Spookie Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 (edited) Ubisoft in their infinite wisdom dropped Starforce. But instead of using one of the more less intrusive DRMs out there on the market they have came up with their own system. You may want to sit down for this. Consumers of the company’s PC titles will be required to connect to Ubi.com accounts to authenticate games online each time they play them, meaning players will always need to be connected to the internet. Yep. So if you're not connected to the net. You can't play your game. So far so Steam. Brent Wilkinson, director of customer service and production planning at Ubisoft, told GameSpy that Ubisoft isn’t expecting a backlash from consumers over the new anti-piracy measures, which debuted with the recently launched Settlers 7 beta."We think most people are going to be fine with it. Most people are always connected to an internet connection," he said. Contender for most ignorant statement of the year right there. But wait! It gets worse: What will happen if I lose my Internet connection when I play the game?If you lose your Internet connection the game will pause while it tries to reconnect. If the Internet Connection is unable to resume you can continue the game from where you left off or from the last saved game. Yep. If your net goes down while you're playing. The game will ****ing pause. You cannot play the game without a dedicated internet connection. So Assassins Creed II most pirated game of 2010, I'm calling it now! :D Ubi's Online Services Platform FAQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoapyHamHocks Member Posted January 27, 2010 Member Share Posted January 27, 2010 (edited) This is getting ridiculous. If a developer makes a good game there is more of a chance that the user will buy it. Even If I really enjoy a game I'm not going to jump through hoops just to play the game I bought. This will be cracked, there is nothing they can do to stop it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vice Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Terrible DRM. I won't be buying any of there games in the future I guess. The bit where if your internet fails it stops your game is the deal breaker for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisticRain Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 So far so Steam. You can play games offline with steam. :) but true that %@^$# sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pupik Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Why can't they realize that this kind of DRM, only hurts the people that buy the game? The ones that pirate the game, couldn't care less what DRM the game got, when it's cracked. And everything pretty much crackable. It's just a question of time. MiniMeSorinel and Saurabh32 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ylcard Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Here's an extreme idea.. make good games, you'll see less "pirated" copies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forster Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 You can play games offline with steam. :) but true that %@^$# sucks. +1, Steam is fine offline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rageagainstmachine Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Why can't they realize that this kind of DRM, only hurts the people that buy the game? The ones that pirate the game, couldn't care less what DRM the game got, when it's cracked. And everything pretty much crackable. It's just a question of time. exactly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeChipshop Member Posted January 27, 2010 Member Share Posted January 27, 2010 Well i won't be buying that. My net connection is fine but i bought the game and maybe i don't want it to check every bloody time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoochieMamma Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 And they wonder why people pirate games *tisk tisk tisk* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forster Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 And they wonder why people pirate games *tisk tisk tisk* Offtopic, but, HOOOOOOOCHIEEEEEEE :D Your ava makes me smile :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbandonedTrolley Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 And they wonder why people pirate games *tisk tisk tisk* Wooooo!! First person i've seen with the Birthday background in their post! I agree this kind of DRM just hurts the legal players, the pirates will have cracked copies that get around it and allow offline play! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REM2000 Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 another nail in the coffin for pc games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanx Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 exactly! It is important to bear in mind that first few days of sales are very important as far as games are concerned. Therefore, even if protection is circumvented after a few days, the hype surrounding a game's launch will ensure very good sales. The better the game, the greater the investment that went into making it so great. Therefore, developer/publisher will be looking for more strict measures to ensure that the initial drive of sales lasts for as many days as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I think it's hilarious, this fight on piracy. The people they are actually trying to combat are sitting behind their monitors laughing their asses off. Not only are they ( usually ) free of all those annoying registration methods and checks but they also get games days and sometimes weeks in advance and let's not forget they aren't paying for it either - Piracy is so appealing these days, so easy accessible and so convenient you almost get laughed at for spending money on games. Sigurd 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subject Delta Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Another way of harming legitimate consumers. Like all DRM, this will be cracked so that it doesn't punish pirates at all. Hopefull owners of legitimate retail copies will get wise and also use patched EXE files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted January 27, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted January 27, 2010 Terrible DRM, but to be honest my PC is on the net 365 days a year, and so far from O2 in 1.5 years I've had 2 days of maintenance. That's just me though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoochieMamma Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Offtopic, but, HOOOOOOOCHIEEEEEEE :D Your ava makes me smile :D Woooooo makes me smile every time too my good man! PS: wooo I got a special background! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saurabh32 Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Why can't they realize that this kind of DRM, only hurts the people that buy the game? The ones that pirate the game, couldn't care less what DRM the game got, when it's cracked. And everything pretty much crackable. It's just a question of time. +1 so this was the reason of delaying AC2.(they weren't optimizing it but inserting this crappy DRM) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donkey88 Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I think games do need some sort of DRM, but this obstrusive and irritating way of going about it will only result in people cracking it anyways. See also: Spore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimplySchizo Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 The future looks grim...:ninjapirate: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey B. Veteran Posted January 27, 2010 Veteran Share Posted January 27, 2010 I can understand why they would push for something like this being that Piracy is something that is very difficult to stop, however when it gets to the point that you are punishing the people that actually PAY for your game then you are going a little too far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furby Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Woooooo makes me smile every time too my good man! PS: wooo I got a special background! Beacause it's your birthday :fun: Ontopic/ Does seem a bit much to have a constant connection. I would imagine that hurts the casual gamer (like me) who plays on thier laptop when they're bored Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undu Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 At least they aren't putting probes up on the consumer's asses, so it could get worse. :no: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanx Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 ...however when it gets to the point that you are punishing the people that actually PAY for your game then you are going a little too far. Sure, there are occasions when it's beyond the joke, like Red Alert 3 activation not recognising a proxy server that has to be used to access the Net. On the other hand, most of us are adults (I hope :p ), we're told ahead of time what it's gonna be like, we can read the packaging, we can make an educated choice whether to buy or not. And, without people pointing their digits at me and calling me a pedant, you're not buying a game, you're buying a license to play a game and media, packaging, manuals, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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