How many will buy SH5 if DRM is dropped?

McBeck · 06-29-10, 10:55 AM

Very simple...only for the people who have not purchased SH5 yet!

Thomen · 06-29-10, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by McBeck

Very simple...only for the people who have not purchased SH5 yet!

Most likely, yes.

danurve · 06-29-10, 11:50 AM

Mr ubisoft, tear down this wall.

ivank · 07-08-10, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by danurve

Mr ubisoft, tear down this wall.

Sailor Steve · 06-29-10, 11:52 AM

Absolutely, without question. I bought SH4 while I was homeless, and didn't get to play it until several months later. I may end up hating SH5, and I may end up loving it. Probably somewhere in between, but I will definitely make that decision for myself, and I'll gladly support the effort, no matter what the outcome.

janh · 06-29-10, 11:53 AM

Can't say to be honest. Depends strongly on the modder scene here, whether they will turn SHV into a worthy successor to my supermodded SHIII. Unfortunately I don't have so much time to play, so I have to be very selective. At least in the near future this one will not end up on my desk. More likely I will reconsider in a year or so what the modding has added by then.

Frumpkis · 06-29-10, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by janh

Can't say to be honest. Depends strongly on the modder scene here, whether they will turn SHV into a worthy successor to my supermodded SHIII.

Yeah, same here. I haven't bought SH5 yet and couldn't answer the poll because it's not a simple issue of DRM or no DRM. I would probably buy the game right now if a major campaign re-write was available. I just don't think I could stand being ordered to go out and "sink 5 warships!"... I want a simulation, not an arcade game.

Also, there there are many good PC games and simulations out right now that I'm having fun with, and new ones on the horizon I'm looking forward to. A game has to be very good to be worth my money and investment of time. I don't want to spend hours "playing" and being frustrated at the same time. When it looks to me like SH5 has crossed that threshold, I'll pick it up.

Santini · 06-29-10, 02:29 PM

Why doesn't amazon list the bugger anymore?

FIREWALL · 06-29-10, 02:47 PM

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Why doesn't amazon list the bugger anymore?

I just checked my link and it is broke now.

Went to Amazon and ALL SH games are currently UNAVAILABLE.

WTF

janh · 06-29-10, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Frumpkis

Yeah, same here. I haven't bought SH5 yet and couldn't answer the poll because it's not a simple issue of DRM or no DRM. I would probably buy the game right now if a major campaign re-write was available. I just don't think I could stand being ordered to go out and "sink 5 warships!"... I want a simulation, not an arcade game.

Also, there there are many good PC games and simulations out right now that I'm having fun with, and new ones on the horizon I'm looking forward to. A game has to be very good to be worth my money and investment of time. I don't want to spend hours "playing" and being frustrated at the same time. When it looks to me like SH5 has crossed that threshold, I'll pick it up.

Well, before release I also was very upset at the idea of this nonsense DRM scheme, something forced onto legal owners that is technically not required. But soon the quality of the product itself came to light, and it was obvious that the developers were pressed into or even agreed to push it out fast instead of completing it. The arcade stuff, the good concept of dynamical campaign badly executed with nonsense goals, the lack of the promised port interactivity and so much stuff incomplete, bugged, superficially working etc. Even without DRM I would rather think I gain more by spending my time with better games. SHV unfortunately had some very good design ideas, and enormous potential, and maybe if modders made it THEIR product (you couldn't possibly call that mods anymore), it could still be brought to fruition. But not now.

Akula4745 · 06-29-10, 04:16 PM

No DRM? Yes... absolutely... I would buy it.
I don't want Ubisoft to go out of business...
I just want them to start thinking a little more clearly.

Bilge_Rat · 06-29-10, 11:50 AM

I voted NO....

...since I already own it, I don't need to buy it again....

janh · 06-29-10, 11:55 AM

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I voted NO....
...since I already own it, I don't need to buy it again....

Dang, and the result of this poll just got poisoned... LOL

danurve · 06-29-10, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by McBeck

Very simple...only for the people who have not purchased SH5 yet!

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Originally Posted by Bilge_Rat

I voted NO....

...since I already own it, I don't need to buy it again....

Wow, just wow ..

sharkbit · 06-29-10, 11:57 AM

I voted yes, but it depends more on when I have a computer to run it rather than DRM, although DRM does play a small factor in the decision.

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No	60	22.56%
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06-29-10, 10:55 AM	#1
McBeck Admiral Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,027 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	How many will buy SH5 if DRM is dropped? Very simple...only for the people who have not purchased SH5 yet! __________________ "I like subcommanders...they dont have time for bull**!" Proud member of the Subsim army of zombies Becks website

06-29-10, 11:50 AM	#3
danurve The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 1,481 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 3	Mr ubisoft, tear down this wall. __________________ Last edited by danurve; 06-29-10 at 12:01 PM.

06-29-10, 11:52 AM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Absolutely, without question. I bought SH4 while I was homeless, and didn't get to play it until several months later. I may end up hating SH5, and I may end up loving it. Probably somewhere in between, but I will definitely make that decision for myself, and I'll gladly support the effort, no matter what the outcome. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

06-29-10, 11:53 AM	#6
janh Stinking drunk in Trinidad Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 349 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Can't say to be honest. Depends strongly on the modder scene here, whether they will turn SHV into a worthy successor to my supermodded SHIII. Unfortunately I don't have so much time to play, so I have to be very selective. At least in the near future this one will not end up on my desk. More likely I will reconsider in a year or so what the modding has added by then. __________________ Scientific facts are not determined by the opinion of the majority, nor by a democratic vote.

06-29-10, 02:29 PM	#8
Santini Medic Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 168 Downloads: 389 Uploads: 1	Why doesn't amazon list the bugger anymore?

06-29-10, 04:16 PM	#11
Akula4745 Convicted Ship Killer Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Just out of sight... plotting your course and speed Posts: 846 Downloads: 371 Uploads: 1	No DRM? Yes... absolutely... I would buy it. I don't want Ubisoft to go out of business... I just want them to start thinking a little more clearly. __________________ Akula4745 "If you sit by the river long enough... the body of your enemy will float by -- SunTzu"

06-29-10, 11:50 AM	#12
Bilge_Rat Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: standing watch... Posts: 3,855 Downloads: 344 Uploads: 0	I voted NO.... ...since I already own it, I don't need to buy it again.... __________________

06-29-10, 11:57 AM	#15
sharkbit The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 1,529 Downloads: 334 Uploads: 0	I voted yes, but it depends more on when I have a computer to run it rather than DRM, although DRM does play a small factor in the decision. __________________ “Prejudice is blind. There will always be someone who says you aren’t welcome at the table. Stop apologizing for who you are and using all your energy trying to change their minds. Yes, you will lose friends, maybe even family. But you will gain your self-respect. You will know your worth. Once you have that, nothing can stop you.”