Quote Originally Posted by TinCow
Even more amusing, another game released on the exact same day, the next expansion pack of Europa Universalis, has not yet found its way onto bittorrent (at least as far as I am aware). This, despite the fact that it has very primitive and easy to circumvent copyright protection. Sure, Mass Effect was bound to get more focus from the hackers due to its popularity, but I suspect the general contentment of Paradox's customers with their games is also a major factor. The EUIII expansion pack hasn't been mass-pirated yet simply because the people who want to play it are more than happy to pay for it, despite the fact that it's easy to crack.

Customer Satisfaction > Strong-arm DRM copy protection system
I think you have the wrong reason here. Mass effect was bound to get more attention from people who crack protection because it has the quote-state of the art- endquote protection system. Most people who produce no-disk patches and such do it for the challenge, not because of the number of people who want the file. Point of fact, they only produce an exe file, so someone somewhere has to buy the game to get the data and graphics files. If they were interested in preventing sales they'd post up complete games...of course if they did that it would be illegal.