Suggested Antipiracy Weapon For Ubi (merged)

[sabretwo]

Originally Posted by Brag

Only one thing works with executive suite of a company--money.

Spread the word to other gamers and vote with your wallet.

It is too early to tell if our protest has yet gone viral. But stuff that affects gamers around the world (not only us) will spread.
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I think it already is. I spoke with my IT manager on my way out of the office today. He's not a subsimmer, but he is a very active gamer and keeps an eye on what's going on in the gaming industry. According to him, EVERYONE (industry mags, broad industry news sites, blogs, etc.) is in an uproar over this!

If the outrage is that far and wide, I have a feeling that UBI is making a monumental business mistake.

There are quite a few folks like me who are pushed out on this because of lack of continuous connectivity. (An issue of practical access to the game because of geography, travel, time and place of play habits, etc.). But an even larger percentage of the outrage seems to be on issues of principle...That is the kind of anger that goes viral!

I wonder how much research UBI did before implementing this decision? Smart companies usually do very careful research on this type of thing before making such radical decisions.

I might be wrong, but I see this as a possible ticking time bomb for UBI. Time of detonation: Fiscal Q2 2010! (Sell that stock now kids before its too late!!!!)