More "Always On" DRM in upcoming Ubisoft games

[WoodenPlanck]

So much derp.

Ubisoft should just save themselves some cash and stick to CD keys, everything else just makes everyone unhappy. I guess crackers can thank them for giving them a challenge to test their skills on, and whomever is programming the DRM for giving them a job. I can't imagine why anyone else would be on board.

 

[cjbos81]

I was looking forward to ghost recon. The people at Ubisoft are douchcanos.

 

[vaderaider]

I have never understood the point of DRM it seems to just punish people who have actualy bought the game instead of pirates.

That being said, I am a console gamer so it has never affected me.

 

[Shinigami Fire]

I have never understood the point of DRM it seems to just punish people who have actualy bought the game instead of pirates.

That being said, I am a console gamer so it has never affected me.

Except for games like Rage. They're starting to do it more with day-1 drm even for consoles. Most consoles require an internet connection to work nowadays. I miss playing my ps2 where I could plug it in while being in a car and play with no drm on a modded ps2 playing import games. The bigger problem than DRM is EULAs. They're total bullshit. See also: 3DS. Not buying a 300 dollar license to use your console, Nintendo.

 

[GiantRaven]

Haven't you guys heard?
Deus Ex is already cracked. It seems to have been out since day -3.

Hahaha, fuck you Ubisoft.

What does Deus Ex have to do with Ubisoft?

 

[booker]

Haven't you guys heard?
Deus Ex is already cracked. It seems to have been out since day -3.

Hahaha, fuck you Ubisoft.

What does Deus Ex have to do with Ubisoft?

A lack of fact checking?

 

[LookingGlass]

Apparently they haven't learned from all the people getting refunds from From Dust after they discovered that they were lied to about the DRM.

Maybe if everyone on the Escapist bought 5 copies of The Witcher 2, where they removed the DRM because it was annoying people, and bought 0 copies of all Ubisoft games, they would learn. Actually I still doubt they'd see the connection.

 

[RadioactiveMicrobe]

Wait, why is this a big deal?

You're all on the internet now, so you have internet, so what's the big problem?

 

[jpoon]

There are two guaranteed lost sales for me. Strict DRM = lost sale from me every time. Ubisoft seems absolutely intent on burning every bridge they cross, no biggie because they basically suck as a game company anymore.

 

[Lawlhat]

Wow Ubisoft, way to go and be a bunch of douchecanoes.

I was going to give Far Cry 3 a shot, but not anymore.

 

[Something Amyss]

Apparently they haven't learned from all the people getting refunds from From Dust after they discovered that they were lied to about the DRM.

Maybe if everyone on the Escapist bought 5 copies of The Witcher 2, where they removed the DRM because it was annoying people, and bought 0 copies of all Ubisoft games, they would learn. Actually I still doubt they'd see the connection.

There's not much room to really count negative sales, which is one of the reasons "voting with your wallet" is complete crap.

Plus, they'd blame it on piracy.

Wait, why is this a big deal?

You're all on the internet now, so you have internet, so what's the big problem?

Accessing a webpage at a finite point is exactly the same as playing a game for an extended period, right?

 

[RadioactiveMicrobe]

Wait, why is this a big deal?

You're all on the internet now, so you have internet, so what's the big problem?

Accessing a webpage at a finite point is exactly the same as playing a game for an extended period, right?

Well, for me it is. I rarely ever lose connection, I didn't really think others had difficulties with that.

 

[KefkaCultist]

Wait, why is this a big deal?

You're all on the internet now, so you have internet, so what's the big problem?

Accessing a webpage at a finite point is exactly the same as playing a game for an extended period, right?

Well, for me it is. I rarely ever lose connection, I didn't really think others had difficulties with that.

People who live out in the country get pretty piss poor internet more often than not. We have pretty reliable internet connections so this doesn't bother us, but for others it's a big pain in the ass.

 

[lacktheknack]

Wait, why is this a big deal?

You're all on the internet now, so you have internet, so what's the big problem?

Accessing a webpage at a finite point is exactly the same as playing a game for an extended period, right?

Well, for me it is. I rarely ever lose connection, I didn't really think others had difficulties with that.

Question: What if the Ubisoft DRM servers lose connection?

<link=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/98927-Ubisoft-DRM-Authentication-Servers-Go-Down>This happens.

 

[F4LL3N]

This is douchecanery at it's finest. Like others have said, it punishes those who buy the game and doesn't actually do anything for piracy. It doesn't bother me anyway; I don't have a gaming PC and I had no intention of playing either of those games anyway.

 

[dave1004]

Considering Skyrim is completely single player, and I have one of the shittiest, limited internet connections in all of history...Yeah, I'm going to have to buy it, and then download a DRM crack. Fudge.

What douchecanoes.

 

[Lyiat]

It will stop when people stop buying their games. People obviously don't care enough to boycott them, so they get their money anyway. I know I don't care much about the DRM myself, my connection doesn't bugger out pretty much at all.

 

[A-D.]

I wonder if People even remember the good old Days. And no i dont mean those Days when DRM was just a dream in some guys head, or when we just had good old CD Keys as a DRM Method. No i mean the Time when Games were made and released that actually were worth buying. Alot of the Games i own, as in not having sold them again due to being utter shite.

Games like Fallout, Diablo and the like where you just went, bought the game and played it literally to death and them some more because it was fun. You could have played some Games from every Angle, this Character, or maybe using this Route the next time, or try this Approach, or hell maybe even just do a Speedrun. Those were Games that were played again and again, even couple years after alot probably go back to those for sheer nostalgia to relive the Memories they had from those Games.

What do we have now? 10 Hours? 20 at most for most Games? Little to no replay value to them, Prototype was a perfect example of that. Short as hell and replaying it didnt even matter at all, the Story was exactly the same, there was no different method or whatever you could apply to it. Yet Games like those are charged 50 Bucks for, or more in some Cases, with draconian DRM Methods even. The Moment i, as a Consumer of a Product, am overcharged for the Content of the Game, and that includes Day-1 DLC and the "we-obviously-cut-content-but-hoped-you-wouldnt-notice" Cases, or treated like i was a Criminal even though i personally went out to the Store to buy the Game to begin with, is that exact Moment they can go straight to hell and shove their Crap where the sun doesnt shine.

Most Games nowadays arent worth the Cost, or hassle of the DRM. And i really wonder if People, well these executive Types in the big Publisher Companies have evenr realized it, but People would stop pirating, or second hand sales of those Games, if they were good enough to keep around forever. Want to stop Piracy/Second Hand Sales? Make Games worth buying/keeping. Problem solved.