Spore, Mass Effect PC to Require Online Validation Every Ten Days to Function

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  Fair arguement, but requiring stupid bullshit as if to "enhance gameplay" is a complete waste of our time... : silentistheshadow
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    I'd imagine the number of thwarted pirates will exceed the number of customers alienated by this requirem... : Saman
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      You'd be wrong. Incredibly wrong. Bioshock was cracked immediately. Vista was cracked before release. ... : critch
      • I guess...those dummies at EA probably just pulled the trigger without a sticth of market research. : Saman
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        It also inconviences the casual pirate that aren't computer savy. So in a way, Saman is right. : Edges
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          it wont inconvenience the casual pirate cause any pirate release is gonna have removed that piece of code... : RetroRedEyeJr
          • "casual piracy" refers to the hey, I bought this game here, let me install it on your machine too and we : SilverSnake
      • But is Bioshock as easy to download and run from bittorrent as some standard game that only needs a regul... : granfalloon
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  This is NOT a question about people without internet access, this is a question about people with interne... : Kristian Joensen
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    See my above post. Your faulty equipment isnt the resposibility of the content creator. : Saman
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      They shouldn't rely on people having 100% functioning equipment. But what good is good equipment with a s... : Kristian Joensen
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        Which is why you have five whole days to get a new 10 day lease. But if you think it'll be a problem, buy... : SilverSnake
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          "But if you think it'll be a problem, buy it for the 360 instead?" Haven't got one. I have never owne... : Kristian Joensen
          • "If this is the future of PC gaming it might as well die off." pretty much this if they wanna make ... : yuried
    • This particular equipment has absolutely nothing to do with said content, and thus should not affect said... : arsonide
    • Well is it my fault if my internet goes down because I have a rubbish service provider? Its fine if you l... : Grim_Grom
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    Which is why you only need to re-validate every 10 days and it tries to re-validate already after 5 days,... : SilverSnake
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      This is assuming you play the game every day, mind you. If you let it sit for two weeks and then decide t... : PlayfulPuppy
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        yup, what if you're on vacation for two weeks, etc. etc.. There are so many scenarios where this can go w... : d fluke
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          So you go for vacation for two weeks, get back home, start the game, it goes online and validates and the... : SilverSnake
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            see, as buyers of 50$ (or w/e) software we shouldn't have to rely on "hmm, will my internet/their server ... : yuried
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              When the game says "internet connection required" on the box, then you do have to rely on your internet w... : SilverSnake
              • I can agree with that, the trouble being I didn't want "internet connection required" just like I wouldn'... : theLephty
              • the "internet connection required" sticker on the box is what's wrong to begin with, no point trying to a... : yuried
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              In the past, you could associate "singleplayer" with "doesn't need internet." Now, however, your view is ... : ikonoklast86
              • says who? oh right, say some corporate suits and the developers of DRM systems if you buy the "it's pi... : yuried
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            Accaording to article: " If customers do not come online after ten days, the game will cease to funct... : BlackKult
            • cease to function... UNTIL it can go online to revalidate. FFS, read up on their clearifications. : SilverSnake
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    As implied in the article, the check for the 10 day window starts 5 days in. This suggests then that run... : prokat
    • oops, I've been "silversnaked" : prokat
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  There's a huge difference between "I cannot play this game at its highest settings" and "I cannot play th... : ConfusedUs
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    Not a very good analogy I guess...but regardless, its a REQUIREMENT none the less, not a "recommended" co... : Saman
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      I understand when I can't play because my video card is too old. I understand when I can't play because I... : ConfusedUs
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        I had to have a working internet connection to play quake online, or quake 2, or 3...or any other game on... : Saman
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          I don't understand why I have to have a non-stop, always-on internet connection for a single player game.... : ConfusedUs
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            You don't, just every 10 days. I'll take an online activation check over placing CD's in the tray any day... : Pettytheft
            • Not even close to a valid trade-off. : Ebu
            • A CD is in my hand, it is mine to do with as I wish. I have no wish to ask permission to play what I've a... : T-900
        • But you didn´t need internet to play SINGLE PLAYER : BlackKult
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  You don't see an internet connection requirement for a single player title as a bit silly? : Vincent Grayson
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    Im not sayig it isn't, all I'm saying is that its going to be listed as a requiment and thus should not b... : Saman
    • You're assuming that anything that can cut costs will cut prices. With respect to capitalist businesses w... : Xanthos
• Requiring an Internet Connection for multiplayer gameplay? Fine. Requiring an Internet Connection for... : Zhaneel
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  Here's an example, I go to korea at the end of next month. I will probably be without a connection for... : notext
  • Its called a calculated risk. They are basically betting that this will discourage enough piracy to offs... : Saman
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  Bottom line: This game will cost the same, minimum, as it's competitors on the market. Most of those games, however, I will be free to play as and when I please.
  
  Spore, or Mass Effect, I will need to effectively ask permission and submit to a fucking medical every few days to be allowed to play.
  
  We can only hope Doctor EA will warm his thermometer first.

  May 06, 2008 8:16pm PDT
  Bottom line: This game will cost the same, minimum, as it's competitors on the market. Most of those game... : T-900
• and people wonder why PC sales are struggling to hit figures... : 60days
• It is nice to see people stepping up and trying to stop the copys of illegal games but this every 10 days... : Sanct1mon1a