GamesRadar usually has some of the best yet oddest articles around. Today, they bring to us a list of what they believe to be the games that have shot themselves in the foot and has caused the company more harm than good. What good is any list if it didn’t include Spore on it? Although I’m pretty sure this list is one that Maxis doesn’t want to be on. Oh well, guess they have to live with it…

It seemed EA didn’t want people really owning Spore, and fortuitously for them, the people decided the very same thing. They downloaded the crap out of it instead. After a massive internet backlash EA generously extended the limitations, figuring that after paying to be in actual, legal posession of the game, players might, just maybe, like more than three installs ever for their money. But by that time the most promising game of the past couple of years had been turned into a bitter-tasting debacle. And the piracy which EA was so keen to avoid? Spore is now officially the most illegally downloaded game of 2008, clocking in 1.7 million rip-offs. Some games are happy to even sell that many. Oh, and there are two class-action lawsuits on the way to the publisher now too. Good work EA. Glad it all worked out for you in the end.

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