EA has wrapped some DRM around its newest Battlefield game that is annoying some power users. Flashing new firmware, updating your graphics card, CPU, or motherboard, can lock you out of your own game. Read on for more.
Benchmarkers at Guru3D were locked out of Battlefield Hardline, annoying them enough to make a post ranting about the DRM used in the title. Electronic Arts is locking users out of their games for a 24 hour period following what they deem are too many hardware changes. This made it difficult for Guru3D to complete their graphics hardware benchmarks using the title.
Such DRM restrictions on Ubisoft games like Anno 2070 were met with opposition from their customer base. Do you think of EA's new DRM scheme will be met with the same reaction, or are users more accepting of such things now?
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Source: Guru3D
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