It’s not just the gamers that have been screwed over by unfair and oppressive DRM measures. Apparently, not even Electronic Arts’ own employees are safe from the nonsense surrounding Command & Conquer 4. As you should all know by now, C&C4 will boot players if their Internet connection drops. This has frustrated EA.com’s editor-in-chief, Jeff Green.
“Booted twice — and progress lost — on my single-player C&C4 game because my DSL connection blinked. DRM fail. We need new solutions,” wrote the exasperated writer. “Well. I’ve tried to be open-minded. But my ‘net connection is finicky — and the constant disruption of my C&C4 SP game makes this unplayable. The story is fun, the gameplay is interesting and different at least — but if you suffer from shaky/unreliable DSL — you’ve been warned.”
Green added: “I think if we think of C&C4 as an “online-only” game — which it basically is — then maybe we’d adjust our expectations accordingly.”
The trouble is, C&C4 is not an online-only game, and nobody should be locked out of a single-player campaign if their Internet isn’t running. EA’s commitment to bad DRM (it persisted with SecuROM for a long time, even when everybody else had turned against it) is making it an enemy of gamers. After all the good this publisher has done in salvaging its bad reputation, this kind of crap is not what EA should be promoting.
EA editor criticizes Command & Conquer 4 DRM [NeoSeeker]
