Yesterday, we ran a story about ire over Fallout 3 using SecuROM’s glorious protection. A recent posting on Bethesda’s official blog is attempting to smother the message board firestorm. According to Bethesda, Fallout 3 is using the mildest form of SecuROM possible and shouldn’t cause any issues amongst consumers.
From the blog posting:
We only use SecuRom’s disc check functionality for copy protection. We do NOT limit the number of installs. We do NOT use online authentication or any other SecuROM functionality except for a disc check when you install the game and when you launch the game. We do not install any other programs and we don’t have anything that runs in the background while you’re playing the game.
A disc check sounds fair to me. It’s certainly not nearly as invasive and inconvenient as EA’s preferred method. While I would love to go back to the passwords-in-booklets method, I really don’t see that happening. The PDF and e-mail trumped my favorite copyright protection method.
Have any of you been experiencing issues with Fallout 3? Are you tired of the SecuROM shenanigans?
[Via GamePolitics]
