The gawd-almighty merged DRM in Silent Hunter V thread

[Highbury]

Originally Posted by bratkorv

Is it confirmed that this DRM applies to SH5?

Yes

[Brag]

I will not buy a game controlled by DRM!

I don't accept the principle of I pay, you keep--the logic is untenable.

Ubi, you go DRM, you have lost me.

Ubi, if you have studied the French revolutionm you know what happens when you try to shove unwanted stuff down people's throats.

And, YES, all you are achieving is promoting the spread of piracy.

Ubi, I am in the publishing business too. every day I see my used books sold without getting a penny. My Kindle version is also being pirated. I understand your problem. Find a better solution than DRM!

[Arclight]

Such as more quality and content. Make something that's worth the money and maybe people will be more inclined to buy your shovelw... ehr, products.

[Topo65]

Software piracy is something that companies must learn to live together. Unable to remove beggars, prohibiting begging. Much less, discriminating customers by where they live, because the quality of Internet varies according to where they live.

In short, Ubisoft kicked me as a customer, because even though I buy my Silent Hunter V, I'll always be for them a thief for not having a stable internet connection. This disgusts me.

I also want to play Silent Hunter 5, but I can not. Not because I have no money, not because I have no PC requeriments, but because where I live, I do not get enough internet signal to play.

What you think I supposed to do? Sell my house and move my wife and son to another location with internet enough to UBI?

Everything has a limit. And this is the limit, Ubisoft

[simsurfer]

So much for supporting the manufacturer to ensure more games when they pull this garbage.

Bye bye ubi.

[bratkorv]

Originally Posted by Highbury

Yes

Then I'm out. This will be one of those rare occasions where I rather download a "fixed" version + total boycott of UBI from now on. Either that or I skip SH5 altogether. I have enough on my hands as it is anyway.

No Mercy.

Clearly the devs better look for another publisher then UBI if they want to survive this business. Just like with BIS (Bohemia Interactive) They successfully broke with their fascist publisher (Codemasters) and kept the hard core fansbase. The FP/ARMA community is stronger then ever.

If not, then SH6 prob will never see the light of day.

[badkarma]

I'm actually really surprised at the amount of people who've posted not that they won't buy, but that they can't.
The way some pro-Ubi DRM posters talk about this "minority" you'd expect maybe a handful of people out of the hundreds posting. I've lost count of the number of times (in this thread alone) I've read explanations as to why people are not on perma-connection.

The idea that a tiny percentage of gamers are not perma-connected might be true for the FPS/MMO crowd, but for sim gamers I think the numbers are more than some people expect.

[Arclight]

Who cares, still a minority, right?

(obvious sarcasm, in case I need to point it out )

[bratkorv]

Originally Posted by Arclight

Who cares, still a minority, right?

(obvious sarcasm, in case I need to point it out )

Sarcasm indeed.

The market for historical simulations, and particularity submarine simulations is a narrow one. If they ignore this community, it will be at their own peril.

We are not criminals so why would any of us want to "pay" to be treated as such? Now is the time to make a stand. If you do not, then what is next? Perhaps a DRM with a monthly fee or limited connection time / month? UBI is just another corporation and they are only interested in making you pay them as much as possible, as often as possible. They do not care about the developers and they do not care about you and your gaming experience.

Think about that for a second.

I will make a new threat when SH5 is out and confirm that I have no intention of buying it. Now is the time to make a stand. If nobody is up for the task, then why are we arguing about this in the first place?

[sabretwo]

All I can say at this point is...

GO GO GO FlakMonkey, DivingDuck, Lucagaeta, and Tomi! Give us our sub for SH3!!!

(Man, this sucks! I was really looking forward to SH5 in spite of its apparent shortfalls!)

[Lanzfeld]

I have a question.

I have just purchased my 100th compter. Can I play SHV on ALL of them?

[Navarre]

Originally Posted by bratkorv

Clearly the devs better look for another publisher then UBI if they want to survive this business.

They can't, the developers in Bucharest are not an independent company, they are employees of Ubisoft. Ubisoft is the developer and publisher in one person. The developers have the choice to terminate at Ubisoft and find a new job or do what the employer requires.