The 'future' with UPlay

Hauptmann Walter Scherf · 02-09-14, 04:22 AM

As a noob who has'nt played this in ages and who recently got back into it,I was stunned how many 'hoops' I had to go through with UPLAY before I could play the darn thing,really annoying.

Love the Sim,hate the UPLAY

desertstriker · 02-09-14, 02:44 PM

Its an upgrade to the old Starforce DRM. I will take Uplay and steam over any of the old DRM schemes

Sephiroth · 02-11-14, 02:16 PM

Flash is being phased out. Adobe announced it a year or two ago. Currently only the PC platform is left. They already phased it out on Android, iPhone, and some other platforms. I am following this closely as the lead IT guy at my business since it can affect my clients in a major way. I believe they keep extending the desktop life of Flash due to sites like YouTube. It reminds me of NT4 and how long it was extended.

UPlay, Steam, and Origin suck. Big examples of why include being required to be online to play games like Skyrim, which are single player, forcing installs from online instead of the disc you bought (do it on dial-up, I dare you!), invasive technologies that scan your data and send it out (do not argue here, I did packet-captures and caught Steam sending out all kinds of crap, such as contacts in my Thunderbird address book), and the fact that you pay $50 for a digital copy or $50 at a store for an actual box and disc. Not only that, but what happens if these services go away one day? I can still play Silent Hunter (DOS) using DOSBox. How would you play anything dependent upon one of these services, whether it was for authentication or online play?

There are many more reasons, but I do not want to start a flame war. [Edited by Herr-Berbunch, user PM'd]

Admiral Halsey · 02-15-14, 01:16 AM

Steam is one of the reasons I don't buy that many PC games anymore. EA's stupid DRM stuff is the other.

Catfish · 03-30-14, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Admiral Halsey

Steam is one of the reasons I don't buy that many PC games anymore. EA's stupid DRM stuff is the other.

This.

I have not bought one game after UBI's "Uplay", and Steam. With such DRM and f'n up the customer like that, i simply lost interest. Same with iTunes b.t.w. I either buy software and music, but i will not 'lease' it for a given time.

Phrozin · 05-13-14, 11:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catfish

This.
Same with iTunes b.t.w. I either buy software and music, but i will not 'lease' it for a given time.

+1

Completely agree.

02-11-14, 02:16 PM	#3
Sephiroth Seaman Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Fayetteville, NC, USA Posts: 33 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Flash is being phased out. Adobe announced it a year or two ago. Currently only the PC platform is left. They already phased it out on Android, iPhone, and some other platforms. I am following this closely as the lead IT guy at my business since it can affect my clients in a major way. I believe they keep extending the desktop life of Flash due to sites like YouTube. It reminds me of NT4 and how long it was extended. UPlay, Steam, and Origin suck. Big examples of why include being required to be online to play games like Skyrim, which are single player, forcing installs from online instead of the disc you bought (do it on dial-up, I dare you!), invasive technologies that scan your data and send it out (do not argue here, I did packet-captures and caught Steam sending out all kinds of crap, such as contacts in my Thunderbird address book), and the fact that you pay $50 for a digital copy or $50 at a store for an actual box and disc. Not only that, but what happens if these services go away one day? I can still play Silent Hunter (DOS) using DOSBox. How would you play anything dependent upon one of these services, whether it was for authentication or online play? There are many more reasons, but I do not want to start a flame war. [Edited by Herr-Berbunch, user PM'd] Last edited by Herr-Berbunch; 06-16-14 at 04:12 PM. Reason: Removed last couple of sentences mentioning illicit action.

02-09-14, 04:22 AM	#1
Hauptmann Walter Scherf Seaman Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Ice Station Zebra Posts: 38 Downloads: 114 Uploads: 0	As a noob who has'nt played this in ages and who recently got back into it,I was stunned how many 'hoops' I had to go through with UPLAY before I could play the darn thing,really annoying. Love the Sim,hate the UPLAY

02-09-14, 02:44 PM	#2
desertstriker Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2012 Location: mod soup bar and grill Posts: 1,756 Downloads: 998 Uploads: 0	Its an upgrade to the old Starforce DRM. I will take Uplay and steam over any of the old DRM schemes

02-15-14, 01:16 AM	#4
Admiral Halsey Best Admiral in the USN Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: USS Enterprise (CV-6) Posts: 1,740 Downloads: 317 Uploads: 0	Steam is one of the reasons I don't buy that many PC games anymore. EA's stupid DRM stuff is the other.