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Sims Studio: DRM should 'Nurture not Punish'
Grant Rodiek speaks frankly about the problem of piracy and its relationship with restrictive DRM.
Written by Andy Griffiths, 03 June 2010
In an exclusive interview with GamerZines, Grant Rodiek, producer for The Sims 3: Ambitions has talked frankly about the problem of piracy and the pitfalls of restrictive DRM.
"Our approach with this game is lets back off the DRM (Digital Rights Management), we have a disc check and that's it. Basically we want to reward our paying customers with light DRM, a good price and if you register the game we'll give you great stuff," Explained The Sims Studio big-wig.
PCGZine Issue 53
For our latest The Sims 3 coverage, click here to download PCGZine Issue 53 for free."Hopefully this philosophy of nurture not punish will pay off and if players help us out and support our game then we'll do our best to support them. We can't stop the piracy, it's maddening to me. It's theft, that all it is, but we'll still try to support players."
Mr Rodiek also went on to mention the controversy caused when SecuROM was incorporated into one of his studio's previous expansion packs for The Sims 2, and how it "made a lot of people really angry."
The Sims 3 was hit hard by piracy on its release last year, culminating in a reported 3.2 million unauthorised downloads. Still EA's commitment to not punishing players with single minded solutions is a tactic which is sure to be a hit with PC gamers.
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