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It's a shame after a year of excitement and buildup.īy Anonymous Coward - Sep 12th, 2008 9:56am I don't want to have to buy 2 copies of this game, only to have them unusable in 6 months to a year.Īfter several hours installing windows just for Spore, it turns out I won't be getting the game after all. You can keep windows up to date and everything, but in the ends, kids mess up computers and you have to reformat and re-install. You can teach them good habits and keep them behind the firewall at all times.
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You can get all the anti-spyware, anti-virus software you want. When you have kids, your computer gets messed up. Of course the kids don't want all their creatures mixed in with everyone else. I have 3 children that would all have a great time in spore, not counting myself and my wife. I have been a happy linux user for 6 months, and ended up installing windows and dual booting specifically for spore. I was waiting for the other shoe to drop after Spore released, and here it is!Īre you for real Stephen McLaughlin? Obviously you don't have children. After graduating college, I bought myself a fancy new computer for Spore even though the release date kept shifting and preordered Spore through Amazon almost a year in advance, only to cancel as the DRM scheme news broke. I grew up playing all the classic Maxis Sim games (SimLife might be my favorite game ever) and have been looking forward to Spore for at least three years. I'm incredibly disgusted with the way EA has handled this. Since in the history of gaming we've been able to have multiple users on each computer, I expected Spore to act as a multi-user system. for AutoCAD you buy 'seats' on a per-user basis).
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one license for Microsoft Windows can have multiple users on one computer) or like a seat-based system (i.e. Unfortunately, EA's implementation disallows individuals on the same computer from having separate accounts.įrom what I've read of user responses, the big disagreement is whether a game license should be like an operating system (i.e. Plenty of families have multiple computers and thus can at least play separate save-games even if only one of them can be the online account. We offer a variety of ways for our readers to support us, from direct donations to special subscriptions and cool merchandise - and every little bit helps. But in order to continue doing so, we need your support.
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While other websites have resorted to paywalls, registration requirements, and increasingly annoying/intrusive advertising, we have always kept Techdirt open and available to anyone. We do not have a giant corporation behind us, and we rely heavily on our community to support us, in an age when advertisers are increasingly uninterested in sponsoring small, independent sites - especially a site like ours that is unwilling to pull punches in its reporting and analysis. Techdirt is one of the few remaining truly independent media outlets. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. This isn't exactly the best way to win fans over to the game, is it?
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There is one Spore registration/account per game/serial code so you are correct in that you cannot make multiple accounts at this time.
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That section in the manual was a misprint and will be corrected in future printings of the manual. Users, however, have been complaining that doesn't seem possible, and while it took a while, an EA rep finally admitted "our bad": You may have multiple Spore accounts for each installation of the game. Of course, if the game didn't have DRM that wouldn't be a problem.Įven worse, the manual for Spore says exactly the opposite: EA says you need to pay up for another $50 license.
That means that if you live in a multi-person household, and multiple people would like to play the game themselves.
Now, Consumerist alerts us to another, related, issue that is pissing off many of those who did buy the game: you can only have one player account at a time. Things aren't getting much better for EA since critics of its overly annoying DRM on the new video game Spore expressed their displeasure in droves on the Amazon page for the game.
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