In another response to the digital rights management (DRM) infamously implemented in Spore, the game's designer Will Wright, perhaps in light of the recent move to alter their strategy for The Sims 3, has said the games' publisher Electronic Arts (EA) is "learning".

Wright also acknowledged that EA was forced to listen to the community regarding its “corporate decision” to include digital rights management (DRM) on Spore, which limited how many times a user could install the game on computers. He said EA was surprised by the outcry from angry users (who faced problems such as unsuccessful installs that used up their installation limits). EA has since rescinded the DRM by issuing a patch that essentially removes it.

“That goes in the category of corporate learning,” Wright said. “People are paying a lot of money for a game. You don’t want to treat them as criminals because of the piracy issue.”

chautemoc via venturebeat.com »