Ubisoft to introduce new online-enabled DRM for PC games

Tank

Tank

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PC gamers have long been vocal about intrusive DRM programs hidden in their games. With illegal game downloads in the millions, publishers are desperately trying to find new solutions in the war against piracy. Ubisoft's upcoming The Settlers 7 will introduce a new DRM model for the company, one that doesn't require disc authentication and allows multiple installations across multiple systems. "If you own a hundred PCs, you can install your games on a hundred PCs," Ubisoft's Brent Wilkinson told GameSpy.

Central to Ubisoft's new DRM plan is its online integration. Like select Steam games, Ubisoft will require players to log-in with a Ubi.com account in order to play, even for single-player games. As a plus, the online connectivity allows saves to be stored on Ubisoft's servers, meaning players can resume a game from any computer they own. Wilkinson dismissed concerns that some players may not have a ready internet connection: "We think most people are going to be fine with it. Most people are always connected to an Internet connection."

But just in case you don't, may we suggest AOL dial-up? It's the future, we swear!

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http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/27/ubisoft-to-introduce-new-online-enabled-drm-for-pc-games/
 
Oh for F**ks saaaaaaake

We think most people are going to fine with it? See thats the problem right there. People thinking.
 
Its not bad, as long as it doesn't try and download patches when it wants to, But why don't they just use steam?
any way It will be cracked....
 
because why would they use steam? it's another companies tool.

as pc gamers we are gonna start seeing things like this popping up from every major publisher.
 
I certainly don't want this and I'll tell you why. If I already have Steam installed the last thing I want is another application that I need to log into. If this takes off then soon other developer/ publishers will want in on the action and you have the headache of having to log into each one of these things every time you want to play. All this is going to do is further alienate legitimate customers leaving the pirates (who have these DRM measures hacked out) free of the annoying hassle.
 
problem is they all want a piece of the pie. this is gonna go south fast. i'm already using steam and for some games GFWL aswell. that's more than enough. but sadly this seems to be a trend that's gaining ground among devs and pub houses and it's sad, although on the other side it seems that things like these will catch the console guys aswell, how they react is a different story, but me playing games all over on any platform that has a game i like i can tell you this much and excuse the weak internet meme...

DO NOT WANT!
 
Tank said:
because why would they use steam? it's another companies tool.

as pc gamers we are gonna start seeing things like this popping up from every major publisher.
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all I need, more shit starting up and accessing the net :mad:
 
It gets better. From the information I can gather so far, they are going to expect you to be connected to the internet for the entire time you want to play the game. No offline functionality like Steam has. This gets a resounding thumbs down from me. :(
 
While I'm not keen on the idea either, its just the way it is and the way its going to be. 5 years from now this will probably be the only way we play games or run any software, we'll be use to it and be busy complaining about some new drm that wants a chip planted in our head to read our minds just incase we try to crack a game or make use of an exploit.

There isent much we can do about it, less we stop playing :/
 
wait.. so this thing from that french company needs you to be online all the time?

oh bugger that. If Conviction has this crap i'm not getting it.
 
bahahaha bahahaha bahahaha bahahaha bahahaha bahahaha bahahaha

my console gaming is faxoring your "AAA" pc games :D
 
until this crap strikes your consoles...

honestly i do see that happening and it sucks
 
Tank said:
until this crap strikes your consoles...

honestly i do see that happening and it sucks
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bahahaha bahahaha bahahaha bahahaha bahahaha bahahaha bahahaha.

in the end we probably would see something like live/steam for every dev house.
 
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