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First thing's first, Spore REQUIRES at least one connection in order to populate your universe of planets with creatures and worlds that other people online have created.
Well now, there are (obviously) pros and cons to the argument of whether this validation is good or bad but, the most appealing thing is that there is validation for anti-piracy measures. However, the most unappealing thing about this new feature is the: a) the time alloted and b) the fact that you need to connect to the internet in order to validate the game, as there are those people who have flaky internet connections. But, EA is not liable for one having crappy internet or the such, but are surely responsible if their server goes down (which will probably uncommonly happen as they have many, many, MANY servers up to go anyway; in which case there is no national/international blackout).
Well, all of that is for the PC. As for console, handheld, and err, iPhone, a game and the hardware itself can form a bond when used on the internet.
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