Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

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

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the they-also-don't-understand-it dept.

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.'"

4 of 554 comments (clear)

  1. What they smokin? by unleashedgamers · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I think I'd like to get some of what EA is smoking!

    Everyone I know (if they know how to use computers or not) hates the DRM with Spore.

  2. Quoting Homer by Andr+T. · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. 14% of people know that."

    --

    Any life is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is.

  3. Statistics ....Statisics by bigredradio · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Ya know, 90% of all statistics can be made to say anything...50% of the time.

    --
    Flexible bare-metal recovery for Linux/UNIX
  4. Re:Statistics by genner · · Score: 0, Redundant

    72.8% of all statistics are completely made up.

    Duh 52% of all people know that.