dogstile said:
At least people who don't have cars have alternatives, busses, taxies etc. What do gamers have now? No internet = no game.
Ubisoft Details New Anti-Piracy Plan
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At least people who don't have cars have alternatives, busses, taxies etc. What do gamers have now? No internet = no game.
sorry four sounding mean heh. I don't see a valid reason to dislike the system if someone uses Steam a lot, they're almost the same. And just saying something negative even if you secretly like it makes you sound like a hater. Not you specifically though, sorry about that.Sev said:
Well they have the option of piracy, and I assume many will take it. Ubisoft has made the mistake of thinking that just because most gamers have internet connections that they have access to an internet connection all the time. Even ignoring issues like server/ISP downtime, the fact is that there are a lot of situations where people want to play games because they don't have access to the internet, or are in a place where there is no internet connection.Not Gonna Get Me said:
So Ubisoft basically thinks the solution to piracy is reducing the number of legitimate options available to consumers...
'T is alright. Just that most steam games can be purchased with a hard copy. Don't know about the recent games but all my steam games I can install and play even without it. So I wouldn't need an internet connection. And here they go and make it a requirement, whilst the internet is subjective to a lot like downtime, lag, hacking and more. ^^Douk said:
A. Steam allows you to play offline;Douk said:
B. Steam doesn't use a save system that's based on foreign servers. When you save a game, that save is on your damn computer.
Agreed. There is no way in hell I'm using another "service" that requires me to be signed in to an online service to play single player games.dududf said:
Steam, Ok- no online saves, works ok etc.
GFWL, Pushing it.
Now this shit? this can FUCK. RIGHT. OFF.
And it was going so well...
Ubisoft, you had a great idea there. Get rid of the bad DRM, introduce reasonable stuff. And then, you need an internet connection to play? Meaning that Server problems anywhere along the line, and suddenly the single player game is unplayable. I use my Laptop in places without internet, and my connection occasionally goes down, and this would be a huge pain. Thanks Ubisoft for trying to improve things, and coming up with new ideas. You failed, go and come up with a better one.
Actually, really, why is this a problem? Steam is all the anti piracy you need. If a person is willing to go to the lengths required to pirate a non-DRM Steam version, then there going to pirate it. It's just going to happen, and you are not going to stop it. The best way to prevent piracy is to not use DRM that encourages people to pirate the game. I mean seriously, I'm used to companies making dick moves towards there consumer, but no where else in the world have I seen companies go to such great lengths to UNDENIABLY reduce their own sales.
Ubisoft, you had a great idea there. Get rid of the bad DRM, introduce reasonable stuff. And then, you need an internet connection to play? Meaning that Server problems anywhere along the line, and suddenly the single player game is unplayable. I use my Laptop in places without internet, and my connection occasionally goes down, and this would be a huge pain. Thanks Ubisoft for trying to improve things, and coming up with new ideas. You failed, go and come up with a better one.
Actually, really, why is this a problem? Steam is all the anti piracy you need. If a person is willing to go to the lengths required to pirate a non-DRM Steam version, then there going to pirate it. It's just going to happen, and you are not going to stop it. The best way to prevent piracy is to not use DRM that encourages people to pirate the game. I mean seriously, I'm used to companies making dick moves towards there consumer, but no where else in the world have I seen companies go to such great lengths to UNDENIABLY reduce their own sales.
Sounds like an annoyance waiting to happen. They are correct that most gamers are dedicated to the internet. However, if I am playing a single player game, the great advantage was always... ALWAYS... that if my internet service cut out, I could still play my game. Now, if the internet cuts out... I cannot play my internet games, and I cannot plan my single player games.
*shrug*
I am not impressed.
*shrug*
I am not impressed.
As far as I'm concerned, it's not a stupid argument. If I'm in somewhere where the internet is patchy and can't get a connection, I can't play games, despite the fact that I bought them and they don't require any online interaction whatsoever. Same goes if someone's going through a particularly messy switch of ISPs or can't pay their internet bills, as is pretty common nowadays.dogstile said:
In summary, the driving being unfair thing isn't a fair analogy. I can look through my PC library and find loads of stuff I can play offline. Suddenly breaking from that and making it so that I have to hotfoot around when I'm taking a break to look for a connection in order to play something I payed 40 fucking quid for takes the cake.
Just because I can't drive doesn't mean I can't walk on the pavement.
It might be able to fly, were the saved games data *synchronized* instead of stored ONLY on the hosted servers. That'd render the level of punishment for offline gaming pretty minor (there's still a local copy), but open up the level of annoyance at letting loose the account code YOU bought to the wild internet effectively making your saved games unplayable: every saved game you have is available to every other yob you're sharing an account with with the opportunity to loot your stuff, foul your stats, kill your character, give the avatar funny make-up, or whatever stupid stuff they feel like doing that the game engine allows.
Fine, don't pay for it. Buy something you can play. I don't complain when I can't play something when i know i couldn't play it in the first place.Desert Tiger said:
Buy a different game then. That's your alternative, right there. Being a gamer means you have TONNES of different games to try out.Not Gonna Get Me said:
What I mean is, If you don't have internet or patchy internet, then its not for you, then try a different developer. Its not like ubisoft is the only developer out there.AndyFromMonday said:
