Never buy a Ubisoft game for PC

[Tinybear]

I just want to warn people, never buy their games on PC. They force Uplay down your throat, and it has the worst uptime I've seen in ages. Their support is horrible, they just delete all posts they find that mentions that this is only making people want to pirate, and give no information on when servers are up again. Personally, I am never going to buy a single Ubisoft game again.

 

[Tinybear]

Well, I just want to make them pay for making me regret purchasing a game legally. They are the first company to actually make me feel that way, and I am pissed off about it. So, I'm trying to stop as many of their sales as I can.

 

[Windcaler]

I just want to warn people, never buy their games on PC. They force Uplay down your throat, and it has the worst uptime I've seen in ages. Their support is horrible, they just delete all posts they find that mentions that this is only making people want to pirate, and give no information on when servers are up again. Personally, I am never going to buy a single Ubisoft game again.

I agree, their horrible DRM and customer service makes piracy look much more appealing when it circumvents the problems

However you should send them a letter and inform them of your personal boycott. That way they cant say "well PC players are just pirating" instead of "PC players are so fed up with us they wont buy our products anymore". If enough of these letters happen (and it will take several tens of thousands to effect change) they will reconsider their business model for PC games

 

[Tinybear]

I just want to warn people, never buy their games on PC. They force Uplay down your throat, and it has the worst uptime I've seen in ages. Their support is horrible, they just delete all posts they find that mentions that this is only making people want to pirate, and give no information on when servers are up again. Personally, I am never going to buy a single Ubisoft game again.

I agree, their horrible DRM and customer service makes piracy look much more appealing when it circumvents the problems

However you should send them a letter and inform them of your personal boycott. That way they cant say "well PC players are just pirating" instead of "PC players are so fed up with us they wont buy our products anymore". If enough of these letters happen (and it will take several tens of thousands to effect change) they will reconsider their business model for PC games

I sent a support ticket saying that I will never buy a game from them again, and I also mentioned that I own all three consoles, have 40 games on them, and about 90 games on steam. They're not only losing a customer, they're losing a damn good customer

 

[Kahunaburger]

The top one is Ubisoft's business model in a nutshell.

They don't really get that the only people seriously inconvenienced by more draconian DRM are paying customers. No matter what your DRM does, pirates only have to download the crack once.

 

[Tinybear]

*post*

Ahh, so true. That image made me think of a r/truegaming thread about the most philosophical games out there, best comment was: "Team Fortress 2! It made me think: what if hats?"

 

[Thoric485]

Pah. Shovelware, misguided reboots, worst site and in-game service since GFWL, DLC all over the place. That's Ubisoft for ya.

Rayman Origins was an amazing little game and they launched it inbetween the year's biggest releases with a 60$ price tag.

I swear, the only reason they aren't as hated as Activision/EA is that they're incompetent rather than greedy.

 

[Tinybear]

Pah. Shovelware, misguided reboots, worst site and in-game service since GFWL, DLC all over the place. That's Ubisoft for ya.

Rayman Origins was an amazing little game and they launched it inbetween the year's biggest releases with a 60$ price tag.

I swear, the only reason they aren't as hated as Activision/EA is that they're incompetent rather than greedy.

GFWL?

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Pah. Shovelware, misguided reboots, worst site and in-game service since GFWL, DLC all over the place. That's Ubisoft for ya.

Rayman Origins was an amazing little game and they launched it inbetween the year's biggest releases with a 60$ price tag.

I swear, the only reason they aren't as hated as Activision/EA is that they're incompetent rather than greedy.

I dunno. Activision really hasn't been bad. The hate they get it for making Call of Duty. The still have no online passes or even Day 1 DLC.

Edit: Whoops. Quoted the wrong person originally.

 

[Tinybear]

Pah. Shovelware, misguided reboots, worst site and in-game service since GFWL, DLC all over the place. That's Ubisoft for ya.

Rayman Origins was an amazing little game and they launched it inbetween the year's biggest releases with a 60$ price tag.

I swear, the only reason they aren't as hated as Activision/EA is that they're incompetent rather than greedy.

I dunno. Activision really hasn't been bad. The hate they get it for making Call of Duty. The still have no online passes or even Day 1 DLC.

Edit: Whoops. Quoted the wrong person originally.

If you had played Modern Warfare 2 online, you would understand the hate.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Pah. Shovelware, misguided reboots, worst site and in-game service since GFWL, DLC all over the place. That's Ubisoft for ya.

Rayman Origins was an amazing little game and they launched it inbetween the year's biggest releases with a 60$ price tag.

I swear, the only reason they aren't as hated as Activision/EA is that they're incompetent rather than greedy.

I dunno. Activision really hasn't been bad. The hate they get it for making Call of Duty. The still have no online passes or even Day 1 DLC.

Edit: Whoops. Quoted the wrong person originally.

If you had played Modern Warfare 2 online, you would understand the hate.

Shouldn't that just be Infinity Ward hate, then?

 

[hopeneverdies]

Pah. Shovelware, misguided reboots, worst site and in-game service since GFWL, DLC all over the place. That's Ubisoft for ya.

Rayman Origins was an amazing little game and they launched it inbetween the year's biggest releases with a 60$ price tag.

I swear, the only reason they aren't as hated as Activision/EA is that they're incompetent rather than greedy.

GFWL?

Games for Windows Live. A not so good PC gaming service (Your Mileage May Vary).

 

[aprildog18]

Pah. Shovelware, misguided reboots, worst site and in-game service since GFWL, DLC all over the place. That's Ubisoft for ya.

Rayman Origins was an amazing little game and they launched it inbetween the year's biggest releases with a 60$ price tag.

I swear, the only reason they aren't as hated as Activision/EA is that they're incompetent rather than greedy.

GFWL?

Games for Windows Live. A not so good PC gaming service (Your Mileage May Vary).

I believe you can make an offline account with Games for Windows Live (at least I was able to).

 

[Sirron Kcuch]

The top one is Ubisoft's business model in a nutshell.

They don't really get that the only people seriously inconvenienced by more draconian DRM are paying customers. No matter what your DRM does, pirates only have to download the crack once.

Oh my god Kahunaburger
We have the same avatar! D:

 

[Kahunaburger]

The top one is Ubisoft's business model in a nutshell.

They don't really get that the only people seriously inconvenienced by more draconian DRM are paying customers. No matter what your DRM does, pirates only have to download the crack once.

Oh my god Kahunaburger
We have the same avatar! D:

Except you're taller haha

 

[DustyDrB]

They don't really get that the only people seriously inconvenienced by more draconian DRM are paying customers. No matter what your DRM does, pirates only have to download the crack once.

Random observation: The only time I ever hear/see the word "draconian" is when people are talking about DRM. This has nothing to do with the topic. I just felt like saying it.

On topic: I don't blame PC gamers for wanting to boycott Ubisoft. They just never seem to get the point, and are so narrow-minded that they can't figure out a different way to do things. These aren't an issue on consoles, but it's annoying to seeing honest gamers being preemptively treated like criminals.

Pah. Shovelware, misguided reboots, worst site and in-game service since GFWL, DLC all over the place. That's Ubisoft for ya.

Rayman Origins was an amazing little game and they launched it inbetween the year's biggest releases with a 60$ price tag.

I swear, the only reason they aren't as hated as Activision/EA is that they're incompetent rather than greedy.

Also, all of this is true. I don't see why people have a good reason to hate Activision anymore, unless you're just that angry that Call of Duty exists. Bobby Kotick seems to have learned to keep his mouth shut. They just happen to not make any games I like. Nothing hate-worthy there.