Spore the Most Pirated Game of 2008

TorrentFreak has posted some statistics on the most pirated games of the past year. Leading the list by a large margin is Spore, made infamous even before its release for the draconian DRM attached to the game. It was downloaded through BitTorrent roughly 1.7 million times, with The Sims 2 and Assassin's Creed following at just over a million each. (It's worth noting that Spore came out in September, so that figure is essentially for a mere three months.) GameSetWatch has posted a related piece discussing the countermeasures involved in dealing with piracy. It's the second article in a series about piracy; we discussed the first a couple days ago.

Comments

The Solution.

[iYk6]

The solution is obvious. Add more DRM!!!

Re:The Solution.

[fastest fascist]

There will come a time when fighting around DRM and finding a decent torrent after becoming frustrated with the purchased copy IS the game.

Re:Because of the DRM

[Anonymous Coward]

Thanks for killing the games industry, you filthy thief.

WRONG!

[Hurricane78]

There was not a single case of a shipping of that game being stolen on the high seas.

Oh, you mean people shared the files? Well, here's a handy guide for you.

Arrrr!

Re:Because of the DRM

[popeye44]

Well you can always just pirate those addons up until you feel you have gotten your moneys worth :-]