Spore Spurned Over DRM Software
We love Spore. Everyone loves Spore. From Will Wright fanatics to Sporenographers…it is the game to watch for at the moment. It’s like the golden child of the gaming industry, that coming beacon that shall light the path out of the old, tired paradigms and into….you get the picture.
All is not rosy in the Spore community at the moment, despite its usually god-like positioning. Apparently someone got wind of a chunk of digital rights management (DRM) software that does a little more than many gamers are comfortable with. Called SecuROM, the code blocks people from installing the game more than three times, in an effort to curb the tear and share phenomenon of software piracy. Most people are cool with this. Sure some people are bringing up all kinds of inane circumstances that might force you to HAVE to install the game over three times, but most recognize the anti-piracy efforts and have graciously accepted.
What people (particularly at Amazon.com)don’t seem to like, however, is that it also sends data packets back to the company, causes all kinds of software and hardware problems and is an absolute beast to try to uninstall. Some of the biggest Spore fans out there are calling for a boycott of this, and other EA published games featuring what gamer advocates are labelling “malware“, software designed to infiltrate or damage a computer system without the owner’s informed consent.
Via | GamesPolitics
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