Yes, you heard it right, EA have bundled the ever-loved SecuROM DRM with Crysis Warhead for the Steam release, seemingly unaware that Steam already acts as its own DRM.
Valve, owners of Steam, are at least taking the not quite so low road and telling customers about EA’s love child being in the game.The Steam page adds in the game’s details that it comes with “3rd-party DRM: SecuROM™ 5 machine activation limit”.
Will this help stop piracy? Nope, Steam does that. So what’s the point? The only other thing SecuROM does (that we know of) is limit the number of activations you can have. This was assumed to be helping stop spreading the game around amongst friends, or limiting the second hand usage. Both of which are again handled by Steam.
EA, what’s the point? Did you learn nothing from BioShock? Or in fact, any of the games you have released recently with SecuROM? I look forward to reading your PR response.
Found via: reddit
John, all:
Steam is bad enough. “Online authenticity” is what is driving me away from PCGaming. It makes what you are purchasing worthless should that external connection cease to exist. It needs to go.
But as if that were not enough, how theses thieves want install/activation limits.
Stealing a game you didn’t pay for is wrong, but for once I’m kind of happy their are cracked versions available -at least those who purchaced the game will have a means of obtaining a functional version.
C.H.