Ubisoft 'always on' DRM is here to stay

I bet within a day Ubisoft will go bankrupt cuz of this and more games will be pirated just so even legit players on the PC can play the games.

THIS is the kind of DRM that deserves to be cracked.

and when the games don't sell , who will be blamed? the pirates or the idiots that came up with this idea

bye bye ubisoft

I have a feeling they're not gonna go bankrupt anytime soon...

Originally posted by Azuran:

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I have a feeling they're not gonna go bankrupt anytime soon...

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Ok I am all for trying to prevent piracy but this DRM is ridiculous. If a game does not require play over the internet then you should not have the internet to play. If it is not an MMO or something similar then why is this required.

Originally posted by bobiroc:

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Ok I am all for trying to prevent piracy but this DRM is ridiculous. If a game does not require play over the internet then you should not have the internet to play. If it is not an MMO or something similar then why is this required.

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Originally posted by xnonsuchx:

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Originally posted by bobiroc:

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Ok I am all for trying to prevent piracy but this DRM is ridiculous. If a game does not require play over the internet then you should not have the internet to play. If it is not an MMO or something similar then why is this required.

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Exactly! Copy protection is one thing and validating for online play is understandable, but to require this sort of DRM for a locally-played game is just stupid. What if you want to play it on a laptop that has no WiFi available?

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Originally posted by ukhn99:

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Originally posted by Azuran:

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I have a feeling they're not gonna go bankrupt anytime soon...

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But if they do go bankrupt, i will feel sorry for all those b*stard who bought their game legally and will not be able to play. Well at least they have some new paper weight. lol.

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Originally posted by turtlekha:

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Originally posted by ukhn99:

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Originally posted by Azuran:

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I have a feeling they're not gonna go bankrupt anytime soon...

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But if they do go bankrupt, i will feel sorry for all those b*stard who bought their game legally and will not be able to play. Well at least they have some new paper weight. lol.

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I do not understand the point of aggressive DRM, its one thing to check stuff in the back ground when online then stop the game if the key is bad,turn the online stuff off if not activated or offline, its another to say you must jump through these arbitrary hurdles continuously....

Originally posted by WierdName:

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Originally posted by xnonsuchx:

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Originally posted by bobiroc:

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Ok I am all for trying to prevent piracy but this DRM is ridiculous. If a game does not require play over the internet then you should not have the internet to play. If it is not an MMO or something similar then why is this required.

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Exactly! Copy protection is one thing and validating for online play is understandable, but to require this sort of DRM for a locally-played game is just stupid. What if you want to play it on a laptop that has no WiFi available?

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What if you're at a crappy motel that charges $1 per MB?

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I guess I won't be getting assassins creed 3...or at least I won't be paying for it :)

Wait until the first users bring a lawsuit on the doors of ubisoft because of their own rights infringment. I mean...if I buy a game to play and I do not want to use the internet or I do not have internet at home I should be able to play it however and whenever I like without such hussle. I would not be so confident that Ubisoft will sell its games with this kind of DRM well. Look what happened to other games using draconian DRM in the past. The backlash on AMAZON and other sites was amazing...the least people can do is complain and give poor reviews of the games on Amazon and the likes...

Originally posted by ZippyDSM:

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I do not understand the point of aggressive DRM, its one thing to check stuff in the back ground when online then stop the game if the key is bad,turn the online stuff off if not activated or offline, its another to say you must jump through these arbitrary hurdles continuously....

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Originally posted by blueboy09:

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Originally posted by ZippyDSM:

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I do not understand the point of aggressive DRM, its one thing to check stuff in the back ground when online then stop the game if the key is bad,turn the online stuff off if not activated or offline, its another to say you must jump through these arbitrary hurdles continuously....

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It's all the alaborate scheming plan of UbiSoft to keep their sheep coming in. Yes, this is good for your PC, always on at your convinence so we can monitor what you do/say at all times! (sarcasm)

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Not purchasing Ubisoft games ... here to stay.
I'm sorry, but due to an unexpected mental error in judgement by Ubisoft the public is forced to dis-able the purchase of Ubisoft titles until logic and common sense is restored.
Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience.
Sincerely,
Intelligent Buyers

Originally posted by ZippyDSM:

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Originally posted by blueboy09:

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Originally posted by ZippyDSM:

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I do not understand the point of aggressive DRM, its one thing to check stuff in the back ground when online then stop the game if the key is bad,turn the online stuff off if not activated or offline, its another to say you must jump through these arbitrary hurdles continuously....

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It's all the alaborate scheming plan of UbiSoft to keep their sheep coming in. Yes, this is good for your PC, always on at your convinence so we can monitor what you do/say at all times! (sarcasm)

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Well I wont have to worry about it since its hacked. :P

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Originally posted by aralerm:

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Wait until the first users bring a lawsuit on the doors of ubisoft because of their own rights infringment. I mean...if I buy a game to play and I do not want to use the internet or I do not have internet at home I should be able to play it however and whenever I like without such hussle. I would not be so confident that Ubisoft will sell its games with this kind of DRM well. Look what happened to other games using draconian DRM in the past. The backlash on AMAZON and other sites was amazing...the least people can do is complain and give poor reviews of the games on Amazon and the likes...

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Originally posted by Sparq:

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Originally posted by aralerm:

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Wait until the first users bring a lawsuit on the doors of ubisoft because of their own rights infringment. I mean...if I buy a game to play and I do not want to use the internet or I do not have internet at home I should be able to play it however and whenever I like without such hussle. I would not be so confident that Ubisoft will sell its games with this kind of DRM well. Look what happened to other games using draconian DRM in the past. The backlash on AMAZON and other sites was amazing...the least people can do is complain and give poor reviews of the games on Amazon and the likes...

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There is no infringement of rights going on here, there will be no lawsuit. However this sort of DRM is FAR too aggressive. I could understand checking the CD every startup when an internet connection is available, but requiring a constant connection is somewhat pathetic. The reason I play single player games is because I don't always have a connection to the net; this sort of DRM is a tad too far-fetched and will more than likely get a major overhaul by Ubisoft once they start losing sales.

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Originally posted by WierdName:

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Originally posted by xnonsuchx:

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Originally posted by bobiroc:

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Ok I am all for trying to prevent piracy but this DRM is ridiculous. If a game does not require play over the internet then you should not have the internet to play. If it is not an MMO or something similar then why is this required.

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Exactly! Copy protection is one thing and validating for online play is understandable, but to require this sort of DRM for a locally-played game is just stupid. What if you want to play it on a laptop that has no WiFi available?

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What if you're at a crappy motel that charges $1 per MB?

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Originally posted by nevdka:

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Originally posted by WierdName:

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Originally posted by xnonsuchx:

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Originally posted by bobiroc:

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Ok I am all for trying to prevent piracy but this DRM is ridiculous. If a game does not require play over the internet then you should not have the internet to play. If it is not an MMO or something similar then why is this required.

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Exactly! Copy protection is one thing and validating for online play is understandable, but to require this sort of DRM for a locally-played game is just stupid. What if you want to play it on a laptop that has no WiFi available?

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What if you're at a crappy motel that charges $1 per MB?

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What if you've got an unreliable internet connection? How many people can say their home connection never drops out suddenly?

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DRM is here to stay ..............

Here I am NOT BUYING any ubisoft games ....... LMAO

I like how Ubisoft keeps trying to justify by saying that DRM is here to stay. They can say that all they want, they are just hurting themselves.

Most people just don't care, and they won't care until all of their games are always-on DRM, and the companies that sold the titles start charging to access the DRM servers. Even then, no one will do anything about it. Our only hope is that an army of hackers repeatedly attacks the ubisoft servers to the point that they are forced to issue no-drm patches...and I doubt that is going to happen.

Sigh... Ubi has some nice new games I'd like to buy but this DRM makes me not. Well time to support the cracker scene once again, or rather keep supporting it since I use cracks on most legally aquired games aswell since CD/DVD swapping is a pain in the ass...