Quote Originally Posted by frogbeastegg
Noooo! Don't say that - the publisher make the decisions about copy protection, not the developers! Irrational are behind some great games - games which usually don't sell without their being blamed for a decision which wasn't in their hands to begin with.

Throw stones at 2K. They made the decision.

Er, also, you do know that if you uninstall the game you get that activation back? So if you uninstall it from your wife's computer you will then have 4 installs again. The problem arrises if you do not uninstall the game correctly, e.g. hard drive failure, windows registry crash.
Well, that is somewhat better, but that must mean that the game updates the authorization server when it is uninstalled, something that also displeases me. If you are correct, then I will rework my statement into: I will never buy any game that uses this form of copyright protection, no matter who the developer is. With luck, Irrational will see the error of their ways and either part company with 2K or convince them never to pull this kind of stunt again. If not, I suppose I will no longer be a customer.