Ubisoft Online DRM: It's Worse Than Expected
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Well, Screw Ubisoft, I guess I'm not getting Assassin's Creed 2 after all.
Or anything by them, actually. At least not until they drop this idiotic policy.
I hope other companies don't start to copy them though, could be a nightmare...
Or anything by them, actually. At least not until they drop this idiotic policy.
I hope other companies don't start to copy them though, could be a nightmare...
Which is why they even try DRM in the first place. It's a nasty vicious cycle, but piracy is not the answer. Ever.kirok said:
It was a bad choice to say what they are going to do. Now the pirate can think of what they do. (Which, in most cases, would have the game codex thingy that requires the servers would be re-routed to a server on the hard-drive.)I had exactly the same reactionRainboq said:
I bet it'll be less than a dayDarkSaber said:
breadlord said:
My reaction right there. Did some one go around Ubisoft's office with a sledge hammer and give everyone brain damage? Who the fuck thinks this is a good idea?! Even on their end what is the point of this, what could the gain? They must know that there is going to be some type of crack that enables their "single player" game to be played without and internet connection. Uggg, just saying that line made me want to cut myself. Fellow PC gamers, it has come to this.
That's that then isn't it? No PC ubisoft games for me from this point on. I'm not even going to make a big deal out of it.
That's just the way it is if they take this route.
That's just the way it is if they take this route.
Well, this is a perfect solution that stops piracy by... actually, no, it doesn't stop piracy, since someone somewhere in the world's going to crack it sooner or later, and then all the pirates will download that anyway. But it does make things better for the paying customers by... randomly dropping out and eating all your bandwidth, leading some of your paying customers to jump on the pirate train.
I'm sure someone somewhere thinks this will decrease piracy, but I can't fathom how.
I'm sure someone somewhere thinks this will decrease piracy, but I can't fathom how.
It's not like it really matters anyways, Ubisoft has never made a good PC port, so it just gives gamers more of a reason for them not to go to Ubisoft. Lets just pray to god that no other big publisher thinks this is a good idea, cause then we are really fucked.Hiphophippo said:
Can't wait to see the working game on pirate sites without any of the online hassle on day one of release. I probably wouldn't have got it anyway, my PC can't handle it, but it's still not even funny how all their efforts will, as always, be wasted on paying customers' nerves. It will most definitely not stop piracy.
Why is it that no big developer can't seem to understand that the good publicity from not using this kind of DRM would bring in far, far more sales than their attempts to make pirates pay for games? I don't think anyone who intended on downloading a copy would say, "Wow, this sure is some hardy DRM, I think my days of free games are over. I better buy the game now!" It only loses customers. Even though boycott groups don't solve anything in terms of getting things done, there still are some people who do actually boycott and not buy the games... and the loss of these loyal customers is surely worse than people playing the game for free, right?
Do developers never read the reactions they got towards DRM? Are their PR guys so blind? Can they honestly see no negative repercussions to pricing PC games higher (to match console prices) and then adding unnecessary hassles that will only influence paying customers? Are they really as egotistical as to think their method of DRM will be the one to stop piracy? Someone open their eyes!
Why is it that no big developer can't seem to understand that the good publicity from not using this kind of DRM would bring in far, far more sales than their attempts to make pirates pay for games? I don't think anyone who intended on downloading a copy would say, "Wow, this sure is some hardy DRM, I think my days of free games are over. I better buy the game now!" It only loses customers. Even though boycott groups don't solve anything in terms of getting things done, there still are some people who do actually boycott and not buy the games... and the loss of these loyal customers is surely worse than people playing the game for free, right?
Do developers never read the reactions they got towards DRM? Are their PR guys so blind? Can they honestly see no negative repercussions to pricing PC games higher (to match console prices) and then adding unnecessary hassles that will only influence paying customers? Are they really as egotistical as to think their method of DRM will be the one to stop piracy? Someone open their eyes!
I think this is the main reason this idea sucks. Legitimate users will have to deal with this nonsense, while pirates (you know, the people these measures are supposed to be targeted at) will download a crack and never suffer any of the ill effects.Xhu said:
Again, DRM does exactly the opposite of what it's supposed to do. The customer gets shafted and the pirates get away laughing.
It's a good thing console players don't have to deal with this crap. I can imagine how bad DRM must be.
But you don't have to be connected to XBL to play the game. You put the disc in and it is guaranteed work... excluding RROD of courseDahaka27 said: