Nixon — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:04:39 +0000

@SmellyGeekBoy – that’s not going to solve anything. EA needs to receive the message that this type of DRM is unacceptable. The only way to let them know that is to impact them financially. I don’t even know why you would think that rewarding them monetarily would help to deliver this message. Think about it.

I am not going to buy or play Spore.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:00:17 +0000

Has anyone heard of any problems installing yet?

By: DarkWolf

DarkWolf — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:52:38 +0000

I bought the game off Direct2Drive, got my install key and used it in a pirated version, I think it is the best of both worlds.

I get to pay money for a good game and not be treated like the pirate I wasn’t.