Ubisoft Blames DRM Outage on "Server Attack"

[commasplice]

I honestly hope that this continues, not because I hate the game or the company, but to prove the point that this kind of DRM is unbelievably stupid and no publisher should follow suit in that way.

I'm starting to think that, just like there will always be pirates, there will always be DRM. Makes sense if you ask me. Thus far, the publishers' consensus seems to be "Pirating still persists? Then we haven't thrown enough money at the problem is all."

 

[hansari]

"We also confirm that, at this time, no valid cracked version of either Silent Hunter 5 or Assassin's Creed 2 are available."

Give them some more time Ubisoft. You spent more than a year making this DRM, just give them a few weeks.

 

[commasplice]

"We also confirm that, at this time, no valid cracked version of either Silent Hunter 5 or Assassin's Creed 2 are available."

Give them some more time Ubisoft. You spent more than a year making this DRM, just give them a few weeks.

Seriously. It occurs to me that there is something insanely wrong with the way they go about actually making DRM if it takes them longer to design it than it does for pirates to crack it. I mean, most times, it's easier to destroy than to build, but if you consider that pirates have to take the time to figure out how the DRM works, then write code accordingly and all that... It's not like they're just setting up a stick of dynamite next to a wall or something. They have to invent a new tool that can deconstruct/bypass that wall without damaging the rest of the building. At least that's my understanding of it. I know nothing of computer programming...

 

[Robert0288]

It seems like Ubi declared war on its consumers, and this is a salvo in response. I havn't looked in the past couple of days, but a crack for sh5 and AC2 should be comming out pretty soon.

 

[mavkiel]

I am waiting for the next shoe to drop. Never thought I'd be cheering for a bot net attack.

 

[Antari]

More outright lies from Electronic Arts, I'm not shocked in the slightest. 95% 90% .... how is it everything is always over 90% ... never 82%, god forbid 74% .. it MUST BE 95% so we can feel important! Nevermind that is has absolutely no basis in reality.

 

[reg42]

Good. I hope it happens again, and again, and again, until Ubisoft realise that the only people they are affecting are the people who actually buy it.

 

[Kollega]

So pathetic it's not even funny anymore. All people who know of this DRM, yet are still willing to buy the game, are phenomenal idiots.

 

[commasplice]

Solution: do not be an idiot and support a company that uses this DRM shit.

You're kind of oversimplifying, homeslice. I'm sure that a fair amount of the people who bought these games had no idea what measures were being taken to "protect" them from pirates. Like I said in the last thread, I bought Spore way back when without ever having heard of SecuROM.

 

[Pixelantes Anonymous]

Attack, eh? I call BS.

They were "attacked" by the traffic generated by people who bought the game. They just were too incompetent to accurately prepare for it.

 

[Gindil]

Glad I didn't buy it. But I feel pity to the ones that have to deal with this now.

 

[Delusibeta]

95% of users (of AC2 & SH5) unaffected? Bull.

 

[ASnogarD]

Lol Ubisoft , blames piracy for revenue loss , and hackers for thier big brother server failures ... what next, global warming for the failure of thier next dismal DLC ridden pile of rubbish they call a game ?

 

[Dogstile]

Oh wait. So people are so pissed off they will attack your system over it and you're still claiming that its a great success?

OH WOW

Idiots

Bullshit, I'm playing cracked AC2 right now

I applaud you good sir. For proving them wrong about the "no cracked copy's".

*cough* erm piracy is bad kids don't do it

 

[miguelle]

Yeah, right. Their servers were "attacked" by customers who wanted to play the game.

 

[Eruanno]

The five people who actually bought AC2 on PC must be so sad.

 

[PhunkyPhazon]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Ah, humor aside, it's still pretty unfair for the people who actually did buy the games. I hate this DRM as much as anyone, perhaps more since I don't have a stable connection and AC2 was one of my most anticipated games in a very long time. Assuming Ubi is telling the truth and the servers really were attacked then maybe, just maybe this was going a bit too far.

But even if it is, it's still hilarious.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[Desaari]

I was playing my legal copy of Assassin's Creed II for PC during the time period stated, in the area supposedly affected, and had no problems whatsoever.

My internet connection isn't particularly good, and cuts out at times, yet I've still had no problems with the game. If my connection cuts out, the game pauses itself and I wait for it to reconnect, or I can load up my last save (usually about 5 seconds ago since it autosaves so often) and continue playing offline to be re-synchronized with the Ubisoft server when the connection is re-established.

Yes it is a little annoying that I have to be connected to the internet to play a single-player game, but I think you're all making way too big a deal out of this. Steam does the same thing after all.

 

[Atmos Duality]

However, that stuff about the Silent Hunter 5 crack not working is bullshit. AC2 isn't properly working yet, but from what I hear, SH5 is working perfectly for everyone.

That last remark about the game being uncracked was not necessarily just directed at the customers.
It was directed at their investors or potential investors. An attack like that is embarrassing for the company.

Of course, with shit like this going on, it's often embarrassing that I still call myself a Gamer.

 

[MetalGenocide]

"But, but, it was those filthy hacker's fault!"

Spoiler: Why am I not surprised