So, EA, how about finally lifting your install limit nonsense for Red Alert 3?
...and your future games? I still fail to see how bumping the number of installs from three to five is "more lenient." How is that supposed to reverse my current decision to not buy, or should I say, rent, your product?
Sure, the following article is about Spore, but let's take the juicy topic at hand, which is the game's DRM software, and apply it to RA3.
http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/09/12/spore-drm-piracy-tech-security-cx_ag_mji_0912spore.html
Electronic Arts calls those criticisms unfair. "EA has not changed our basic DRM copy protection system," says corporate communications manager Mariam Sughayer. "We simply changed the copy protection method from using the physical media, which requires authentication every time you play the game by requiring a disc in the drive, to one which uses a one-time online authentication."
Oh, yeah? So what do you call modding SecuROM with an install limit, Miriam? A bonus feature of the game?
Electronic Arts compares its DRM solution to systems in place on services like iTunes that similarly limits the number of computers that can play a particular song. Sughayer also points out that less than 25% of EA users attempt to install the company's games on more than one computer, and less than 1% attempt to install it on more than three.
Where did you get these numbers, Miriam? Where are the statistics? Oh, and this is about re-installing on the SAME computer.
Sure, the following article is about Spore, but let's take the juicy topic at hand, which is the game's DRM software, and apply it to RA3.
http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/09/12/spore-drm-piracy-tech-security-cx_ag_mji_0912spore.html
Electronic Arts calls those criticisms unfair. "EA has not changed our basic DRM copy protection system," says corporate communications manager Mariam Sughayer. "We simply changed the copy protection method from using the physical media, which requires authentication every time you play the game by requiring a disc in the drive, to one which uses a one-time online authentication."
Oh, yeah? So what do you call modding SecuROM with an install limit, Miriam? A bonus feature of the game?
Electronic Arts compares its DRM solution to systems in place on services like iTunes that similarly limits the number of computers that can play a particular song. Sughayer also points out that less than 25% of EA users attempt to install the company's games on more than one computer, and less than 1% attempt to install it on more than three.
Where did you get these numbers, Miriam? Where are the statistics? Oh, and this is about re-installing on the SAME computer.