Oops. Just a few short days ago, Bethesda’s Pete Hines had an interview with ShackNews where he said a few things he may come to regret.

Shack News: [...] What kind of copy protection will be included on the PC version of Fallout 3?

Pete Hines: Pretty similar to what we did for Oblivion, which was–we basically don’t do any–we do the mildest form possible.

Now, not wanting to call anybody out, but it has come to light that the game is shipping with SecuROM 7, not exactly mild by any stretch. But it gets worse, as the Bethesda forums have started making some rather unnerving mutterings.

the person on the phone informed me that you have to uninstall any cd writing programs or image programs like nero, roxio, sonic, alcohol, daemon tools etc and only have the default windows cd writer on your computer…Saying that securom recognizes these as piracy tools basically. They also said if this doesn’t work then you have to contact securom yourself about the issue.

The error you get basically calls you a criminal, and Bethesda are apparently helpless to stop it. Still, at least there are instructions on how to (hopefully) fix the problem. Let’s just hope nobody notices this slight oversight in what should be an awesome gaming experience.

It’s worth keeping in mind that the situation is still rather unclear, and that nobody is complaining about the number of installs this time. It may well be the case that the only people having problems at the moment are (rightly so) people with pirated copies.

Via: reddit