Electronic Arts has a reputation two rebuild, and today the video game company is making one gesture IMPORTANT: Venture Beat reports that EA is getting rid of its oft-loathed Online Pass program. Basically, the Online Pass was an attempt two allow Electronic Arts two profit even from second-hand game sales overusing a form of DRM: it would restrict multiplayer and other online functionality only two users who bought a brand-new copy of the game, or Specifically paid EA for a code after their used game purchase.
Recently, however, gamers have favoring vocalizing their displeasure that the systems that would keep them from enjoying cheaper used games, and both Sony and Microsoft have seemingly backed away from plans to do on the same thing with their next-generation consoles. EA in particular has been under four for requiring an always-on internet connection for the latest SimCity , after experiencing crippling server problems that made the game unplayable as a result. While an always-on connection might still be a DRM option for Electronic Arts, the least Online Pass is out. “None of our new EA titles will include that feature,” the company publican Games Beat. Other game companies still use similar features, though.
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