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Owners of 'SimCity' can now claim their free EA game following debacle

article published on 18 March, 2013

Earlier this month, EA released its newly updated 'SimCity' title to critical acclaim. However, the consumer feedback at launch was less than stellar (that is being extremely generous) due to the game's "always-on" DRM requiring a user be connected to the Internet and logged in to EA's Origin at all times to play, even in single player mode. The load on EA's Origin servers meant most ... [ read the full article ]

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nonoitall
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_ 		19. March 2013 @ 00:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Still not remotely interested unless they remove the DRM.
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What happens when Microsoft buys Minecraft? Lets see...
megadunderhead
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_ 		19. March 2013 @ 08:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Remove the stupid DRM or people will just download and use the pirated copies of the game and tell your ea origins ddm to go $%#$%$ off a cliff
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keola37
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_ 		19. March 2013 @ 18:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by megadunderhead:
 Remove the stupid DRM or people will just download and use the pirated copies of the game and tell your ea origins ddm to go $%#$%$ off a cliff
i don't believe there are any working pirated version of SimCity...

which just means that despite this debacle, many at EA probably see this as a win for DRM.
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dodger5
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_ 		19. March 2013 @ 18:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by keola37:
Originally posted by megadunderhead:
 Remove the stupid DRM or people will just download and use the pirated copies of the game and tell your ea origins ddm to go $%#$%$ off a cliff
i don't believe there are any working pirated version of SimCity...

which just means that despite this debacle, many at EA probably see this as a win for DRM.
There will be just be patient
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Keep your head up, keep alert, and don't let them take you by suprise.
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