Comments on: No, you’re not dreaming: EA pulls Sims 3 DRM

By: matt

matt — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:46:19 +0000

i can't see anything but the penguin.

By: Mr Flibble

Mr Flibble — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:47:07 +0000

They aren’t pulling DRM. In fact, the serial code requirement is itself DRM. What they’re doing is pulling the variant of SecuRom that was used on SPORE. However, the variant of SecuRom that was used on the later expansion packs for The Sims 2 was the serial code one, and it still caused serious problems for a small but significant number of people. In other words, there may still be problems ahead.

By: Giant Lenin

Giant Lenin — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 08:41:21 +0000

hah!! Now that you mention it I can sort of see the penguin!

By: SenorTinman

SenorTinman — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:16:02 +0000

I'm sorry Giant Lenin, but for the longest time I thought your avatar was a penguin. I have no idea why.

By: Giant Lenin

Giant Lenin — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:30:15 +0000

Possibly, though I think they'll always recognise their base is the PC (hopefully).

By: SenorTinman

SenorTinman — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:27:10 +0000

Also, I'm sure it'll be ported to every platform under the sun in a year or two.

By: Sam Naylor

Sam Naylor — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:56:34 +0000

You never know, it might be able to. The specs for Sims games are usually pretty reasonable.

By: Giant Lenin

Giant Lenin — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:55:30 +0000

Well, that's one step back to where they were in the beginning, now if only my pc could play the sims 3.