Games The Sims 3 from Electronic Arts will use the system anti-piracy software is more than the previous Maxis game, Spore. The Sims 3 will use the system as a serial number that is used The Sims 2. Presumably, Maxis and Electronic Arts did not want to repeat the controversy arising from the game Spore. When the Spore system using Digital Rights Management (DRM) that require users to do online activation.

DRM is applied to the Spore also gives the user a lot of restrictions on the legal game is triggering protests. Due to protests, the appeal appears to play a pirated version of Spore from the only legal version. Rod Humble, Executive Producer serial The Sims, the DRM will not be used on The Sims 3. "Games will be using the disk-based protection - there will be a Serial Number as well as The Sims 2. To play it will not be required Authentication online," accuse him in the official site The Sims 3

According to Humble, anti-piracy solution that will be used The Sims 3 is the best option and is not to burden the gamer. The Sims 3 will publish its plan for a computer-based Windows and Macintosh on 2 June 2009.