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EA Loosens Spore, Mass Effect DRM

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the actually-listening-to-your-constituency dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In response to recent criticism, EA has decided to eliminate the periodic validation of Mass Effect and Spore. 'Specifically, EA's plan to dial in to game owner's computers every ten days to check whether they were running a legitimate version of their software has been scrapped, ShackNews reports. EA had planned to use the validation method for upcoming titles Mass Effect and Spore. EA now says that validation will now only occur when a user attempts to download new content for either game. Chief among the voices in opposition to this measure were members of the armed forces, who pointed out that they could not rely on having an internet connection every ten days.'"

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  1. Re:How about? by TheLink · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Why not complain beforehand so that they change their minds? Then you can buy it instead of not buying it because of some stupid DRM?

    After all it actually seems to have worked in this case.

    Your suggested approach has the following disadvantages:
    1) Buyer and Seller lose out
    2) Higher latency/lag in the feedback loop.

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