If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy.

One account for Spore per household policy causes anger

It's been apparently confirmed that each household may only have one Spore account per copy, creating a large thread on the game's official forum and throwing yet another bone on the "PC protection issue" pile.

This obviously means that parents can't be playing different games to their children on the same computer.

"There is one Spore registration/account per game/serial code so you are correct in that you cannot make multiple accounts at this time. I have sent your guys' feedback to the game team though since I can understand the desire to share a game on a system that you entire family uses," said a rep.

Read the whole thing through there if you don't have much else to do today. It hasn't gone down well.

Sign in and unlock a world of features

Get access to commenting, homepage personalisation, newsletters, and more!

In this article

Spore

Nintendo Wii, PC

Related topics
About the Author
Patrick Garratt avatar

Patrick Garratt

Founder & Publisher (Former)

Patrick Garratt is a games media legend - and not just by reputation. He was named as such in the UK's 'Games Media Awards', the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award. After garnering experience on countless gaming magazines, he joined Eurogamer and later split from that brand to create VG247, putting the site on the map with fast, 24-hour a day coverage, and assembling the site's earliest editorial teams. He retired from VG247, and the games industry, in 2017.

Comments