[game_preservation] Problematic installation DRM; thoughts?

[Jim Leonard]

Andrew Armstrong wrote:

> We'll see if this proves successful once the game is released, but 

> didn't Bioshock get cracked and it had /exactly/ the same method of 

> authentication? :-/


Bioshock is not MMO like Spore is; it's a single-user game.  So the key 
was just to hinder installation.  For Spore, you will need a valid key 
to play online, which is the whole draw of the program.
-- 
Jim Leonard (trixter at oldskool.org)            http://www.oldskool.org/
Help our electronic games project:           http://www.mobygames.com/
Or check out some trippy MindCandy at     http://www.mindcandydvd.com/
A child borne of the home computer wars: http://trixter.wordpress.com/