Chris Priestly wrote...
Below are the details of the final version of DRM that will be used with Dragon Age 2 for PC and Mac.
We appreciate your patience and feedback on this. DRM is always a topic of much debate, even internally. It requires a delicate balance between providing some level of IP protection while minimizing the inconvenience or intrusion to a player’s experience. These decisions are not made lightly - and a lot of time and effort was dedicated to ensuring that the system for DA2 is skewed to the player side of the experience. It is as follows:
Dragon Age 2 Physical & Digital PC/Mac DRM are as follows:Steam versions use Steam DRM, no other DRM is added, which means:
- No disc check, you do not need the disc in drive to play.
- No limit on the total number of PCs you can install the game on.
- There is a limit to the number of unique/different PCs that can play the game within a time window (if online) [5 PCs in 24hrs].
- After each new install there is a 1-time online check needed the next time you play, requiring a log in to your EA account to verify game ownership. If you are a member of these forums, you already have an EA account – just use the same email/password.
- You can play offline thereafter - the game will NOT require any subsequent login checks. If online, a game ownership check happens each time you play.
Dragon Age 2 Release Control (non-Steam versions)
- No disc check, it is used for digital game versions purchased from Steam only.
- No limit to the total number of PCs you can install the game on.
- There is a limit to the number of unique/different PCs that can play the game at any one time (if online) [1 PC].
- Each install requires logging into your Steam account to verify game ownership.
- You can play offline thereafter. If online, a game ownership check happens each time you play.
- Steam pre-loads use Steam release control – you will not be able to play until the release day/time has passed for that region.
Common questions:
- Does not use securom.
- It does not install anything to the PC.
- Sole purpose is to check with a server to validate whether the game release date has passed or not.
- It completely removes itself after the game release date has passed.
- You will not be able to play until that date has passed.
- Dates & times are set to the retail street date per country.
Does this apply to consoles?What about Mac/Cider, does it use Securom?
- No. This is applies to PC/Mac only.
A PC review mentions Securom, what gives?
- Dragon Age: Origins for Mac/Cider used Securom. Dragon Age 2 for Mac/Cider will NOT use Securom and instead it will use the same non-Steam system listed above.
If you have other questions please feel free to post here – as always, a reminder that this thread is NOT for the general discussion of DRM, the pros and cons of other DRM systems or any talk about circumventing DRM (which is against the rules of conduct and will be disciplined as such). Thanks.
- All EA preview & review game builds sent to press use Securom which is where the assumption came from. The Dragon Age 2 actual retail & download version of the game that you will play will not use Securom, it uses one of the systems above.
Chris,
You say it doesn't use SecuROM, but my Signature Edition seems to have installed it anyway I'm assuming because it is preventing me from opening the application and says specifically "Please visit the support website to get more information: https://support.securom.com/" I understand it's giving me this error because I'm in Florida and my midnight is not the same as Alberta so it's making me wait till 3am Eastern, but I'm concerned it's put this software on my computer.
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