EA’s DRM is becoming insane
I’m not one to typically come out and complain about DRM. In fact, I completely understand and sympathise with their motives. But what Electronic Arts has been doing with the DRM on their games is becoming completely and utterly ludicrous. If you’re not familiar with their DRM, it denies you the ability to activate your product after three times and requires an internet connection to verify authenticity every 10 days. Even Windows allows you to activate more than that, and you can activate it indefinitely over phone too once your internet activations have been used. EA recently chose to use the same DRM for their yet to-be release product, Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3, and their recently released Spore. They have a record of releasing this DRM with other titles, including Bioshock and Mass Effect.
This message goes out to any EA officials that *might* possibly run into this post: Your DRM has prevented me from purchasing 4 of your games thus far. I refuse to purchase any games that your company chooses to release where DRM enforces a limited number of activations. The license should be valid indefinitely and not just for 3 activations. You are extremely lucky that Warhammer Online does not need DRM as it is a subscription based game, or else I would pass on that as well. If this trend continues, I can see this being the last PC game I purchase from EA.
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September 12, 2008 at 4:23 am
[...] recent controversy with EA and its DRM with highly anticipated Spore and Red Alert 3 illustrate a much larger ...