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DRM讓SPORE成為史上盜版最旺的遊戲
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Spore, a Sim-like game about the evolution of creatures, was recently released as one of the most anticipated games of the year. Our initial impressions were high with the release of SporeCreator. However, Spore itself failed to meet our expectations. In the end, we found the game to be too simple for our tastes.
SPORE,一個生物演化模擬類型的遊戲,最近剛發行,
是一款高度受玩家引頸企盼的遊戲。
我們對於SporeCreator的初始印象評價是不錯的,但是,
最後我們仍覺得這遊戲太過簡單,無法迎合我們口味。
A major problem that plagued the release of Spore was the inclusion of a DRM system. This has caused multiple reviews of Spore to be disappointing for Electronic Arts (EA), the developing and publishing company of Spore. If EA hoped the problem would go away, it hasn't. Fans and "pirates" have taken things one step further to make Spore one of the most pirated games ever.
讓spore發行後飽受批判的,是DRM機制的加入。這讓spore的評價褒貶不一,
並且衝擊EA的spore開發部門及出版部門,使他們感到沮喪。
如果EA希望這個問題會隨時間而化,可能沒辦法達成,
遊戲迷與盜版者甚至採取進一步的行動,以確立spore是有史以來盜匪最旺的遊戲。
We Told You So
The DRM system included in Spore has caused an outrage in the gaming community. We stated in our review of the game that the DRM system would have to go if Spore wanted to succeed. Apparently, consumers of the game seem to feel the same way. As of today, Spore has been downloaded over 500,000 times on various bittorrent sites and doesn't look to be slowing down. The first 300,000 downloads of Spore happened after just one day of the game being released. These pirated versions of Spore remove the DRM system that users encounter when installing the game. While it's not uncommon for popular games to hit those type of numbers on P2P sites, it's unusual for it to happen so quickly. Currently, the game has been the most popular download all week on The Pirate Bay, one of the most popular and controversial bittorrent sites around.
我們早告訴你們如此--
DRM機制對遊戲產業可以說是吹皺一池春水,造成極大憤懣。我們曾經在
我們的遊戲評析中說如果spore想要成功,DRM就必需遺棄,顯然的,
消費者與我們感同身受。直至今天, spore已經在BT中被下載超過500000次,
並且沒有減緩的跡象。其中有300000次是遊戲發行後一天之內的下載數量,
盜版的spore版本移除了安裝遊戲時會遭遇的DRM機制。
一些受歡迎的遊戲可能也會達到同樣多的下載次數,不足為奇,
但很少像spore般如此快速地達到這個數值。
目前spore蟬聯pirate bay中最受歡迎且下載的遊戲,
而pirate bay是最受歡迎且爭議不斷的BT下載站之一。
DRM is Not the Answer
The Sims 2 currently holds the record for the most pirated game. Pirates and disappointed fans are looking to change that. According to the TorrentFreak blog,
[Spore's] download rate exceeds that of any other pirated game in history, and in a week or two from now it will be the most pirated game ever on BitTorrent.
Spore is still one of the worst rated games on Amazon. Since its release it has been given a rating of only 1 star by more than 50% of its reviewers. The majority of these ratings address problems with the DRM system. DRM is not the answer and continues to provoke "pirates" to release what publishers should have given to customers from the beginning.
There's no doubt that Spore would've been pirated regardless of the DRM system. However, users of P2P networks are now encouraging others to pirate the game in order to teach EA a lesson. A commenter on the Pirate Bay known as "deathkitten" stated,
"You have the power to make this the most pirated game ever, to give corporate bastards a virtual punch in the face."
Unfortunately for EA, this is exactly what they're doing. We hope that EA will learn from this experience and the feedback of their customers.
DRM並非盜版靈藥--
目前模擬市民2是被非法下載最多的遊戲,但盜版者及對spore感到失望的人
正準備改寫紀錄。根據torrentfreak的部落格敘述,
“spore的被下載率比史上任何盜版遊戲都快,
在1~2個禮拜內將有可能搶下BT盜版遊戲的龍頭寶座。”
Spore目前仍是amazon網站上評價最爛的遊戲之一,
自從發售迄今已經有超過一半的玩家給予最低1顆星的評價,
問題的主要部分仍環繞DRM打轉。
DRM並不是盜版靈藥,反而激勵盜版者釋出沒有DRM版本的spore,
而這應該是遊戲公司一開始就要給予消費者的權益。
毫無疑問,不論有無DRM, spore都將慘遭盜版荼毒,
但現在, p2p的使用者也鼓勵大家下載spore的盜版,
藉此給EA一個教訓。在pirate bay一個名為deathkitten說
“你有權利讓spore成為有史以來盜版最旺的遊戲,
藉此給遊戲公司的混蛋們一個當頭棒喝!”
可惜,目前EA仍我行我素,我們希望EA能接受到信息並予玩家應有之回應。