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- After installing, you will have to get a serial number online. (No interwab? You’ll probably have to get phone activation. Prepare for a nice long wait.)
- After 10 days, you need to get online to let it check if your serial number has been blocked for leaking or piracy, and if it was, you will not be able to play the game you purchased. (Bad kiddies need to be punished!) (What the heck will owners of phone activated games do?)
- After that, you will have to login every 10 days to keep your game working. (Forget about your vacation, you have responsibilities at home!)
- You can only reactivate your serial number about 3 times. After that, you need to contact EA for a new one. (With their helpdesk/forum/site/phone people telling you to reinstall your game with every hick-up it makes, be prepared to pay more cash and have more hassle than for any other game. Well.. except those with SecuROM ofcourse.)
- After 10 days, you need to get online to let it check if your serial number has been blocked for leaking or piracy, and if it was, you will not be able to play the game you purchased. (Bad kiddies need to be punished!) (What the heck will owners of phone activated games do?)
- After that, you will have to login every 10 days to keep your game working. (Forget about your vacation, you have responsibilities at home!)
- You can only reactivate your serial number about 3 times. After that, you need to contact EA for a new one. (With their helpdesk/forum/site/phone people telling you to reinstall your game with every hick-up it makes, be prepared to pay more cash and have more hassle than for any other game. Well.. except those with SecuROM ofcourse.)
By the way, in this news
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/52618
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Q: If the game isn't going to require an authentication every 10 days, will it ever require re-authentication?
A: Only if the player chooses to download new game content.
Electronic Arts also released a statement mentioning that Spore's copy protection will be similarly changed to allow for offline play, only requiring validation on a patch or game content update.
A: Only if the player chooses to download new game content.
Electronic Arts also released a statement mentioning that Spore's copy protection will be similarly changed to allow for offline play, only requiring validation on a patch or game content update.
SecuRom is suck ; it make kittens cry.
I think EA is digging their grave now because this copy protect might make people turn to piracy to avoid the mess.
We already know that Spore will use it, but do you think they will also included in Apartment Life and Ikea, too ?
