Normally DRM is put in place mainly to delay the leak of the software onto the pirate scene to at least after the product is released. After that it isn't as important to the publishers to keep the software "protected" from piracy, that is why many companies "backs down" after a while and removes the DRM. It just isn't as important after those first few weeks.

In the case of SH5 we will see. It is much more of a package with synched saves and the likes.

Here is a graph of the Amazon selling price in the US over time, courtesy of Ookong:

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Current price on Amazon.co.uk:

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I'll be persusing the 'Bargain Bin' for many months to come ..
:D

he said the c**** word! he said it:! he said it!
:haha::har:

Just looked at Amazon US...
 

...and the game's holding around $48 and change new. The reviews (46 of 'em!), though, are averaging one-and-a-half stars out of five - and the five star listed is titled, "Best DRM Ever!"

wonder if Ubi's listening - over even cares? My gaming session yesterday (Friday) was interrupted several times due to losing the internet connection. And it was definitely on Ubi's end!

its still $49.99 on steam. But its good news the price is coming down!!

I got mine on first day of release from Amazon.co.uk for just £22....
thats nothing really is it, less than an hours work :)

I don't know where you work, but the average wage is nowhere near £22 an hour!

well I am self employed, but on the BBC news the other day, it said the national average wages was around £28k?

thats around £14 per hour....so the games is still only 1.5 hours work, or way less than a night out :)

Heh, that sounds like government propaganda to me. Most people are lucky to take home 20k a year, let alone 28k, and that's before tax. Hell, soldiers only earn around 17k, and they are risking their lives each and every day they are overseas.

The point is that SH5 isn't selling well (due to the economic depression, DRM, buggy half-finished reputation, etc). If it were, retailers wouldn't be lowering the price so quickly or so soon.

its not about how much actully ... I would pay 100$ for a good u boat sim ubi treated subsimmers terrible with an unfinished product ((NOT GONNA SUPPORT THAT BY BUYIN)))...hopefully this is ubi last attempt:up::up: let someone else do it since ubi dosnt give a rats ass about their subsims I'm HAPPY TO SEE THEM GO:know: 19$ AMAZOM NEW lol

Download prices haven't dropped at all. More people buy that way then hard copies now. I wouldn't read too much into it.

That's true, but it doesn't seem like there's a lot of people downloading it. It made #7 on Steam's top 10 sellers list the week it was released - coming in behind Counter-Strike: Source - but it ain't up there anymore, nor is it in Direct2Drive's top 10 or, as far as I can tell, even being featured by either one of them.

Its metascore of 60 as clearly shown on Steam can' be helping it much. Its reader review score on D2D is 2.3 out of 10.

I'd say it's probably not doing so hot in sales.