Explain something about the online DRM buisness model.

[kylania]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

How... do you continue to pay for those ongoing costs once the sales of the product begin to dry up?

By the fact that with DRM people can't resell games, so those people who want to buy the game after a year must buy it at cost from the manufacturer rather than cheaply or even free from a friend.

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by kylania

By the fact that with DRM people can't resell games, so those people who want to buy the game after a year must buy it at cost from the manufacturer rather than cheaply or even free from a friend.

Yeah, but how many sales are you, as Ubisoft, really going to gain here? Enough to offset the server costs? I would highly doubt it.