Re:Or you can presumably download it from Pirateba (Score 1, Insightful)

Yeah, because downloading several gigabytes of data and mounting files with a dvd-rom emulator and possibly having to disable your internet connection or block the game on your firewall and then running programs from questionably safe sources and then going through the same installation procedure that legitimate customers go through, which includes typing the CD key manually (I don't think I've seen a game in years that didn't have multiple-field entry for the CD key) and then copying another questionably safe executable into your program files is much more convenient than buying a disc (or buying a digital copy) and installing it and typing in the CD key. And I'll admit I don't know anything about how games are published (which I'm guessing is about as much as you do), but I would assume that EA does not print the game manuals and thus this would not be their fuckup at all. But being the publishers and ultimately responsible for giving support to the customers, they have done what they can to rectify the problem.

Releasing a "no-serial" installer would be ludicrous in today's age. And EA obviously does care about the customer^Wconsumer because they are doing something about the issue.

But hey, if you want to keep reiterating the same bullshit that most game pirates spout in order to justify being a cheap fuck and ripping off the people who put their time and effort into making games that people love (Madden jokes aside), I can't stop you. OH GOD I HAVE TO FUCKING TYPE IN SOME LETTERS BEFORE I GET TO PLAY THE GAME THIS IS AN OUTRAGE I MUST GET ON THE INTERNET TO COMPLAIN IMMEDIATELYAHHHHHHHHH. Gimme a fucking break.