99.8% of Gamers Don't Care About DRM, Says EA

arcticstoat writes "If you thought that EA might have been humbled by the massive Internet backlash against its use of SecuROM in its recent games, then you'd be wrong. Speaking at the Dow Jones/Nielsen Media and Money Conference, EA's CEO John Riccitiello claimed that the whole issue had been blown out of all proportion. 'We implemented a form of DRM and it's something that 99.8 per cent of users wouldn't notice,' claimed Riccitiello, 'but for the other 0.2 percent, it became an issue and a number of them launched a cabal online to protest against it.'"

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EA's CEO, John Riccitiello is calling us out.

[PaulGaskin]

He thinks we free software enthusiasts haven't got the intelligence, the numbers, the persuasiveness to compete with his proprietary games. He couldn't be more wrong. The future of gaming is free software.

Re:Games not on Wii

[bluefoxlucid]

Megaman 9, Guitar Hero, Metroid Prime... those are called "Fun."

Halo, Halo, Halo, Halo, and Halo, with extra levels and weapons, are instead called "Halo 3," "Call of Duty 4," "Black," "Halo 3" again, and "OMFG HALO 4 IS COMING OUT GUYS LET'S CAMP OUTSIDE BEST BUY!"

You're the type of person who doesn't drink root beer because it's not an "adult" drink like beer, aren't you?

Re:Good games sell, but sell enough?

[cliffski]

wow, what bullshit. I must be a shill for someone because you don't agree with me.
Fucking grow up.

Re:Good games sell, but sell enough?

[cliffski]

A troll is someone who is trying to provoke a response.
Clearly you have fuck all idea what a troll is.
But your posts deserve +10 arrogant bullshit, pity there isn't an appropriate mod.