While I support non-intrusive DRM, as the game has many dollars involved with its creation, this was not the way to go. I have been an avid gamer for the last 20 years, and this is the worst implementation of DRM that I have seen. I too have watched genres go by the wayside due to inept management...ie Rainbow series (Ubisoft). Rainbow hasnt died fully, but the latest PC versions are a mere port of the X-Box..and followers did notice.
There are many other ways of getting your investment protected for the sales release; Steam, Codemasters method, DCS's method, Bohimia's method...and so on. I know Starforce is not popular, but has been completely dealt a wrongful smear campaign. After much reasearch, it appears fewer people have had true issues than the majority.
What is Ubisoft gaining with this method? I am voting with my wallet...as are many others. I want to play a new subsim, but not under their terms...I play games under my terms, and will hold out until they come up with a better DRM solution. Hopefully I wont have to wait for a bargain bin purchase before Ubi decides to revamp this mistake. As of late, all games are released half-baked, so I cannot gripe too loudly, as Ubi would just point the finger at others. This DRM doesn't have to be this bad...come on Ubi, I want to purchase your game, now just make it something that is worthy of purchase.
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Apache312
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