EA laces C&C4 with Ubisoft-like always-on DRM

Personally I feel DRM is not good for the future of computer gaming, this is not the solution to stopping piracy. Why support these big companies that don't even trust their own companies such as EA? I will never install any game that has DRM on my computer, besides old school C&C is much better than this EA crap version after playing the demo,

Personally I feel DRM is not good for the future of computer gaming, this is not the solution to stopping piracy. Why support these big companies that don't even trust their own customers such as EA? I will never install any game that has DRM on my computer, besides old school C&C is much better than this EA crap version after playing the demo,

(Sorry about double posting, don't know how to correct my previous post)

So it begins...
Of course it'd be EA who'd pick up a crappy idea and run with it.

Sign of the times folks. I'm not a proponent of this level of DRM. But on the other hand, considering the insane, and I mean INSANE amount of PC game theft going on, it's hard to fault publishers for going to this extreme..

For those who steal - don't do it. It's killing PC gaming. And tell your friends who do it too to knock it the hell off.

It can't get more simple than this. You don't steal, we don't get DRM.

That sucks for mobile gamers but for most this is SOMEWHAT better news. I'm still not going to buy the game, but I did enjoy the beta. Well it's not that bad really because you can't build a huge base so if your net crashes it's not that big of a loss.

I guess I'm not surprised.

DRM equals pass! everyone boycott!! if its got always on DRM boycott the game! use your money to show them whos boss. only buy games it does not have DRM. or only needs to quick check to see if its legal.

I'm sure more developers/publishers will try this but ultimately it will be proven to be a failure both in sales and in stopping people from pirating the games. The sad part is that if games with DRM like this do poorly in sales the companies will just blame piracy.

Didn't EA learn anything from Ubisoft or Spore? I feel sorry for fans of the series...

And this is why I will not be purchasing this, constant internet connectivity? Are you joking? What about all the people in the Military deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan? Guess we won't be playing this.

If you don't like the DRM, then just don't by the game. It isn't the end of the world if you don't get to play a game. There are always plenty more out there that are available. And worst case you can go back and play some classics

So, once again a big publisher takes a huge title and completely screws it up with DRM, costs itself potential customers who won't (or can't) deal with their chosen restriction, and the only ones who win are the pirates who won't care and wouldn't have bought the stupid thing anyhow.

Huzzah, EA... Way to go!

This is bad news. This DRM thing has become an obsession to big companies.

I to a point agree but do you not see that they are actually making the situation using this kind of extreme DRM is actually making the whole situation worse?!

Its true, if everyone stopped stealing the games then it would go away but that will never happen so DRM will still be around but do you not see that going to an extreme like this has caused for more people not to buy the game and has actually stopped people without an internet connection completely simply can't play the game even if they wanted to??

I miss the old days of just having a CD key to play the game on an old laptop (Red Alert 2 ruled!) instead, i now have to get a 3G wireless dongle which might lose signal anyway and lose my game even when the part of game i'm playing. So i then get a bill for using the dongle just to simply play a part of the single player on the way to wales or on the boat to france.

This Type of DRM is not just extreme, its stupid.

"For those who steal - don't do it. It's killing PC gaming."

I don't think that's totally true. I'd say that consoles were killing pc gaming. Everyone needs to ditch consoles and get a PC. I can pretty much guarantee that would result in lower prices for PC parts and probably games too...and people wouldn't be stuck with the same stone age machine for 4-5 years like they are with modern console machines.

I Like this guy! I've been saying that since the "Nexy Gen" consoles have been out. The more console sold the lower PC gaming seems to go.

It doesn't help a lot are lied to for example a lot of "Guest" users on this website pop in to say on the related articles that the ps3 "is the best".

But yet rarely do console games actually run at the full resolution stated and just generally playing with a controller is down right bad. So bad infact all FPS shooters use an "auto-aim" to help the fact that at the end of the day, when playing on a console your not really using any real skill.

"If your connection drops for any reason, you will be kicked from the game -- even in single player -- and the game won't attempt to reconnect, so your session is totally lost."
This is ridiculous, if I have a bad internet or if I go somewhere that doesn't have internet, I get kicked out of the game even though I bought the game legit?

I don't think it is that simple, Tom. Even if everyone on the planet stopped pirating, I believe companies would still put DRM on their games 'just in case'. You have to also take into account that other countries are not as strict about copyright laws as the U.S. and do not care to enforce them, so attempting to make everyone stop pirating is a bit of a stretch. Add that to the fact that the only way to obtain certain games in some countries is through pirating since they are banned and you are pretty much guaranteed to have pirating.

As far as this game, I purchased the last C&C but I never finished playing it. I got bored with the hour long missions with little variability. I guess I won't be buying this one either especially with that type of DRM and my unstable internet. I would rather not spend 45 minutes building up my army to have it instantly vanish because my net spiked. Pass.

Guess I won't be buying many more games if this keeps up. I deploy in the military a lot and have no internet. Oh well. Guess they don't want my money.

already cracked , 135 kb program that simulates game server.