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Sep 9, 2008

Revolt Against Spore’s DRM On Amazon - I Love It!

Right now there is a revolt going on in the gaming world. Literally thousands of people have given Spore a 1 star rating on Amazon because of the DRM it carries. I love it!

But, I also hate it. Spore is the type of game the industry needs - innovative, fresh, and well polished. It’s a damn shame that publishers care more about pirating software than the fidelity of the gaming experience.

I hope this revolt affects EA’s bottom dollar so much that they realize that pissing off your customers with computer-destroying DRM is much, much more damaging than underground software pirating. I personally will never install this game on my computer - I can’t stand hidden processes, can’t stand spyware, and can’t stand the audacity of some publisher who thinks they can get away with this trash on my computer.

Sorry to all the people who poured their creative effort into what appears to be an amazing game.

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gishdog 2 months ago 1 point
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Well... I'm such a Will Wright fanboy that I went ahead and purchased (rented...) Spore. I'll let you know if it's worth the bullshit DRM or not. My bet is that the game doesn't deliver on it's potential... but we'll see.

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MattB 2 months ago 1 point
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I really wanted to buy this game when walking through Best Buy yesterday. I am very lucky I read this before I bought. It drives me crazy that an otherwise quality game would be destroyed by some greedy bastards.... on both sides of the situation.

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