Ubi, Pirates and Release Dates

[Meco]

I put a deposit at the gaming store. His computer screen indicated it would be in on Friday the 23rd.. Im in no rush. Ill pay the full price for both copies. Mine and the one Im buying for a friend.

Personaly, I don't care what pirates do. My copies are clean and to me thats all that matters. I did my part for the devs and I think most others will too. In a week from now we will all be having a great time with SHIV and days like today will be a distant memory.

What can ya do. It's a global ditributed product. There is bound to be variation in delivery.

I see and understand your point completely CCIP.

But I shudder at the alternative. Remember the SF days with SHIII. I'm thinking it coulda been much worse than a few days wait while others play it by theft. In every new game release there are bugs, items that dont meet expectations, items that surpass them, pirates, hours of fun, minutes of frustration, time goes too fast, it takes too long.

Such is life. It's too short. let em have their moment of evil. let the devs figure out how to prevent it next time. Yesterday is over, today is here, and tomorow is another day.

[stabiz]

I dont see where this is coming from, this happens with ALL GAMES. Sure it sucks, but it has nothing to do with Ubi. (This time)

Oh, and I have bought the game, and not received it either.

[Safe-Keeper]

I dont see where this is coming from, this happens with ALL GAMES. Sure it sucks, but it has nothing to do with Ubi.

Exactly. Just like nearly all stores experience shoplifting.

[CCIP]

Originally Posted by Safe-Keeper

Exactly. Just like nearly all stores experience shoplifting.

Mind you, the release differences are only my complaint. When it's a question of logistics, it's fine by me.

However, when the game's been gold for a while and there's a download service, I'm REALLY not seeing the justification for it. Sure, I know it'll be as it has to be... but I can be unhappy about it and complain. I think it's unfair and causeless - if the pirates can have it on their torrent sites, I don't see how Ubi can't logically see what's holding Ubi's supposedly-established pay-per-download system

[geetrue]

Your jumping to conclusions about pirates ...

Lots of them out there, true ... but shipshape showed everyone that he didn't pirate anything ... He didn't even know how to post a pic.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...=107763&page=2

Settle down and think it out ... for all we know he owns a software store or has a friend that works at one. Shipshape is just the first of many yet to come.

We have to adjust to the situation of just one or two so far ...

Just a few more days, don't say anything you will regret later ...

Play it and patch it ... everything will work out.

veterans of SHII and SHIII we have another one on our hands ...

It's kind of funny if you stop and think about it ...

[DJSatane]

Don't worry about the pirates, they still wont be able to play multiplayer without their own cdkey which you only get if you buy the game.

Although I am dissapointed the game is already out in Europe Here in new york city I have few more days to wait it seems...

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by DJSatane

Don't worry about the pirates, they still wont be able to play multiplayer without their own cdkey which you only get if you buy the game.

Although I am dissapointed the game is already out in Europe Here in new york city I have few more days to wait it seems...

That isnt entirely true. It really depends of the game. Games that are solely for MP are protected very well, but a game like Silent Hunter, where the main focus is the singleplay career, <edited by Drebbel: no dicussion about "walk the plank topics">

Sucks, but nothing you can do about it.

[Yak]

Originally Posted by CCIP

Mind you, the release differences are only my complaint. When it's a question of logistics, it's fine by me.

Remember SH2? There was a NINE MONTH delay in shipping in australia...

And they wondered why the whole 29th flotille had pirate copies?