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==General problems== | ==General problems== | ||
===Optical drive bugs=== | ===Optical-drive bugs=== | ||
Various releases of Secu-ROM have been known to sometimes struggle to even detect legitimate copies of games inside users' disc drives.<ref name=":1">https://web.archive.org/web/20191105161102/https://www.tweakguides.com/Piracy_9.html</ref> Additionally, some optical drive models were simply incompatible with SecuROM.<ref name=":1" /><!-- We should find more documentation than what has been provided by Wikipedia --> | Various releases of Secu-ROM have been known to sometimes struggle to even detect legitimate copies of games inside users' disc drives.<ref name=":1">https://web.archive.org/web/20191105161102/https://www.tweakguides.com/Piracy_9.html</ref> Additionally, some optical drive models were simply incompatible with SecuROM.<ref name=":1" /><!-- We should find more documentation than what has been provided by Wikipedia --> | ||
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I am prepared to document EA's fuck-up on the wiki whenever secu-rom finally fails on my legitimate copy of Crysis. Oh, and C&C3. --> cannot function on modern hardware without cracking or other means of circumvention.<ref>https://www.legoisland.org/wiki/SecuROM</ref> | I am prepared to document EA's fuck-up on the wiki whenever secu-rom finally fails on my legitimate copy of Crysis. Oh, and C&C3. --> cannot function on modern hardware without cracking or other means of circumvention.<ref>https://www.legoisland.org/wiki/SecuROM</ref> | ||
==Notable | ==Notable anti-consumer events<!-- Organize the list by release year! -->==<!-- Reference PC Gaming Wiki for other games to list here | ||
https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/SecuROM --> | https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/SecuROM --> | ||
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|BioShock | |''BioShock'' | ||
|2007 | |2007 | ||
|Users were limited to 2 installs of the game, and had to call in to be allowed further installs. It was raised soon to 5 after a misprint of a phone number in a manual<!-- Need sauce! -->, and eventually the limit discontinued in 2008, however it took much longer before editions of BioShock would be officially released without SecuROM. | |Users were limited to 2 installs of the game, and had to call in to be allowed further installs. It was raised soon to 5 after a misprint of a phone number in a manual<!-- Need sauce! -->, and eventually the limit discontinued in 2008, however it took much longer before editions of BioShock would be officially released without SecuROM. | ||
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|Mass Effect | |''Mass Effect'' | ||
|2007 | |2007 | ||
|Mass Effect was the first SecuROM game known to not refund installations for users, and also required that the game installation to be verified every 10 days. <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080614201655/http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?story=52618</ref> | |''Mass Effect'' was the first SecuROM game known to not refund installations for users, and also required that the game installation to be verified every 10 days. <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080614201655/http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?story=52618</ref> | ||
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|[[Spore]]<!-- I want an article for Spore, the anticonsumer history behind it is insane, from SecuROM to EA blocking server access for Steam and GOG releases. --> | |''[[Spore]]<!-- I want an article for Spore, the anticonsumer history behind it is insane, from SecuROM to EA blocking server access for Steam and GOG releases. -->'' | ||
|2008 | |2008 | ||
|The application of SecuROM in Spore left the program trapped under always-online DRM<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8ltfyqD3lM</ref>, which in the 2000s was fatal for anyone's internet bills. The popularity of this game, mixed in with its preemptive cracking, and DRM led to the title holding the record as the most pirated video game.<ref name=":0" /> Additionally, there were lawsuits that formed over the implementation of SecuROM inside Spore.<ref>http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/09/24/ea-faces-class-action-lawsuit-over-spore-drm</ref><ref>http://www.courthousenews.com/2008/09/23/Spore.pdf</ref> | |The application of SecuROM in ''Spore'' left the program trapped under always-online DRM<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8ltfyqD3lM</ref>, which in the 2000s was fatal for anyone's internet bills. The popularity of this game, mixed in with its preemptive cracking, and DRM led to the title holding the record as the most pirated video game.<ref name=":0" /> Additionally, there were lawsuits that formed over the implementation of SecuROM inside ''Spore.''<ref>http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/09/24/ea-faces-class-action-lawsuit-over-spore-drm</ref><ref>http://www.courthousenews.com/2008/09/23/Spore.pdf</ref> | ||
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|Tron: Evolution | |''Tron: Evolution'' | ||
|2010 | |2010 | ||
|Towards the tail-end of SecuROM's usage in 2019, [[Disney]] decided to terminate their license, thus leading to all legitimate copies of Tron: Evolution to be unplayable, and the game was subsequently pulled from digital software vendors.<ref>https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191204/09531743504/disneys-decision-not-to-renew-securom-license-bricks-tron-evolution.shtml</ref> Disney claims to be currently updating the game to not have SecuROM, however after nearly | |Towards the tail-end of SecuROM's usage in 2019, [[Disney]] decided to terminate their license, thus leading to all legitimate copies of ''Tron: Evolution'' to be unplayable, and the game was subsequently pulled from digital software vendors.<ref>https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191204/09531743504/disneys-decision-not-to-renew-securom-license-bricks-tron-evolution.shtml</ref> Disney claims to be currently updating the game to not have SecuROM, however after nearly six years since its termination, there has been no new updates upon whether the game will re-release | ||
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|Final Fantasy 7 (PC, re-release) | |''Final Fantasy 7'' (PC, re-release) | ||
|2012 | |2012 | ||
|The distribution of the re-release of FF7 for PCs caught users off guard when Square Enix distributed this version with SecuROM, and on release, servers were inaccessible, so users could not verify their licenses until much later.<ref>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/05/final-fantasy-vii-pc-released-early-then-pulled/</ref> | |The distribution of the re-release of ''FF7'' for PCs caught users off guard when Square Enix distributed this version with SecuROM, and on release, servers were inaccessible, so users could not verify their licenses until much later.<ref>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/05/final-fantasy-vii-pc-released-early-then-pulled/</ref> | ||
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