It appears that Ubisoft has decided to go with always-on DRM for their upcoming racing title Driver: San Francisco. “PC version requires permanent internet connection,” said a tweet on the official Ubisoft Driver: San Fracisco twitter account in response to questions by followers.
Apparently the discussion was sparked when it was noticed that the Steam product page lists: “3rd-party DRM: Ubisoft’s Online Services Platform. Ubisoft requires a permanent Internet connection to play this video game at all times.”
Has Ubisoft forgotten the fiasco around their last attempt at using always on DRM? PC gamers who purchased Assassin’s Creed II, Silent Hunter V and The Settlers 7 all suffered when the ‘always-on’ authentication servers were unavailable due to DDoS attacks launched by protesting gamers.
Driver: San Francisco will be the first Ubisoft title to launch with the new Uplay Passport system, their version of a one-time pass system allowing purchasers of a new game to hop online for multiplayer gaming and ‘bonus’ content, but forcing second hand buyers or renters to fork out for the online privileges.
The console versions of the game will be using Uplay Passport, but console gamers will not be forced to have an ‘always-on’ internet connection to enjoy their game.
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Via: Eurogamer
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