Spore, even with its super-secure DRM, SecuROM, was the most pirated game of 2008. A recent report lists the top 10 pirated titles of 2008.
1 - Spore - 1.7M downloadsAs for the reason behind Spore's high piracy rate?
2 - The Sims 2 - 1.15M
3 - Assassins Creed - 1.07M
4 - Crysis - 940K
5 - Command & Conquer 3 - 860K
6 - Call of Duty 4 - 830K
7 - GTA San Andreas - 740K
8 - Fallout 3 - 645K
9 - Far Cry 2 - 585K
10 - Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 - 470K
Although largely a critical and commercial success, Spore has courted controversy over its DRM policy and limited number of allowable installs.With any luck, PC titles will fare better in 2009.
Some observers, including TorrentFreak, claim that rather than limiting piracy, the DRM features have actually driven more potential users to pirating the game, in order to avoid the limitations imposed by EA.