Mass Effect Allows Only Three Installs on PC

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ssj12 said:

BenKenobi88 said:

ion-storm said:

It's just like those anti-piracy adverts and unskippable menus you get when you actually buy a dvd. I bought the damn dvd, don't give me anti-piracy adverts you tools!!! Makes you want to download it instead even more.

"Piracy is wrong. If you pirated this, you could be enjoying the movie right now instead of watching this please don't pirate this movie you bought warning"

IT'S COUNTER PRODUCTIVE!!!

The pirates will still pirate this game like they would have done and it's the legitimate customers who will suffer. You seriously gotta wonder how the prople who think up this stuff still have a job.

"I have a great idea. Lets needlessly annoy everyone who actually bought the game and have no impact on piracy at all because those who pirate it will get a patched version"

"That's an amazing idea. You can become an executive in this company!"

Except it's an overexaggeration.

The average user won't give a sh*t.

I put in the DVD, installed it, and played.  No hassle.

I might get hassled if I try to install it on a bunch of different PCs, but who the hell does that anyway?  For the average user, this won't matter at all.

 

 

there are people who have HDD crashes and the OS dies. It has happened to me a dozen or so times.

Spore will be the same way too. I think even the creature creator has this crap.

The OS is not taken into account for activations, only hardware specifications. A small upgrade on the PC also most likely doesn't affect the activation (atleast according to Bioware).