@slomo788:

I, for one, would buy this in a heartbeat. Sure I have it on my MAME box but I'd fork over a few bucks for an easy to play copy on Live. Especially if I can beat the crap out of my friends.

It was said once already but needs repeating:

All signs point to: No.

Aaaaaaand right back into my "To Purchase" file. I wasn't going to give them a dime if they kept SecuROM, as bad as I wanted to play it.

As much as I want Spore and would have NO problem handing over my hard earned money for it, I'll probably end up downloading a cracked version simply to avoid this horrible protection.

Does it really need to be said?