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Mass Effect DRM Still Causing Issues

Posted by kdawson on from the three-strikes-and-you're-out dept.

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."

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  1. Vista Obligatory by Tablizer · · Score: 3, Funny

    a user is only allowed 3 activations per license key. A license key is burned up when the O/S is reinstalled, ...

    If you own Windows Vista, then you'll have about 3 days to use your license ;-P

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  2. Re:Thats what they get by Opportunist · · Score: 3, Funny

    So making life fair and the world perfect is illegal because it would outlaw corporations?

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  3. Re:Spore... by Blakey+Rat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Spore is an EA game. You'll be lucky if it doesn't kick you in the nuts when you install it.

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  4. Re:That's the magic of DRM. by delysid-x · · Score: 4, Funny

    YES. I hate my phone company (Telus - www.telus.ca) for not letting me make one of the MP3s in my LG Chocolate Flip be a ringtone. I'll NEVER pay $4 for some stupid 20 second chunk of a crappy song I could buy off their web page. Fuck you, Telus. Fuck you to death.

  5. Re:Thats what they get by mrchaotica · · Score: 5, Funny

    Moral of this rant was best said by vader: "The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers"

    How do you manage to get the quote verbatim, but misattribute it so badly?

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  6. Re:I just bought this game Sunday night... by courtarro · · Score: 2, Funny

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but a 64-bit OS, quad-core processor, and a $200 video card aren't exactly what I'd call "pedestrian".