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Spore the Most Pirated Game of 2008

Posted by Soulskill on from the clearly-securom-is-doing-its-job dept.

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.

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  1. The Solution. by iYk6 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The solution is obvious. Add more DRM!!!

  2. Re:Because of the DRM by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thanks for killing the games industry, you filthy thief.