Prince of Persia Retail Copies DRM-free, Says Ubisoft

I'm kinda pulled in both ways if to buy it or not, i'm getting as much that this game is fun and that it is disapointing, if not more on disapointment scale

Stop looking at the world as if its black and white, those who steal and those who don't.

Most of the people I know are ok with piracy and partake in it on occasion and yet at the same time they also purchase many things that they could have pirated. I know no one that pirates nothing and and only a few that pirate everything. It seems society as a whole doesn't care about intellectual property and this is never going to change.

Most just care about getting what they want how they want it. As a business you find a way to make it work or you perish, simply put.

These people really are clueless and completely out of touch. Its crazy how much the video game industry are following in the music industry's footsteps and completely mishandling the piracy issue. Turning against your own customer base and treating them like thieves is just not good business practice.

Its actually true, some people will not buy a game because of DRM and some of them may pirate it as a result. Some do it just because its free, some like to try the game first and for some its just how they get their games. Radioheads In Rainbows was made available for free on their website for those who wanted it. Yet thousands still downloaded it through Bit torrent.

That's a smart move.

You can blame the pirates like this even more. If your game doesn't sell well, you can say: "See, that's why we need DRM".

Great, so now when the sales are bad they can inapplicably blame it on piracy. Clearly their biggest problem isn't going to be piracy but choosing to release it for the PC after the console release for some stupid reason, most of the people who were going to buy it probably already bought on the console. Then once you add in the fact that more time has passed for people to read reviews and/or try it out a friends house, the initial rush of sales is most definitely over. I applaud the fact that they aren't using DRM, but their comments strike me as the perfect setup for blaming bad sales on piracy.

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Dumb. It's going to get pirated to all hell, and the pirates will just say "well, I wouldn't have bought the game anyway"

I think it's a setup, the game isn't going to sell well versus the rest of the awesome games coming out this holiday season, so they are going to blame the low sales on piracy and say that if it had DRM it would have sold more..

DRM didn't do anything to stop piracy in the first place, so this won't dramatically decrease piracy, but it will save money from having to buy SecuROM.

And it will make paying customers happy, which is what you should be doing in the first place.

So, can I have Prince of Persia on Steam, in Australia too? While you're on the roll Ubisoft.

Go Gamer has a 48 Hour Sale on it now for only $29.99.

http://www.gogamer.com/Prince-of-Persia--I--for-PC-All-PC-Games_stcVVproductId58398049VVcatId444774VVviewprod.htm

Not a bad price at all.

PoP is $29.99 at GoGamer this weekend.

http://www.gogamer.com/Prince-of-Persia--I--for-PC-PC-Games_stcVVproductId58398049VVcatId444758VVviewprod.htm

What about the people who just by it on console instead, how do the measure the people who w ould have bought it on PC if they did not have a console?

I think many are missing the point of the DRM issues.

It is impossible to tell whether more games would have been sold with or without DRM. Also there are always going to be pirates who "wouldnt have bought the game anyway". Many just download simply because they can.

The ACTUAL point of DRM, is that it ONLY affects the legitimate consumer. Pirates DONT have DRM, only those who have PURCHASED the game have to deal with copy protections, and often those legitimate users will turn to pirated NOCD cracks and such to bypass protections on their legitimate copies.

DRM doesnt work! It doesnt stop pirates. A prime example is SPORE. It was out on the internet for download, a day after release and DRM free. Yet the legitimate consumer had a highly restricted THREE lifetime installs and ONLINE activation to deal with. This DRM had no affect on piracy, and it's only hindrance was to those who PAID for it. Backwards logic. As you would have found the only people complaining about DRM were those who paid for the game.

There are better ways to encourage people to buy games, and that is to make better games, include online content and stop punishing legitimate users with DRM.

Despite SPORE being one of the most pirated games this year, it's also one of the most highly selling games.

Is this expected to sell a lot of copies on PC or is it primarily console targeted? I can understand them just saying "fuck it" since the crap doesn't work anyway. Bravo for that.

I'd support them in this and buy a copy if I had any interest in PoP. After FarCry2 though i'm weary of any port coming out of Ubi. Personally, I could care less about DRM, but quality and support is a must.

People have and will always pirate games regardless of any DRM bullshit.. DRM just gives whiners a new soap box to stand on and cry their tears about the shit.. I'm just tired of hearing people whine about it.. THAT has become even more annoying than the DRM itself lol..

Its well worth the $29.99 that the Future Shop webstore is selling it for. Pick it up.

I had a mild interest in this game.... but I'll be buying this now, only for the fact that I approve of this.

The point the Mr Easton is missing is that DRM only affects legitimate users, ergo it makes no sense. Pirates will have their way with it regardless of DRM. Another important point other than the fact that they don't have to pay Securom licensing fees is that their support lines wont light up like Christmas trees with pirates having trouble with cracked copies that don't work right due to the DRM not being properly circumvented. It doesn't need to lead to increased sales to be considered a success. Just the fact that they won't have 100+ threads on their forums and countless others regarding what scumbags they are for implementing (insert least favorite DRM model here) should be reason enough for them to continue on with this past this little trial of theirs.

Dear Ubisoft

We HATE DRM
We LOVE Steam

Relay that to your focus groups and see how they can make sense of a statement like that.
It might also be a good idea to stop blaming poor sales on piracy, since clearly you guys dont always provide the greatest product to your consumers (rainbow6 no cd crack comes to mind).

Ahh I hope this game does well on PC, deserves too. I finished it yesterday on 360 and I was really impressed overall. Ending was awesome.

Can some one please clarify this . DRM includes activation and install limits right? Is a one time activation still considered DRM? What about copy protection (disc check etc)?

Wow! Thanks, Ubi. Buying this off of Steam.

Is the game any good? because no DRM + crappy game still = bad sales

I originally wasn't planning on buying this game until I could find it cheaper but after reading about no DRM I will pick it up now and gladly pay the full retail price.

I wont be buying this game because there is no DRM.

has someone mad a low difficulty joke involving piracy of a low difficulty game?

i'll buy it. but i would have bought it with DRM as well since i have no issue with it.