I am one of those who never rent games (game rentals are actually illegal here) and like to collect games I buy and play. So obviously, I'm less interested in Spore knowing I can't buy it but only rent it for 50€.
In my modest collection, I've plenty of games that I've replayed/reintalled more than 3 times, because I really enjoyed them. A game limited by this 3-times-only thing must just not be that good if it can't be enjoyed more than this.
People keep saying about average games that they are worth (or not worth) a rental. Since Spore is basically a rental (an very expensive one), it doesn't really help seeing it as an actual quality game.
I like to own the games I play. Since I can't own Spore, I'm not going to "buy" (rent) it. I won't be pirating it either, but I won't blame the pirates who provide a proper product when EA (or others stupid publishers) fail to do so.
