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Originally Posted by Yak
I think it is very interesting that none of the game shops in Darwin even bothered stocking SH5, which is really odd given they always have and usually even taday have a lot of sims (flight etc) on the shelves due to the large ADF contingent in town.
Even Assassin's Creed II which would've usually had massive flashy displays and lots of shelf space is now just one lonely copy.
The sooner this idiocy dies the better...
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That is interesting because none of the game shops in Canberra (3 in the CBD) are stocking SH5 either and I thought it was because it was not here yet and because of the DRM I will not be buying so I did not ask.
The new DRM has not stopped some of my friends from considering a title (not SH though), but it has stopped them from buying a few games as they would think nothing of buying any and everything because they could loan it to each other and/or re-sell it.
I see no reason a game should be any different to a book, no-one would find it acceptable that you could not lend or re-sell your books?
So Ubi has stopped my friends from loaning and/or re-selling their games so they no longer are willing to buy into a risky title or make a why not purchase because they are now stuck with it.
It also amazes me how Ubi does not understand how the 2nd hand market drives the initial sales as noted above and how it helps in the long term by introducing someone to franchise they never initially bought into and this indirectly drives new sales.
If Ubi were selling books they would have the Public Library outlawed
Ubi have shown that you do not have to be overly intelligent to become successful.