The Silent Hunter 5 in DVD

XenonSurf · 04-09-19, 07:57 AM

The CD key you find on the backside of the included manual booklet (or printed on the disk) is usually valid for a world region, EU, US, Asia etc. So if I sell you my DVD from Europe, it will not install on your US system, but on every EU system.

I'm not 100% sure that's the way it goes for SH5 DVD however, by releasing this game Ubisoft was experimenting a new DRM system (with total failure from their point of view), so you are probably right, THEBERBSTER. This also means that at some point my DVD will not work anymore, not allowing me any longer to install the game.

THEBERBSTER · 04-09-19, 12:49 PM

Hi XS
Has the situation changed as this was not the case?
Login
Password
CD key
Is locked to the original user so when you use that CD key against a different Login and Password it will be rejected.
Peter

XenonSurf · 04-09-19, 01:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by THEBERBSTER

Hi XS
Has the situation changed as this was not the case?
Login
Password
CD key
Is locked to the original user so when you use that CD key against a different Login and Password it will be rejected.
Peter

Hi Peter, no, I'm not aware that this system has changed. So you are right: It means that my DVD can only be used by me, and because this DVD is not available in commerce anymore it just means what you say: any SH5 DVD comming from a second source will be unusable.

Anluprilu, the OP, should buy a digital download of the game usable with a U-Play account, that's the only solution I know apart from the Steam game. I have never seen SH5 in some game packs in stores in the past years, so I assume the game is only digitally downloadable today.

04-09-19, 07:57 AM	#1
XenonSurf Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Germany, Italy Posts: 1,721 Downloads: 107 Uploads: 4	The CD key you find on the backside of the included manual booklet (or printed on the disk) is usually valid for a world region, EU, US, Asia etc. So if I sell you my DVD from Europe, it will not install on your US system, but on every EU system. I'm not 100% sure that's the way it goes for SH5 DVD however, by releasing this game Ubisoft was experimenting a new DRM system (with total failure from their point of view), so you are probably right, THEBERBSTER. This also means that at some point my DVD will not work anymore, not allowing me any longer to install the game. Last edited by XenonSurf; 04-09-19 at 08:11 AM.

04-09-19, 12:49 PM	#2
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