A SH too far?

[Stormbringer]

Originally Posted by Arclight

Following your logic, either no one bought games with that DRM, or every game today has it. Neither is true.

I'm not sure how you came to this outcome from what I stated.

My point was and still is, that if people did not buy any Ubisoft titles (SH5 being a tiny part of this, as Assassin's Creed II and others to come will outsell it...and you should notice that nowhere in my post did I limit this to SH5...) after they imposed this DRM method, then that would send a clear message as to how well the DRM is accepted. If this was a SH5 only boycott, it wouldn't tell Ubisoft anything other than subsims aren't a good line of development anymore.

Now that it has been accepted, at least to a degree, with Ubisoft's new titles (especially Assassin's Creed II), I expect to see similar schemes from other software manufacturers, who would love to have constant demographic information of their user base in order to determine marketing strategy. They have been hesitant to do so in the past, because previous efforts to establish this type of 'phoning home' software has met resistance. The only success before this is with Microsoft Windows itself. When a strategy ceases to meet resistance, the powers that be will push in. It is inevitable.

It is not a black and white condition. It is a condition where acceptance will lead to further implementation - but that doesn't ensure a 100% implementation - nor do I see that I ever stated it that way.

@mookiemookie, I'm sorry you took offense, but I'm going to call it as I see it. Any ire I have is not toward those who want to play these games. I'm one of them! Any ire I have is being forced to choose whether I want to do so at the expense of my privacy. When others support the system, it makes the chance of that system changing all the less likely.

@Nisgeis, I'd love to email Ubisoft about how I feel. Though I've searched their websites far and wide for an email address to do that with and haven't found one.

It looks like I'm either going to have to sign-up for their direct forum and add to the general chatter there on the subject (though I'd rather avoid that), send traditional mail via US post, or phone them up to do so.

If you have a general contact email address, please post it.