Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

It's not the number of installs. It's not the number of times DRM requires to "phone home." It's not whether or not less wary consumers can call up now and get new activations NOW. It's about buying a service not a product. Services end when a service provider ends, or chooses to stop offering the service. Products exist until they break or at least until they no-longer serve a function (we have no use for them). EA's breed of DRM is guaranteeing that their games will not live any longer than they do with a promise that is 100% not enforcable. Companies who are about to shut their doors, or are looking at their next big cash flow do not suddenly throw a bunch of resources into developing software to ensure existing consumers, who they already label as a bunch of no-good thieves, can continue to enjoy their games. DRM limitations are not listed in the EULA. They are not listed on the box. There is mice-type about requiring internet to play the game (that's the activation part). I can't tell you how many times I have picked up an old game, which I uninstalled, and reinstalled it because a new release of that game is being developed, hitting shelves soon, and I am excited about it again. Or reinstalled a game because a new expansion pack brought life into it. I build my own computers. I've seen harddrives fail. Motherboards fail. I know at least two people whose computers shorted out due to faulty parts. EA claims that only a small margin of people who installed a pay for play DEMO (and I don't pay for DEMOs either) didn't reinstall their games so therefore the entire gaming community is a bunch of ignorant consumers who won't realize that the pirates are going to get these games before release, DRM free, and have a much more enjoyable experience than the saps that paid for the game and now are being told where, when and how they can play their games. Every single game EA produces with online activations that are required to play (not referring to incentive activations like Stardock), and especially installation limits does not deserve more than a 1 star rating. DRM and gameplay are a packaged deal. They get rated together and fall together.