Electronic Arts have confirmed that the next version of The Sims will be free of Digital Rights Management (DRM).
The firm came in for considerable criticism last year, when the copy protection limited users to three installations of the game Spore.
The Sims division head, Ron Humble, said the game would use traditional serial code copy protection as "this is a good, time-proven solution".
DRM was introduced to c****at game piracy but proved unpopular with users.
"The game will have disc-based copy protection - there is a serial code, just like The Sims 2," said Mr Humble in a blog posting.
"To play the game there will not be any online authentication needed."
"We feel like this is a good, time-proven solution, that makes it easy for you to play the game without DRM methods that feel overly invasive or leave you concerned about authorization server access in the distant future," he added.
THUGG said
10:33 03/31 2009
YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY......SIMSSSSSSSSSSS
Shottess said
10:36 03/31 2009
YAYYYY!
Teacha said
22:53 04/01 2009
honestly iv neva played dis game b4
Ryan said
19:59 04/02 2009
Same fi mi too Teacher! them av too many different ones
Pr0n said
20:05 04/02 2009
After the debacle that was Spore (which used SecuROM), it only made sense to do this.
Electronic Arts have confirmed that the next version of The Sims will be free of Digital Rights Management (DRM).
The firm came in for considerable criticism last year, when the copy protection limited users to three installations of the game Spore.
The Sims division head, Ron Humble, said the game would use traditional serial code copy protection as "this is a good, time-proven solution".
DRM was introduced to c****at game piracy but proved unpopular with users.
"The game will have disc-based copy protection - there is a serial code, just like The Sims 2," said Mr Humble in a blog posting.
"To play the game there will not be any online authentication needed."
"We feel like this is a good, time-proven solution, that makes it easy for you to play the game without DRM methods that feel overly invasive or leave you concerned about authorization server access in the distant future," he added.