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Spore, Mass Effect PC to Require Online Validation Every Ten Days to Function
by Nick Breckon, May 06, 2008 1:28pm PDTUpdate: Electronic Arts has relented to the pressure.
Original story: BioWare technical producer Derek French has said that the PC versions of both Mass Effect and Spore will make use of copy protection that will require online validation every ten days in order for the games to continue working.
"After the first activation, SecuROM requires that [Mass Effect PC] re-check with the server within ten days (in case the CD Key has become public/warez'd and gets banned)," said French in a post on the BioWare forums.
If customers do not come online after ten days, the game will cease to function.
"After 10 days a re-check is required before the game can run," added French. "..An internet connection is not required to install, just to activate the first time, and every 10 days after."
The check is run when users activate the game's executable file, with the first re-check coming within "5 days remaining in the 10 day window."
According to French, Maxis' Spore will also make use of the same scheme: "[Electronic Arts] is ready for us and getting ready for Spore, which will use the same system."
French also noted that the online requirement will be clearly labeled on the games' packaging.
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Lately, I have to say that gaming on consoles has been more appealing, and I have been playing PC games since Zork. I can rent console games to try them out, resell my games when I'm done with them, and share my game discs with my friends. Games have far fewer bugs because of the standard hardware of the console, and updating the sofware is effortless and done in the background. The graphics of the current consoles (excluding the Wii) on a nice widescreen HD set are nearly as good as the PC, and consoles now support online play nearly as well as the PC. Actually, with my 360 and Xbox Live, the online support is almost better than the PC, since there is a consistent gamertag system and voice chat across all online titles. The one final feature that keeps me using the PC for some games is the mouse/keyboard control option which isn't available on the 360 and isn't well supported on the PS3.
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They aren't putting copy protection on games if they think you a legit customer. It's solely there for people that woudl pirate it. When I leave a shop and walk through the detector I don't get all upset. In fact I'm actually glad it there because the shop will lose less money to theft and hopefully prices will stay low.
I will agree that it is uneccessarliy burdening legit customers but please stop with the whole theif thing.
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