Ars puts Spore DRM to the test—with a surprising result
EA and Maxis released Spore to the world last week, and while we still don't have sales information for the title, the big news wasn't the game play. In fact, we found the game itself rather lackluster in most ways. The issue that set the Internet on fire was the DRM, and gamers quickly let the world know of their anger. As Ars digs deeper into how EA actually handles the DRM, we have to wonder: was the controversy worth it?
Masses of gamers bombed Amazon with one-star reviews for the title, protesting the three-install limit the game claimed to enforce. For a short time it looked like Amazon had pulled the reviews, but then the online retailer put them back up when the outcry became even louder. EA also came under fire when the company announced it was making the DRM for Red Alert 3 more "lenient" by upping the install-limit to five instead of three. To a populace already upset at the very idea of an install limit, this didn't seem to be much of an improvement.
