Quote Originally Posted by Praxil View Post
I think people are voting with the feelings more than reality. Once game turns out to be great, you all will run and buy a copy.
I think you underestimate just how much some people despise DRM software. I was very much looking forward to Spore, but ended up not getting it when I found out it was going to include SecuROM. Yesterday, I cancelled my pre-order for Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (EA just confirmed it was shipping with SecuROM as well).

I was really looking forward to Red Alert 3 -- indeed, it's one of the *very* few games I've ever pre-ordered. Even more than Empire, there's no other game coming out in the next 6 months that I'd looked forward to with as much anticipation. Yet despite how badly I want to play Red Alert, I will not buy it -- ever -- as long as it comes with SecuROM.

Even though Galain_Ironhide is right in that I could probably find a way to uninstall SecuROM, that's not a real solution. I would still be giving my hard-earned money to a publisher that installs DRM on people's computers, which is one thing I flatly refuse to do.