Archive: september 19, 2008

EA Respond To DRM Complaints [Electronic Arts]

Electronic Arts have sent us a statement regarding their roundly-criticized Spore DRM policy.
In it, EA Games Label President Frank Gibeau states that the company assumed consumers would understand the need for DRM because "if games that take 1-4 years to develop are effectively stolen the day they launch, developers and publishers will simply stop investing in PC games" but concedes that a number of customers have strong objections and that EA need to adapt their policy to accommodate them.
Full details of the changes can be found after the jump, but it is worth noting that Gibeau does not addre...

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Tags: DRM, Ea, Electronic Arts, Spore, Top, news

Sep 17 EA tackles Spore complaints, changing one DRM policy in compromise

Sep 24 EA faces class action suit over Spore DRM: Shocked it took this long

Oct 30 Electronic Arts brings the layoffs: Cuts workforce by 6%

Nov 27 EA does not like being called a pig, demands apology

Oct 25 EA loves Dead Space because licensed crap is expensive

Nov 5 EA CEO buys own company's stock for $1 million

Aug 1 EA's Riccitiello says Boom Blox to hit other consoles, calls Wii Remote a 'wand'

Oct 15 EA calls Take-Two bid a 'waste of ink'

Aug 30 Get Far Cry, Red Alert and Red Alert 2 for free (if you fancy pre-ordering)

Jul 22 EA: Investors don't give a sh*t about quality

Mar 6 EA needs a geography lesson

Aug 28 Links for 2008-08-27 [Digg]

Feb 22 EA titles fail at reviews, EA boss unhappy

Apr 23 Electronic Arts is releasing a Monopoly game

Aug 27 Introducing the face of Boogie SuperStar: Natasha Bedingfield

Aug 5 EA promises its games won't be 'crappy' anymore

Aug 29 Square Enix makes an offer for Tecmo

Aug 29 Dead Space release date pushed ... forward?

Dec 17 EA: Wii Graphics "Not Of Broadcast Quality" [Ea]

Apr 2 Rumortoid: Skate coming to Nintendo DS and Wii

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