all the problem people have with the DRM on Mass effect apparently do not teach ea a lesson , and they deserve this now . with a limit of 3 install , which you do not get back for uninstall . imagine if a patch go wrong and you have to reinstall . you get a new hard drive and reinstall . then you decide you computer be too slow , so you upgrade you system , and you go to reinstall ... and discover you be go to have to call ea and beg , and if you get through the long hold time and computer-controlled phone menu , they might relent and let you play the game you pay for . but maybe not . this have already happen to people who play Mass effect , which have the same system . Guy install , try to play ; get on-screen artifact , so he reinstall xp . problem not help , so he replace he video card - trigger activation # 3 . he finish it , uninstalled to save space , but get the bug to play again a couple week later . reinstall , and get this message : `` the game can not start . for security reason , only a limited number of machine can ever be license by a single purchase . this limit have be reach . please purchase another registration code , reinstall , and then try again . '' purchase another registration code ? how about when I buy something , I get to decide when and how I use it , and not you ? thanks , but no thanks . no way , no how , no crippling DRM .