Ail said:
totalwar23 said:
BenKenobi88 said:
shio said:
Sounds like another "praise-worthy" news piece from Kotaku: You are NOT limited on how many times you can install a game, they're unlimited. But you can only activate the game on up to 3 different computers. |
Ok, what he said.
Still, even if it was limited, I don't see the huge issue. The biggest concern I heard when they announced this was "OH NO WHAT IF I'M AWAY FROM THE INTERNET!" Since that isn't an issue now, other than the initial install, I would think most people would be fine with this.
In fact activating the game on more than one PC is more than a lot of games have allowed...many only allowed one activated PC at a time. |
The bigger issue here is that they're trying to control what you bought from them. If you bought a game, wouldn't you expect to play it whenever you want without any hinderance or install and uninstall it as many times as you want at any time you want or whatever legal way you can use that game. You bought the rights to play that game yet all of a sudden someone hundreds of miles away tells you that these things need to be done on a weekly schedule or else we're going to prevent you from playing the game. It's simply an attempt at control and one that is so unnecessary. What if Microsoft instituted a measure where you needed to connect to their server every week to prove that your OS was purchased legally or else you can't use your computer? Or how about having to prove that you own your consoles legally before you can play them. This is about consumer rights and what EA did was just crappy. |
I don't think there is anything illegal with was they were trying to do. Welcome to the world of professional software... A lot of the professional software used by business checks for a licence on a network server when it starts and refuses to do so if the licence isn't found... |
1)This isn't about legality.
2)This isn't professional software but for home use.
Both points irrelevant.
