Will You Buy a SecuRomed Empire?

[Martok]

Just checking in to see if the publishers have come to their senses and dropped the DRM malware. I was very disappointed to hear about the inclusion of SecuRome. It is a deal breaker for me and I will not be purchasing a copy of Empire. The real shame is that the two games I most anticipated, Empire and Spore, are both ruined by this junk. In case anyone in power is reading, I will not change my mind and give in at some point. My own security policy does not allow software like this to run.
But, I'll check in once in a while to see if you change your mind.

Just to clarify: CA hasn't said they're dropping SecuROM because they've not yet decided if they're going to include it in the first place. They've mentioned that an "alternate" form of copy protection was being investigated/worked on, but no details have yet been released (nor a final decision reached on whether they'll go with SecuROM or this other system).

[hellenes]

If Empire ships with a DRM that can be REMOVED...and most importantly NOT installed again when the game launches (as happened with Kingdoms) I will buy it...otherwise I will NOT compromise the security of my bank account for the sake of SEGA/CA....