Ubisoft has put the DRM back on From Dust

[veloper]

Didn't they say not a few months ago that they where done and would never using this type of DRM again?

Well I'm glad I didn't believe them back then, shame as I was going to get Far Cry 3 at some point but anyway back to not touching any Ubisoft stuff with a ten foot pole.

Yeah, what the hell happened here?
This got alot of attention in the mags back then, but no noise at all after months of zero improvement.

 

[Savagezion]

I got a kick out of when they said they had a super secret source that can positively identify pirates with 100% accuracy but couldn't disclose how or even who this source was. LOL. I guess it works on people gullible enough to believe there is an internet police.

I have here in my hand a list of names of torrenters in congress, the state department, and throughout Hollywood.

Prove it, all that means is a list of suspects, not perps. I can get a list of names in congress, state dept, and Hollywood who are "confirmed" extra terrestrials if I wanted one. The point is that there isn't any accurate way to trace piracy without massive invasion of privacy. To claim that you can trace it with 100% accuracy is extreme BS. If it were even remotely true Media producers would be shouting it from the rooftops and getting sentencing laws passed. But instead 1 developer says it and claims they can't reveal how or even who is involved because it would "damage their reputation" opposed to making them the most successful & popular DRM ever.

Not sure if it just wasn't an obvious enough reference or if nobody at all remembers the dark but extremely important events in US history succeeding the Wheeler Speech. Either way, this still calls for a House UnUbisoft Activities Committee.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McCarthy
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6456/

Ah, I see. Joke went right over my head. Hadn't even heard of that speech before. My bad.

 

[The Artificially Prolonged]

Didn't they say not a few months ago that they where done and would never using this type of DRM again?

Well I'm glad I didn't believe them back then, shame as I was going to get Far Cry 3 at some point but anyway back to not touching any Ubisoft stuff with a ten foot pole.

Yeah, what the hell happened here?
This got alot of attention in the mags back then, but no noise at all after months of zero improvement.

My guess it was just a PR move to try and polish up Ubisoft's image with the pc crowd but in the end it looks like Ubisoft's word is as worthless as it ever was. Shame because I think a lot of people where willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.

 

[Snotnarok]

That seems like lawsuit material, changing the ToS randomly and literally yanking the game out of your hands. Demand a refund, without swearing demand a refund.

 

[Thomas Hardy]

Its not just the DRM to me. Its the whole mind-boogling corporate logic behind it.

Virtually all the games in my library are second hand. From ten games and my second NES to to Mass Effect 3 about ninety percent of the games I have in my house were bought, borrowed, or gifted second-or-third generation hand-me-downs from friends and family (and the occasional pawn-shop *cough* EB games *cough*). I like having and playing my little collection of "the good ones".

Now, Steam and other account-specific DRM has changed all of that. I haven't PURCHASED a game in two years (Got Borderlands for Chistmas) and my friends can no longer entice me into buying a game by loaning it to me for the week-end.

Meanwhile, I'm spending all my time instead playing Minecraft, League of Legends, and Planetside 2 with those same buddies and I don't have to pay a cent to do it. Hell, when I bought Minecraft it was 15 bucks with free updates for life!

So why exactly should I take a risk and pay 70 bucks for any of the DRM-laden online-only crap that Ubisoft and other companies spew out when I have a libary of a couple-hundred old games and an entire indie-game scene in the middle of a renaissance that offers high-quality gaming experiences with little-or-no DRM and less hardware overhead for my toaster of a PC?

Its almost entertaining to see how many times Ubisoft can shoot themselves in the foot before they finally fall over and die. Its almost as bad as watching Sierra bury even more great original content alive under a sea of copyright lawyers and bureaucratese.

 

[ShinyCharizard]

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I'm glad to see that at least a few people understand my point.

If you purchased the game legally then you should have no qualms about cracking it. I for one do not like to be treated like a potential criminal just because some people do the wrong thing.

 

[votemarvel]

I have absolutely no compunction at cracking the games I've bought. I don't see why after handing over my cash I am required to run Steam, or Origin etc in order to ensure I haven't pirated the game.

Edit: "i fancy you". Thanks very much captcha.