Suggested Antipiracy Weapon For Ubi (merged)

[Iron Budokan]

I was checking up on the Internet. Man, they are really ripping this DRM stuff over at Eurogamer....

[Brag]

Originally Posted by Iron Budokan

I was checking up on the Internet. Man, they are really ripping this DRM stuff over at Eurogamer....

The internet is abuzz. Standing at the cutting edge where a game is to be released, we are just the front rank of the opposition to DRM/OSP. We have millions, yes, millions of backers!

Who is the giant, Ubi or our ideals?

[IanC]

Originally Posted by Brag

Who is the giant, Ubi or our ideals?

Our ideals!!! *pumps his pitchfork in the air

[bigboywooly]

Interesting

One other concern: Ubisoft’s authentication servers aren’t guaranteed for life, and 10 years from now, players could be shut out of the game they bought. In fact, last time Ubisoft tried online authentication with Assassin’s Creed, some players had trouble immediately after purchasing.

http://technologizer.com/2010/01/27/...t-play-online/

[Letum]

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

Interesting

http://technologizer.com/2010/01/27/...t-play-online/

Well waddya know!
No surprise there.

[Alienfresser]

Before you leave to UBI HQ I just wanted to say:


"When you come upon him, know this: Pardon will not be given. Prisoners will not be taken. Bear your weapons so that for a thousand years no UBI-Manager will dare even to squint at a SubSim-Member.
Carry yourselves like men, and the blessing of God go with you. The prayers of the entire nation and my good wishes go with you, each and everyone. Open the way for civilization once and for all!

Now you can depart! Adieu, comrades!"

Kaiser Wilhelm II

[Brag]

The secret password of the rebellion is MOO

If you haven't visited the Are We Cattle? thread, find out why MOO is the word.

Mhen you say MOO, we know who you are and what you mean.

[Elder-Pirate]

Originally Posted by Brag

The secret password of the rebellion is MOO

If you haven't visited the Are We Cattle? thread, find out why MOO is the word.

Mhen you say MOO, we know who you are and what you mean.

MOOOOoooooooooo

[JScones]

Originally Posted by Iron Budokan

I was checking up on the Internet. Man, they are really ripping this DRM stuff over at Eurogamer....

I did a general Google last night - they're ripping into it everywhere; in most of the upcoming game forums!

Funny in a sense, because the threads are exactly the same as here, with the same arguments, same counter-arguments etc and so forth.

[longam]

I just downloaded the ROF demo and played it with DRM and it really wasn't that much different then without it.

I don't know, I'm starting to think we don't want it because it has become the norm of the forum to see negative.

I have to trust on a stable internet connection to a server somewhere in someplace everyday for our corp email and ISP to work. You have to trust on a server somewhere and someplace to get on the internet everyday. You have to trust on a server somewhere and someplace to be here and posting everyday.

I'm changing my view and buying SH5 with or without DRM. I just hope that it makes a difference on piracy so we can have some great games to come in the future.

longam

[Méo]

Originally Posted by JScones

Funny in a sense, because the threads are exactly the same as here, with the same arguments, same counter-arguments etc and so forth.

Are those arguments based on something concrete?

I didn't see all comments in every threads here, but that's what it seems to be missing here, IMO.

What I would like to see is some CONCRETE EVIDENCE that DRM used in other games was a failure (cause we cannot base our reasoning on a game that we haven't tested yet).

I guess I'm not learning you anything new when I say that things like:
I don't want to, I hate it, it's crap, etc. are not evidence.

The thing is that I would like to be objectively convinced by some real evidence, links, you know...

It's kinda boring to see only expression of anger...

At the risk to agree once again with you.

[HundertzehnGustav]

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...41&postcount=1

this gentleman right here said something INDICATING it does not do the game any good.
But no numbers.

[Méo]

Originally Posted by HundertzehnGustav

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...41&postcount=1

this gentleman right here said something INDICATING it does not do the game any good.
But no numbers.

Interesting, but it is only a single example (it may be an exception, who knows?), nothing tells me it represents a global situation.

[Gatt]

Originally Posted by Méo

Interesting, but it is only a single example (it may be an exception, who knows?), nothing tells me it represents a global situation.

Look, my NDA allows me to say that I'm a RoF beta-tester and I can assure you the DRM can be a PITA. To be honest, not always but for some guys OFTEN. From time to time servers and/or your connection ARE down. It happens. I can tell you that since I've been an AcesHigh2 player for 6-7 years. When it happens ITS FRUSTRATING.

RoF (with the Dogfight dedicated servers) and AH2 are online simulations but SH5, AFAIK and in any case for me, is mainly an offline sim. This kind of DRM, for offliners IS an obvious problem. What will I do from my country house (no internet connection) if I want to play on my laptop? I'd curse UBI?

Players, through hundreds of posts made neoQB change his mind about it and they probably will drop it in the near future for offline playing.

You dont know how many people are waiting for this drop before buying RoF. Many of my friends are.

What about the old DVD in the player and a thick printed manual? What about Battlefront online activation? Or Steam? Players would prefer (and/or) accept these systems instead of the "always online" DRM.

[HundertzehnGustav]

I remember settlers II, where you had to have the manual , to get some sympbols in it, to activate/verify if you were a legit user. That was fun, back in the day.