Egosoft went back and removed the DRM for X3 post release.
Unfortunatly, they added TAGES DRM for X3: Terran Conflict (cool game by the way).
I have heard EA has had some layoffs... Perhaps they realized their old business model isn't working. *sound of the entire world laughing in the background at the idea of EA changing their ways* Ah well, we can always hope.
Shadow, here is another option:
They are making Sims 3 easy to pirate, but the xpacs for it will be chock full of DRM to try to force all the people who have Sims 3 and want the xpacs into buying them in an attempt to make even more money.
Money can convince people to change their ways, Alway. I really don't think is an experiment, more like common sense, as the millions of Sims fans will be outraged if EA puts SecuROM on the disk. I also doubt that EA will put SecurROM on the expansions, for the reason I just wrote. I'm also getting the feeling that EA will continue to put SecuROM on future PC releases, because I really don't think that EA will all of sudden stop using SecuROM. Only time will tell.