Ubisoft vs. Ubisoft's Customers

[Sylveria]

I'm still baffled that people buy Ubisoft games on PC.. or anywhere at all. Their "Hey paying customer, screw you!" position has been cemented for a long time.

Beyond that, the company just seems bitchy. They're always complaining about how someone is screwing them over.

 

[infohippie]

This is exactly why the last Ubisoft game I bought was Assassin's Creed. The first one. Once I heard about their new always-online DRM plan, when it was still new, I decided then and there I was never going to buy another Ubisoft game until they stopped this bullshit. I'm proud to say I have stuck to this decision. Ubisoft will not receive another cent from me, on any platform, until they abandon their shitty DRM.

i know soooo many people who just go to a guy and pay him 30 bucks to chip their consoles. so. many. people. chipping is practically a business.

Some computer stores here in Australia advertise this service on banners out the front of the store. The legality of such a service has been challenged in the courts here and been declared legal.

 

[vxicepickxv]

*sigh* Ubithoff... [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/stolen-pixels/7265-Stolen-Pixels-175-Ubisoft]

You know, sometimes when I'm feeling a little tinfoil-hatty, I can't help but think that this DRM isn't about piracy, or used sales, or anything like that. It's about control. Controlling the customer. Or if not that, than their products. To what end? I don't know. But considering how many companies seem to LOVE forcing in DRM programs to monitor your computer to make sure you're not doing something they don't like, it doesn't sound too far fetched.

Or, perhaps they're just incompetent.

Neither option is particularly appealing...

When given the choice between maleficence and idiocy, Occam's Razor dictated that idiocy is the simpler of the two answers.

 

[Weaver]

It just makes me sad cause I really like the Anno series

 

[SandroTheMaster]

Hmm... the servers also check for the Always Online DRM games.

Like The Settlers 7, Heroes VI, and so on.

So it is not that little information.

Sure, it only makes things worse. They set-up servers that need to function 24/7 checking every second if every single copy of all those games are connected, and thus, are being properly used.

Just to make sure the people playing it aren't pirates.

Because pirates wouldn't connect to the certification servers to begin with.

How much does it cost again to keep this up?

The stupid makes my head hurt...

 

[masticina]

.. the old hold on to what they once felt to be forever. The tower in tarot though teaches us that every tower no matter how good build can fall.

And so shall it fall with those who blindly believed in its strength. The old King shall fall.. the new leader shall arise from past the Hermits teachings.

In short.. yes they are being stupid. Because they fear a future