i mean, i feel robbed

[я]

i have 16 hours playtime in the game and i hit the activation limit, i constantly replace parts of my pc, or format it to install a new OS, so i can't do anything about it, and EA won't add one more activation for it... i'm since 2020 or so trying them to add just one more activation but they just won't, now what should i do with a game that i played literally for 16 hours? can i refund it? i mean... i can't play the game....

[Philipp]

you can always use a crack. you own the game!

[я]

Originally posted by Philipp:

you can always use a crack. you own the game!

steam will ban you from the forums for some time if you talk about piracy, i learned that the hard way (weeks banned)

[Tydo]

Nothing, that is legally sanctioned, can be done.

That activation limit is really based on console-thinking. So you could keep using the game if you have to replace the console once or twice or got it reset by a repairshop.
Not suited for the PC situation, with windows reinstalls, changing parts, etc.

I will get the same problem when I have to give up on using W7 because steam will refuse to run on it in 4-5 months. Then the activation limit will say no and this game will be one the things that are lost.
For this and other reasons I have not switched away already. Quite apart from this hardware not really being ready for 10 (why would I want OS that would make it even slower), and does not even fit the w11 requirements.

I think I answered the other part in another thread. EA does not sell og give out keys for activation for their discontinued products. They want you to by their new games and remakes instead.

[ZOMBIECRUNCH]

Well since you already bought the game on steam and can't buy it in the steam store. I would just say use a crack since you already have it on your pc.

[EF_Neo1st]

Originally posted by Tydo:

Nothing, that is legally sanctioned, can be done.

That activation limit is really based on console-thinking. So you could keep using the game if you have to replace the console once or twice or got it reset by a repairshop.
Not suited for the PC situation, with windows reinstalls, changing parts, etc.

I will get the same problem when I have to give up on using W7 because steam will refuse to run on it in 4-5 months. Then the activation limit will say no and this game will be one the things that are lost.
For this and other reasons I have not switched away already. Quite apart from this hardware not really being ready for 10 (why would I want OS that would make it even slower), and does not even fit the w11 requirements.

I think I answered the other part in another thread. EA does not sell og give out keys for activation for their discontinued products. They want you to by their new games and remakes instead.

Well, Shift series are to me the closer it gets to a NFS at Steam (everything else to me is Fast&Furious game tagged as NFS and not the experience I wanted).

Thank you for your reply here I guess I will not be purchasing this one (and EA will never again make a NFS game, like the PS1 games and NFS Hot Pursuit 2 from 2002, the true and only NFS games to me).

[SpeedFreak1972]

This was entirely preventable, because upon uninstalling the game normally your activation will be revoked

[hogaN.]

If you still got this problem, add me to friends I have the " Fix "

[Isaac]

Originally posted by SpeedFreak1972:

This was entirely preventable, because upon uninstalling the game normally your activation will be revoked

how the ♥♥♥♥ is anyone supposed to know that is there ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ text somewhere that's clear and eligible to read in the game that discloses this?

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ this is blatant robbing of corporate greed and it's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ legal, it's straight up robbery because my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hard drive is about to fail and I needed to replace it with an SSD

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ i had no ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ choice, it wasn't "preventable"

[tyl0413]

Originally posted by Isaac:

Originally posted by SpeedFreak1972:

This was entirely preventable, because upon uninstalling the game normally your activation will be revoked

how the ♥♥♥♥ is anyone supposed to know that is there ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ text somewhere that's clear and eligible to read in the game that discloses this?

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ this is blatant robbing of corporate greed and it's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ legal, it's straight up robbery because my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hard drive is about to fail and I needed to replace it with an SSD

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ i had no ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ choice, it wasn't "preventable"

That's how DRM works and it'll continue to be used as long as there are enough bootlickers like this out there.