Comments on: Spore Spawns? Kinda.

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By: jalf

jalf — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:57:14 +0000

oh and cliffski: For spore, I doubt the install limit would be a problem. I doubt I’ll dig that game up again. But for games that are actually *good*? I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve reinstalled DoW since it came out in what, 2004? I even regularly reinstall old DOS games. Fallout has probably been installed a good 15 times so far. Monkey Island too. To me, limiting the number of times it can be installed and claiming it’s not a big deal only signifies one thing: You don’t believe in your own game. You don’t believe that the game is good enough to play again once you’ve finished it! And you want me to pay for that? No, I’ll pass. I’d rather buy games that its developers/publishers had faith in, and actually *expected* people to replay over and over.

By: jalf

jalf — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:53:53 +0000

Is cliffski required to ask that question every time this issue comes up?? I bought the game, so I should be able to install it as many times as I want. Pretty simple.

Or even simpler. “It didn’t say on the box that I only got X installs, so I don’t want to be limited to X installs”. That’s the most ridiculous part, the way they know full well that their DRM is unacceptable, so they *try to hide it*. I could live with it if it said clearly on the box that it comes with DRM that does so and so, limits you in these ways, and lets you reinstall so many times. That way, people could look at the box, decide “nah, that’s too restrictive, I won’t buy it”, instead of only finding out *after* you bought the game.

By: SPLastic

SPLastic — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:42:13 +0000

Everyone is understandably angry at EA for imposing the DRM on Spore, restricting installs to five and completely obliterating re-sale value (which EA was probably aiming for – you can’t buy Spore second-hand).
But I am more angry with Maxis for hyping the game up for so many years and then releasing a horrible combination: a game whose controls are too complicated for children, with gameplay too dull for adults.

Anyhow, EA’s already shot itself with the release of Spore – releasing a semi-fix for a long abandoned problem is pointless. As is releasing any further expansions for the game.

By: Gap Gen

Gap Gen — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:27:39 +0000

Well, most EULAs state that you don’t actually own the game, merely the license to run it. Legally, EA are entitled to restrict the number of times you install it, no matter how good an idea it is.

By: Clovis

Clovis — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:28:35 +0000

Is cliffski required to ask that question every time this issue comes up?? I bought the game, so I should be able to install it as many times as I want. Pretty simple.

By: jackanator

jackanator — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 10:32:07 +0000

Finally, EA giving up to piracy.

By: Scandalon

Scandalon — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 06:49:27 +0000

but this means that abstractly you can now install Spore on as many machines as you want – it’s just that you can only run five of them at once. Hmm.

As opposed to my copies of HL2, TF2, Portal, and Peggle, that I can install on as many machines as I want, and can only run one copy at once.

Yes, obviously I can’t DL Spore at my leisure, and I trust Valve more than EA, but still, I’m just sayin’…

By: malkav11

malkav11 — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:10:14 +0000

Still doesn’t remove online activation, therefore still isn’t a fix. Anyway, even if the only issue were install limits, this is the sort of thing that should be available immediately upon release *and* built into the uninstall.

By: TheSombreroKid

TheSombreroKid — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:55:48 +0000

a deauthorisation tool for mass effect would mean didly squat to me now as i have used all my installs on one pc though regular formating as is my right, i don’t want a deauthorisation tool for mass effect i want the limit removed and until they abandon install limits i will always chose the superior distributor if you know what i mean

By: Bobsy

Bobsy — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:54:30 +0000

what kind of people have really needed to reinstall spore more than 5 times since release anyway?
wtf do people DO to their PC’s that mean they need to do that?

This is like asking “Who DOESN’T have broadband these days?” There’s no one single reason, just lots of individual circumstances which can mean

By: RichP

RichP — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:39:25 +0000

EA’s DRM would bother me more if EA made any PC games worth playing.