Wow, it seems the voice of the people does not amount to much at Amazon. I went back to take a look at how many people posted reviews of the game only to find that all reviews have been removed. I guess that is expected considering how much they were possibly losing due to the low ranking reviews. Not much for users to do here, boycot Amazon? Not sure if many can do that. I guess only time will tell.

Update: Sure did not take long for people to restore updated reviews.  Game is still rated low.

I was looking forward to finding out what all the hype was that surrounded Spore and was about to pick up a copy when I headed over to Amazon, talk about carpet bombing! It seems EA is taking another one in the gut for limiting the number of installs to three.  It seems like PC/Mac users that actually pay for game are subjected to harsh restrictions and though I hate to admit it, such draconian methods do entice many to look for the pirated version.  EA’s DRM solution is stiff and the community responded in the most profound way.  After reading about the bland gameplay from Ars and my personal distaste for DRM solutions, I am going to just skip this one and move on to what is next over the horizon, DC Universe Online! Hey I have to support my Austin developers, go SOE Austin!