Explain something about the online DRM buisness model.

[theluckyone17]

Originally Posted by Placoderm

...but by that time funding a DRM removal patch would be nothing but a financial loss.

How costly is it to point users to a "DRM removal patch" funded by a third party?

[Placoderm]

Originally Posted by theluckyone17

How costly is it to point users to a "DRM removal patch" funded by a third party?

Seriously?

Do you really seriously think that they (Ubisoft) will direct people to a third-party site to acquire a program (i.e.: hack) designed to disable the software that Ubisoft themselves supposedly implemented to prevent piracy in the first place?!? C'mon...get real.


"Costly" is not just a measure of immediate cost anyway. Not in business. It would not be a matter of just pointing customers to another site to get the DRM removed, since doing so would negate the supposed "protection" of the DRM that they have installed in the newer titles (and I guarantee you that DRM system was very costly to produce, which is why you will see it in everything they publish, so as to spread out the R&D costs). From a security standpoint, that would also be about the most asinine thing that they could do, since Ubi would have no control over what additional hacks or content that third party site could conceivably offer. The cheapest thing for them to do is to just let the older titles slowly die out and fade away...thus they do not need to do anything at all, and they do not have to concern themselves with additional hacks or damage to their more recent titles that sending thier customer base to a third-party site would or could cause.

[kylania]

Originally Posted by Placoderm

Seriously?

Do you really seriously think that they (Ubisoft) will direct people to a third-party site to acquire a program (i.e.: hack) designed to disable the software that Ubisoft themselves supposedly implemented to prevent piracy in the first place?!? C'mon...get real.

They've done it before...

[BarjackU977]

Seriously, then. Got real :-)

Originally Posted by kylania

They've done it before...

[Spartan]

Hmmm... So has the DRM on SHIII or IV been removed yet?

Also look at all the DRM servers that were shut down in other markets such as music and TV shows. Those people did not get the DRM removed and lost access to stuff they purchased and in fact some where flat out told to buy new stuff.

A recent case in point in the gaming market is that M$ decided to turn of DRM support for the original X-box and all its titles this week. I wonder how long it will be before the people that still play those games get any updates....

DRM is pure evil dont ever believe otherwise. It is properly called digital restrictions management. It has nothing to do with rights...

[Zedi]

Geeez.. another drm thread
As Placoderm said, these are not dedicated servers, there is only one that support all their games. When these games will get old, they may release a drm removal patch, maybe in a year or so. I can't believe how much energy is waisted on these anti drm crap topics.. over and over again.

[BarjackU977]

If you read more of the above posts, you'll find that there are people who doubt that the DRM will ever be removed by Ubi from its games.

Anti-DRM crap? Waisted energy?
I suppose you expected the coming of "can't believe how much energy is waisted replying to topics they don't want to read, and claim to be crap" in the next reply.

Originally Posted by Magnum

Geeez.. another drm thread
As Placoderm said, these are not dedicated servers, there is only one that support all their games. When these games will get old, they may release a drm removal patch, maybe in a year or so. I can't believe how much energy is waisted on these anti drm crap topics.. over and over again.

[Zedi]

No, the issues is that this drm bashing and "SH3 si better that SH5" is really old story and uber-boring. I thought we are done with it and ppl can move on. But no, almost every day, or at least once a week this topic come up in a form or another again and again where ppl keep repeating the same thing.. drm suck, SH3 rulz. If is not a dedicated topic, than someone will get offtopic in other threads where we talk about SH5 bugs and remind us that dmr suck/sh3 rulz. Over and over again.

Maybe the moderators should make a new forum for those who enjoy to keep up endless talks about how evil drm is and how cool SH3 was.

And yes, drm will get removed, but not now, so get over it.

[Placoderm]

Originally Posted by kylania

They've done it before...

OMG...







(nevermind...)

[Sgt. Emren]

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

You sell add-ons. Pipeline extension. Extend SHV to 1945. Make SHV Pacific. Etc.

[tommyk]

Originally Posted by Sgt. Emren

You sell add-ons. Pipeline extension. Extend SHV to 1945. Make SHV Pacific. Etc.

I think that will be the way. just look at the best mods, rebuild them into DLC together with new ships and what you said... there is no need to ever remove the drm since when nobody sends requests to the servers, the costs are low...