New version of SecuROM
lewisb40:
Cool, going to check it out :thumbup:
Empathy:
I refuse to be treated like a criminal and i find it soo offensive that they have the darn nerve to treat me/us like this
gazania:
Quote from: Petco;1245636
There is definitively is other ways for them to deal with pirates/warez. Again, EA games should do what Valve and Steam does(and Blizzard is also going to set up a service similar to Steam).
Steam offers a lot of protection against pirates due to the fact that you buy games directly from Steam(online store/account), and the games are tied directly to your account.
Of course, you require internet connection for Steam but you only need internet connection when you download and install stuff for Steam.
You can play offline afterwards once you've downloaded and installed the game from Steam.
Blizzard is also going to this route(though it's not the "exact" same as Valve and Steam), allowing people to download/buy games directly from the Blizzard online store.
So EA games should get heads up and copy Valve's method with Steam.
Yes, Steam is one of the services my husband put on both our computers. At first, it was a PITA because messages kept popping up whenever we turned the computer on, and I admit to calling my best friend and lover a few nasty names when I saw them. But it seems to be very easy to configure so that you don't even know it's there unless you need to use it.
This is even more frustrating. Why doesn't EA Games offer both options? If they want to be a pain in the butt, they can sweeten the Securom pot (Price? Goodies?) But if they really had half a brain, and they have negotiators who can make the proper arrangements, this could really work in their favor. They can "save face", yet offer us a choice. EA would be happy. We'd be happy. EA might actually see sales increase. People who really wanted these games legitimately might be less tempted to go the arrr or the "do without" route. I know that I for one would be tempted to buy BV if EA offered me those options.
Or is this too simplistic in the land of pixels?
MaryH:
EA does not see us as customers. They see us as walking bank accounts, who will buy anything they sell us. That is the wrong approach to take, and we should fight them on this issue.
Why am I so harsh in this? Because the quality of their releases has steadily declined, and their work has been very poor in fixing games with patches. If a game was so great, why would it need a patch in the first place? A patch means that they screwed up making the game and they don't want to admit it.
But they want us to buy everything they sell without protest, without comment, and with a smiley happy face. They're the ones who borked your game, but they're the last to admit it. This is trying to get them to be held accountable for destroying computers that ran fine without their damned software in the first place.
Not gonna happen without a fight.
raindrops84:
In light of the new Freetime Patch and all the issues it has caused with its SecuROM update (that EA conveniently forgot to mention was apart of the patch) I wanted to bump this thread and let Simmers know they can get more information on SecuROM at
http://securom.sublimesims.net/
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