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Bonedwarf · 10-25-2007, 05:30 AM

Not checked what the FM2008 issues are, but if it's anything like the Sims 2 debacle with EA, the party line seems to be to plug their ears and say "I AM NOT LISTENING LA LA LA" in regards to copy protection issues. (And since both use Securom I would assume it IS the same issues.)

I don't honestly understand why they bother anymore. Wish more companies would take Stardock's lead and just do away with the copy protection entirely and treat their customers like customers rather than thieves. (I would never have supported Stardock as much as I have were it not for their enlightened attitude.) I mean protection clearly doesn't work AT ALL. They claim it stops casual copying. Well nobody I know, since the late 90's, has even bothered with casual copying. They want to pirate something, they will, off the net. So what other excuse is there to continue this nonsense? It's all BS. They put protection on the disks to prevent copying... But you can't return to the game to the store for a refund if it doesn't work (probably because of said copy protection) because you may have copied it...

Given the system issues I've been reading about in regards to Securom 7 etc... I'm not touching FM2008 with a ten foot pole. Life is too short to continue to give my money to software companies that treat every legitimate customer like a criminal, especially when that protection impacts the system in a variety of harmful ways. Every layer of crap they add with this utterly futile protection (and believe me, it IS futile) is one more thing to go wrong. And again, the game is cracked and out there before release day, so as always it's only hurting the legitimate consumers, and I'm completely sick of clueless companies continuing this asinine business model of treating the very people who keep them in business like the scum of the earth.

Sports Interactive joins the list of software companies whose products I will no longer purchase.

10-25-2007, 05:30 AM	#30 (permalink)
Bonedwarf All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,324	Not checked what the FM2008 issues are, but if it's anything like the Sims 2 debacle with EA, the party line seems to be to plug their ears and say "I AM NOT LISTENING LA LA LA" in regards to copy protection issues. (And since both use Securom I would assume it IS the same issues.) I don't honestly understand why they bother anymore. Wish more companies would take Stardock's lead and just do away with the copy protection entirely and treat their customers like customers rather than thieves. (I would never have supported Stardock as much as I have were it not for their enlightened attitude.) I mean protection clearly doesn't work AT ALL. They claim it stops casual copying. Well nobody I know, since the late 90's, has even bothered with casual copying. They want to pirate something, they will, off the net. So what other excuse is there to continue this nonsense? It's all BS. They put protection on the disks to prevent copying... But you can't return to the game to the store for a refund if it doesn't work (probably because of said copy protection) because you may have copied it... Given the system issues I've been reading about in regards to Securom 7 etc... I'm not touching FM2008 with a ten foot pole. Life is too short to continue to give my money to software companies that treat every legitimate customer like a criminal, especially when that protection impacts the system in a variety of harmful ways. Every layer of crap they add with this utterly futile protection (and believe me, it IS futile) is one more thing to go wrong. And again, the game is cracked and out there before release day, so as always it's only hurting the legitimate consumers, and I'm completely sick of clueless companies continuing this asinine business model of treating the very people who keep them in business like the scum of the earth. Sports Interactive joins the list of software companies whose products I will no longer purchase. Last edited by Bonedwarf : 10-25-2007 at 05:34 AM.