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Posted November 26, 2009
The online activation system is Securom , so it'll probably have it. The physical retail version's disk check is Securom too.
I've got a 2 year old game that I'm still able to redownload, so they might not enforce that 1 year limit anymore. If they do, is it that a big deal if you backup all your games? I personally wouldn't want to redownload several files 7 gigabytes small too often.
Posted November 26, 2009
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Faithful: Do all EA games that you download have SecuRom installed on them? If not, is there a way to tell if DA:O has it or not?
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If bought from the store then they have SecuROM refundable activations. It's pretty seamless. In fact you wouldn't even know it was there until you use the deauthorisation tool to see what games you've got on your system that use it.
Alternatively there's the Steam versions that just rely on Steam. But arguably that's worse as, naturally, Steam isn't that transparent.
DA:O would again depend on the version. The retail version only has a disc check. Whether or not it's a SecuROM disc check or not I couldn't tell you. But it shouldn't matter as SecuROM is about the only 'copy protection software' to actually get the disc check right (or at least about as right as a disc check can be (and only when just the disc check is used)).
Posted November 26, 2009
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Crassmaster: It covers whichever parts of the EA retail business that are run by Digital River. All of that stuff...the 1 year download period, the extended service, etc....is their way of doing things.
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bansama: Well the Japan EA store uses Digital River, but our downloads do not expire and never have.

Well, that's interesting. I wonder why the difference is there?
Posted November 26, 2009
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Faithful: Do all EA games that you download have SecuRom installed on them? If not, is there a way to tell if DA:O has it or not?
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Navagon: If bought from the store then they have SecuROM refundable activations. It's pretty seamless. In fact you wouldn't even know it was there until you use the deauthorisation tool to see what games you've got on your system that use it.
Alternatively there's the Steam versions that just rely on Steam. But arguably that's worse as, naturally, Steam isn't that transparent.
DA:O would again depend on the version. The retail version only has a disc check. Whether or not it's a SecuROM disc check or not I couldn't tell you. But it shouldn't matter as SecuROM is about the only 'copy protection software' to actually get the disc check right (or at least about as right as a disc check can be (and only when just the disc check is used)).

Disk version is not SecuROM based -- they stated they've chosen not to use it in any version distributed by EA or BioWare. This seems to apply to the EA Store version as well -- all games which use SecuROM on the store say so, far as I've been able to see. Not the case with DA:O (for digital version).
Basically, go for it.
Post edited November 26, 2009 by chautemoc
Posted November 26, 2009
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Crassmaster: Well, that's interesting. I wonder why the difference is there?

I don't know. Perhaps it's due to the huge markup they apply to prices? An example I posted in the gaming deals was a sale price of $99 USD for the Crysis complete pack (normally retails for over $100 USD. Makes the markup that Steam applies ($59.98 USD for the Maximum edition -- US price is $39.99 in comparison) look like a budget price!
Posted November 26, 2009
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Crassmaster: Well, that's interesting. I wonder why the difference is there?
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bansama: I don't know. Perhaps it's due to the huge markup they apply to prices? An example I posted in the gaming deals was a sale price of $99 USD for the Crysis complete pack (normally retails for over $100 USD. Makes the markup that Steam applies ($59.98 USD for the Maximum edition -- US price is $39.99 in comparison) look like a budget price!

Maybe it does have something to do with that.
And...yeah...I think a price hike like that qualifies as exorbitant. Good grief!
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