Mass Effect DRM Still Causing Issues

An anonymous reader writes "There was some discussion last month about the proposed DRM for Mass Effect and Spore that required the game to phone home every ten days. They backed down from that, but have left in that a user is only allowed 3 activations per license key. A license key is burned up when the O/S is reinstalled, when certain hardware is upgraded (EA refuses to disclose specifics of what), and possibly when a new user is set up in Windows. Only in its first month, some users are already locked out of their games from trying troubleshooting techniques to get the game running."

Comments

Re:Thats what they get

[OMNIpotusCOM]

Then again, if people actually did what they were supposed to and actually supported the things they enjoy using instead of stealing them, DRM wouldn't be needed.

The argument is was the chicken first or the egg, and I'm going to get modded down for this, but it needs to be said. It's also the people who are guilty of stealing who are the loudest to laud DRM's pratfalls.

Re:I'm not sure I understand.

[OMNIpotusCOM]

You're right, it's redundant of me to have to explain my own shit to the grammar Nazis... or was it calling him fuck-o that was redundant? Either way, you're right.

Considering how often Windows has to be...

[patio11]

reinstalled? How often is that, really? I'm chief tech support for my family and the last time I reinstalled Windows was 1996, something like 45 computer-years ago. I have honestly had more occasions to wipe Linux systems (twice since '96), although that was because of botched userland software installs early enough in the life of the PC that wiping would be faster than figuring how to revert every change made during the install.