Ubisoft Masterserver down? (merged)

[Task Force]

GAA, those b******* need to just give it up.

I cant believe this, My farking game wont play, and when it does play it runs like s***, on a system that plays almost everything else good, but not sh5...

[Manstein16]

Originally Posted by toby66

C'Mon Ubi, it's time to release the Non-DRM Patch for us honest buyers.

Won't happen, at least not as long as the game remains more or less uncracked. As far as I can tell, the pirates essentially have a game demo on their hands and it'd be bad business were Ubi to kill the DRM scheme as a result (although the pirates are still better off than the paying customers right now, given the server issues...).

Forget boycotts. Forget pirating the game. The only effective way to make yourself heard in this situation is to attempt to return the game. While returns are generally forbidden by the shrinkwrap contract, an argument could be made that Ubi violated that contract when their servers went down for an extended period of time. There's no way to measure lost sales due to boycotts and lost sales due to piracy are only quantifiable after a lengthy period of time. They'll notice if people try to return the game, however.

Whether they'll let you or not, however, is an entirely different matter. But if their technical deficiencies are preventing you from playing your own game, it's worth a shot.

[GDFTigerTank]

Good thing this is also affecting Assassin's Creed II buyers because otherwise Ubi would totally ignore the problem and pretend to know nothing.

[walsh2509]

can't even get the UN/PW box up now , SH5 logo with spinning disc for 4/5 mins and then Can't Connect Error ..

an attack on them ... sure !

£30 to sit and twiddle my thumbs for the last few hours and counting !

[malkuth74]

Still can't play my single player game. Thats 3 times your DRM has effected my in 2 days.

Yesterday around 3 PM. This morning at 10AM and now today 8th at 3 PM I still can't log in.

The problem ubi isn't your servers!! Yes your servers suck.. The problem is that I HAVE A SINGLE PLAYER GAME THAT SHOULD NOT NEED A SERVER IN THE FIRST PLACE.

Can't wait for your company to file Chapter 11. Hope they fire the bunch of you. I payed 50 dollars for a game I can only play when your servers work. YOu stink.

[stabiz]

Originally Posted by Gian

Also if it has been attacked.... who can blame the people that did....

Uh, I can. If that is correct those warped crusaders are stopping me from playing right now, crappy DRM or not.

[Task Force]

Lol, yea...
I think acouple of people predicted that this stuff would happen, the games would start to be sold, the servers would start haveing issues, and go down...

[DragonRR1]

The DRM is bad enough without their servers going down. UBI had a responsibility to it's customers to ensure that their "end" is absolutely bulletproof. It was pretty obvious they would get DOS attacks. If they can't stop DOS attacks in the future they should drop the DRM.

[Buckster]

bet retailers won't be happy if people are returning the game

perhaps the retailers could put pressure on Ubi ?

its all a bit of a daft situation

I feel sorry for the SH5 developers - theres a good product under there somewhere !

[ReFaN]

Got this problem aswell, i want to be withing those 95% wich it doesent affect.

[Buckster]

my only worry (and all my games are legitimate and purchased) - is that Ubi and others have been forced down this route due to huge piracy problem

if DRM this way doesn't work

we may find in the future no more PC games as won't be worth their while - they'll just concentrate on Consoles

[UnSalted]

This is not good for the game, the genre, or Ubisoft. Ubi knew, or should have known, that throwing out a challenge to a bunch of social misfits was going to get their attention. The problems may well be a result from an attack by hackers or it may be rather bad server work on Ubi's end of the line. Either way they took a substantial risk by releasing a product with a huge target on it's backside or released one they were completely incapable of making work successfully.

As to the "don't blame Ubi, blame the bad guys" theory, if I get mugged by some dipwad on the street it is his fault. But if I was walking along with a roll of bills in one hand while yelling about howe much money I have I'm at least partially responsible for encouraging and/or encouraging the crime.

When releasing a new product you don't get many second chances. This hurts Ubi, and it hurts their customers who rely on them to continue a genre they love. So pardon me if I can't somehow join in the cry to absolve the white knights at Ubi. After all the hackers may be a putrid group of socially stunted misfits, but they aren't the ones expecting me to send them money for a problem they had a hand in creating.

[Maltro]

Last time I buy a F-----G soft from this F------G company!
Have written a letter to their F-----G costumer office.

If you don't have time to do, let's go to their web site and contact support by mail. Easy to do.

In every countries, you have same rights. Rights to use things you have payed for. We don't have to suffer their protection policy!
If UBI don't listen to, send a mail to your local consumers association. It's free.

For less patients, there are torrents which works very well.

[Bungmiester]

There server is down my end been trying to play for the last half an hour it now 8pm and I live in England, so much for some gaming me time after a hard days slog. Apparently there servers have been under attack over the weekend , the sooner they get rid of this DRM crap the better I have never been so peeved off in all my life

[Iridium]

Man, I said in my post I expected it'd happen again within a week. Didn't expect the next day.

Eagerly awaiting the now-inevitable class action lawsuit demanding refunds, though.