Will the DRM affect your Purchase?

[Reece]

Originally Posted by sober

I dont think i will buy SH5 .

Sorry to say this but you will have to edit your signature!

[THE_MASK]

Originally Posted by Reece

Sorry to say this but you will have to edit your signature!

Done .

[karamazovnew]

Edited for fear of brig time

I voted for "Not going to at all now". I can't play the game on my laptop without a permanent internet connection, so no dice.

[kvbrock82]

This sucks. I spend half my time in a hotel in Rome that charges EUR10.00 per hour of internet. Its only fair that Im allowed to use the game i paid money for when i want to, and not need permission. Ubisoft used to be my favourite for games, but over these past 2 years they're probably my last. There will never, ever be another pre-order from this company on my part.

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[TH0R]

Makes no difference to me. I never played anything else than Type VII and till mid '43 so the decision isn't that much bothering me.

About DRM - hell, I do not like the idea at all, but since I am 24/7 connected to the Internet the only deciding factor will be the quality and modding possibilities of the game itself. Then comes in the next factor - money for the new PC on which to run it...

[Galanti]

Originally Posted by TH0R

Makes no difference to me. I never played anything else than Type VII and till mid '43 so the decision isn't that much bothering me.

About DRM - hell, I do not like the idea at all, but since I am 24/7 connected to the Internet the only deciding factor will be the quality and modding possibilities of the game itself. Then comes in the next factor - money for the new PC on which to run it...

You may be conected 24/7 to the Internet, but that doesn't necessarily mean a stable 24/7 connection to the Ubi servers.

[TH0R]

Originally Posted by Galanti

You may be conected 24/7 to the Internet, but that doesn't necessarily mean a stable 24/7 connection to the Ubi servers.

Can't argue with that. Whatever happens, I will do like I did with previous 2 titles - wait and read the reports before even considering to purchase it.

But I can tell you what I certainly won't do - loose nerves and patience over something that hasn't been released yet and I don't know how it will in practice work. And this is something that 90% of this forum population is doing.

[Iron Budokan]

Originally Posted by Galanti

You may be conected 24/7 to the Internet, but that doesn't necessarily mean a stable 24/7 connection to the Ubi servers.

This. Exactly this.

Look at the ham-fisted way they're releasing the game. And now UBI expects me to trust their servers? Please. I didn't fall off the turnip truck yesterday. Two week ago, maybe. But not yesterday.

[tonschk]

Originally Posted by TH0R

Makes no difference to me. I never played anything else than Type VII and till mid '43 so the decision isn't that much bothering me.

About DRM - hell, I do not like the idea at all, but since I am 24/7 connected to the Internet the only deciding factor will be the quality and modding possibilities of the game itself. Then comes in the next factor - money for the new PC on which to run it...

I Agree I voted "Makes no difference to me" The Silent Hunter SH3/4 game is the ONLY one game I play ( the first person shooters games are silly/boring and Colin Mc Rae DIRT soon become boring) and I have excellent and permanent internet connection , UBISOFT is the owner/developer of this software/game ,unfortunately we dont have plenty of other submarine simulations to choose from , therefore without a doubt I will buy this SH5 game





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[Iron Budokan]

Originally Posted by TH0R

Makes no difference to me. I never played anything else than Type VII and till mid '43 so the decision isn't that much bothering me.

Being connected to the Internet isn't the problem. It's depending on UBI servers. UBI isn't Blizzard. Not by a long shot. And even then Blizzard takes their servers down for a few hours every Tuesday for weekly maintenance. And sometimes they have to do emergency maintenance on top of that, which means the servers are down and you can't play.

Has UBI even bothered to tell us what the scheduled maintenance hours for their servers are when we won't be able to play the game? Of course, they haven't. And the game is due to come out in March, iirc.

No. Being connected to the Internet isn't the problem. Trusting UBI, particularly after the muddled way they've launched this new title, IS the problem.

I trust Blizzard when I play World of Warcraft. They have a demonstrable track record. UBI has to prove to me they are just as good.

[irish1958]

Originally Posted by TH0R

Makes no difference to me. I never played anything else than Type VII and till mid '43 so the decision isn't that much bothering me.

About DRM - hell, I do not like the idea at all, but since I am 24/7 connected to the Internet the only deciding factor will be the quality and modding possibilities of the game itself. Then comes in the next factor - money for the new PC on which to run it...

You may be doing all the modeling of the game yourself. No access to saved game files, continuous internet connection needed. If I make a major change in my game files, will the server let me play? Testing will be a disaster.
I am going back to SH3 and work on my medic mod.

[TH0R]

Originally Posted by irish1958

You may be doing all the modeling of the game yourself. No access to saved game files, continuous internet connection needed. If I make a major change in my game files, will the server let me play? Testing will be a disaster.
I am going back to SH3 and work on my medic mod.

Saved games will be saved on the owner's PC and the server, or so they say...