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Ubisoft DRM Troubles Hit The Settlers 7; Splinter Cell PC Delay Not Due to DRM
by Brian Leahy, Apr 03, 2010 1:00am PDTGamePolitics reports that gamers, specifically in Australia, are experiencing issues with The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom, which utilizes Ubisoft's controversial DRM scheme. The DRM requires a persistent Internet connection, even for singleplayer.
An Ubisoft representative updated a forum post to say that "it's a problem that occurs when linking your keys to the multiplayer profile. Ubisoft GNS and TG-OPS are currently working on a solution."
Assassin's Creed II PC and Silent Hunter 5 PC both had downtime for legitimate customers after repeated denial of service attacks were made against Ubisoft's authentication servers. Ubisoft maintains that the DRM scheme has not been cracked.
Meanwhile, Eurogamer has learned that the delay hitting the PC version of Splinter Cell: Conviction, which releases 2 weeks after the Xbox 360 version and will use the same DRM scheme, is to polish the game and not due to its DRM.
Comments
- if their games sell less than before the introduction of the DRM, it's a total failure, indicating that pirates aren't ready to buy a game even if it's not cracked, and that traditional customers feel it's too much.
- If their games sell as much as before, it's a failure, indicating the absence of cracked copies on the web does not cause more games being sold.
Even if the games sell more, question is, will the next one do as much? Customers are pretty pissed off right now not being able to play a game for which they pay. And they're not going to be tricked twice this way. (Hope so)
But Ubi seems pretty determined to run in the wall, or at least for their PC division.
'tis a shame...
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Sure it sounds like a conspiracy theory (and hey, you can't spell conspiracy without piracy) and I guess it is, but tell me this draconian DRM was designed with the consumer in mind, and I'll laugh at you.
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