TS3 L&P
ShortyBoo:
Yeah, I meant more than the people who already do. lol I didn't start until after BV. SecuROM broke my DVD burner and it cost me as much as the game to replace it, so I haven't bought a Sims game since. I just save my money and buy Wii games instead.
EDIT: Has anyone read the EULA for TS3 yet? You can read it here: http://www.simprograms.com/the-sims-3-eula-for-retail-game/#more-5209
I don't know how current it is, but it mentions in-game advertising (I thought they took that out?) and it says you need the EA Download Manager to install software updates. I don't have the EA DM installed now because I'm afraid of it installing SecuROM on my computer, so I certainly don't want to be forced to use it just to patch my game.
wes_h:
Subject to check after the game is out:
The ingame advertising rankles me, and others too, very much. Until I recognized that it can be leveraged to make a new game feature, bu subverting the commercial stuff and replacing it with neighborhood artsy things. We will make Lemonade from this.
Lastly, I had technical issues with the EA download manager here (using it for Spore), which I think were related to my refusal to allow "Flash" to occupy any of my computer real estate.
It turns out that the process to make updates is nothing more than the EA download manager downloading an .exe file to your harddrive, and then running it. And once one person has noted the direct download address of the patch, you can get it without the download manager. This may change, but to date it has just been a marketing tool whereby the URL of the patch isn't published, in the hope that once additional people have the download manager on their computer, they will use it to buy stuff with.
Zazazu:
Quote from: ShortyBoo on 2009 March 30, 18:08:08
I don't know how current it is, but it mentions in-game advertising (I thought they took that out?) and it says you need the EA Download Manager to install software updates. I don't have the EA DM installed now because I'm afraid of it installing SecuROM on my computer, so I certainly don't want to be forced to use it just to patch my game.
If Drea's not spouting shit, the Download Manager will also not include SecuROM. I'll believe it when I see it.
Here's my optimistic opinion: There is no more SecuROM. Peasants rejoice! However, the patches require EA Downloader, which checks serial number to function. Since we all know that Sims games are buggy as hell, EA thinks this might lower piracy by withholding a fully-functional game. They are partially right, but the patches will be ripped. It has happened in the past for other games.
Here's my actual opinion: Drea is spouting shit. She either has been intentionally misinformed or has been instructed to misinform, as EA trusts that saying "O hai! We haz no SecuROM now!" will bring back a vast majority of the customer base they have lost. Once the customers get the game and have their surprise!SecuROM, too late. EA already has your money, and no contract has been broken/negotiated out of with Sony.
BastDawn:
I think Sony will probably change SecuROM's name to something no one has heard of yet. That way, EA can say, "No SecuROM!" and be sort of telling the truth, for a given value of honesty. :P
rohina:
Say hello to ROMsecur.
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