Quote Originally Posted by hoom View Post
Worth quoting a CA dev over at the TW centre.
And again

We will not be limiting the number of uses of the game.
We will not be limiting the number of times you install and uninstall it - as long as multiple users dont try to use the same copy of the game.
No, the CA rep is still ducking one of the important issues here. Someone who buys the game can play it as long as the Steam activation servers are online. One time activation, fine. That works for today, but what about down the road?

What are the customer's options for installing the game on another machine in the future, if Steam and CA are no longer around to authorize the game? Are they willing to unlock the game if they go bankrupt or are swallowed by another company?

Strategy games are one of those categories where players sometimes like to install a game that's several years old for nostalgia's sake, or because it was just a great game. If Steam and CA are no longer around to authorize the game, then what are we supposed to do.... find a pirate copy? Hope it's gone into open source? What?

As usual, the devs are silent on this issue.