You know a few EA people Nxs, you might as well tell them yours and the community's opinion.

When it's all said and done the Hackers and Pirates will defeat there protection and the only people suffering will be the honest consumer. Some pinhead thinks he's going to save the company millions when in fact they'll be losing valuable customers. Between the customers they'll lose and the salary there paying the pinheads that are pushing this, I don't see how they can come out winners.

The pinheads are probably spouting off some insane number that is being lost to pirates. Just how are they getting these numbers. Do they have a Pirate Registration page I'm missing? Or do they have a staff of 10-20 people they pay all year long who are in fact in constant fear of losing there jobs because they can not stop the pirates.

Here's a heads up. 20 employees at $50,000 a year is 1 million dollars. 20 at $30,000 a years is still $600,000. Add in the pissed off consumer and there losing more money than they can possibly save. Fire the Pinheads and just count the lost to Pirates as the lost every other company has for sub-standard/defective products.

Which in-fact brings up another subject. Instead of spending money on the Pinheads who will never beat the Pirates. How about spending the money on Coding the Games correctly to start with. If they could eliminate the Game Patch process they would make more money than they lose to Pirates.

There is no reason to worry about Pirates Stealing a Buggy Game. Hell, that's one of the reasons it so easy for them to Pirate a Game.

To all Game Developers, you want to make more money? Hire me, I can make you more money in a single day. I just need the Authority to Fire Pinheads.

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