EA Games Prez: Spore, Crysis Warhead DRM to be Relaxed
The controversial DRM included in Spore and Crysis Warhead will be revamped and loosened, according to EA Games president Frank Gibeau.
Writing to MTV Multiplayer, Gibeau promised that the DRM will be relaxed, also taking the chance to make a few backhanded comments on the very vocal anti-DRM community.
"We’re extremely pleased with the reception Spore has received from critics and consumers but we’re disappointed by the misunderstanding surrounding the use of DRM software," he wrote. In his note, he revealed that Spore would soon gain the ability to be authorized on five computers instead of three.
Gibeau also mentioned that the coming deactivation capability is in the works and that it will be applicable to Crysis Warhead, too.
"We assumed that consumers understand piracy is a huge problem," he wrote. "We felt that limiting the number of machine authorizations to three wouldn’t be a problem… we assured consumers that if special circumstances warranted more than three machines, they could contact our customer service team."
"And while it’s easy to discount the noise from those who only want to post or transfer thousands of copies of the game on the Internet, I believe we need to adapt our policy to accommodate our legitimate consumers," he concluded.