EA can't get it right with DRM: C&C 3 laughs

[Murder Simulator]

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...ode-snafu.html

Turns out a bunch of product keys are missing 1 digit. How you supposed to DRM yourself with a no good product key?

I swear they make pirating look less frustrating with every game they release.

[Trooper110]

Brilliance!

[K PhaNTOM]

[Mobojo]

And that is why EA should be closed.

[Gimmie2]

And that is why EA should be closed.

or at least sued... oh wait...

[Trooper110]

EA Recommends Hilarious Work-Around for Red Alert 3 CD Key Issue | Maximum PC

EA Recommends Hilarious Work-Around for Red Alert 3 CD Key Issue

Amidst all the panicked hubbub of the holiday season, EA slipped Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 into stores last week -- or at least, most of it. Not included in many unlucky game boxes was a mega-crucial 0.0001% of the game experience: the last digit of the Red Alert 3's CD Key. Uh-oh.

Fret not, however, if you're planning to commandeer and consume a copy of the game, because EA's brightest minds have put their synapses into overdrive in order to whip up a work-around.

"There is currently a work-around that may allow you to bypass this issue. Since you have the first 19 characters of the code already, you can basically try guessing the last character," said a note on EA's customer support site.

Yes, they're serious.

"To do this, simply enter your existing code, and then for the last character, try the letters A-Z, and then the numbers 0-9. You should eventually get the right combination, and be able to play the game."

EA: Its head isn't in the game. Seriously, there's no excuse for such shoddy work from one of gaming's biggest publishers. Get your act together, guys.

Yeah EA...

[paceman]

Buwahahahahahahah!

Couldn't happen to a better company.

[marvindecrain]

and EA explanations ... ......

[Duke{CLR}]

LOL. I'm definitely going to listen to the MAXPC podcast this week to see what they say about it.

[Apache Warrior]

You have a one in 36 shot of making it on the first try.
Apache

[H0ly-H@nd-Gr3nade]

I think I read somewhere that you only get 3 incorrect tries until it locks you out for a certain time.

Some people are going to have a fun time with this!

[{CLR} Naillik]

I think I read somewhere that you only get 3 incorrect tries until it locks you out for a certain time.

Some people are going to have a fun time with this!

EA gonna get pwned

[K PhaNTOM]

What happens if one of the copies has all the missing digits That is one unlucky guy.