The whole situation is just stupid.
I bought the game for the wife and myself, like I said above.
Some games are mostly mine (e.g. Mercenaries 2), some are mostly hers (e.g. Harvest Moon), Spore is a game for both of us.
And obviously we want to use different accounts so our creatures (and achievements?) don't get mixed up.
To sell a game that only one person can play is insane. We're not using different computers. We have one PC in the house that we both use.
If they're really selling a PC game with a completely new ownership model, it really needs to be in big letters on the front of the box. They should have sold Spore: One User Edition and Spore: Family Licence Pack, or something, so that it was clear. Mind you, given what it says in the manual, I guess even EA weren't really clear about how it all worked.
I wish I could get my money back, but Blockbuster don't take back open PC games. I'm not even playing it any more, as it seems unfair of me to do so when my wife can't play it.
Also, it's been over twenty-four hours now without a reply from EA Support. I expect they're a bit busy right now...
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