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Ubisoft's New PC DRM Really Requires Net Access, Ends Game If Disconnected
by Chris Faylor, Feb 17, 2010 1:20pm PSTUbisoft wasn't kidding when it said that its new digital rights management technique mandates "an active Internet connection to play the game, for all game modes."
Advance copies of the first two games to embrace the new solution--Assassin's Creed II PC and The Settlers 7 PC--recently arrived at PC Gamer, leading to the discovery that the games automatically shut down if temporarily disconnected from the Internet.
In the case of Assassin's Creed II PC, a single-player game, players will lose any progress since the last checkpoint in the event that they briefly lose their connection to Ubisoft's master servers, be it because of client-side or server-side issues.
Other aspects of the new system include a lack of disc checks and installation limited, along with the ability for saved games to be stored in a server-side cloud. "Most upcoming Ubisoft PC games will make use of this system," according to the company, which has also promised to patch in offline support when or if the system shuts down.
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Fuck, if someone gets the word out to pirates, this could work in their favor since it would be easier to pirate without any DRM. They are going to pirate it anyways, no matter when DRM there is. If people can get back online in MW2 with pirated copies after patches are required tha supposed prevent them from getting back online, what chance does this have with SP games like AC2?
But no one in the industry outside of indie devs wants to admit its even possible that DRM hurts thier sales more than piracy. Before anyone says I can't prove that, just remember that not every download equals a lots sale, so theres no even a way to prove that piracy does hurt sales more than DRM. All I know if, the people pirating to avoid the DRM are DEFINITELY customers who would have paid for the game, so download made to avoid DRM is for sure a lost sale. But whos to say people pirating it just because it's there would have ever bought it if it wasn't there for download?
All we can do about that crowd is speculate, so why fight smoke when theres a very real fire you can put out..?
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