Fire up the petition cannons -- PC Gamer has gone hands-on with Ubisoft's new DRM system that will ship alongside the publisher's future PC games, and it's redonkulous.
As already widely known, the DRM requires an Internet connection to even boot up Ubisoft's titles, including the upcoming PC Assassin's Creed II release as well as Settlers 7. But here's where it gets amazing -- if your net connection drops mid-game, you'll be booted out of your play session, losing all unsaved progress since the game's last checkpoint or your most recent manual save.
To repeat: You will get kicked out of your game. As PC Gamer points out, this would also apply if something wonky happened with Ubisoft's servers. Connection lost? Kicked out of your game. Local ISP has a temporary outage? Booted out of your game. Cat accidentally knocks over your modem? Hey, you were done playing anyhow, right?
PC Gamer has more details. So, uh, hey... what do you guys think?
Constant net connection required to play Assassin's Creed 2 on PC [PC Gamer Blog via Rock, Paper, Shotgun]
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5:20 PM on 02.17.2010
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(ps I don't have a pirated version, but you get my point)
Fast forward several months - the headline "Ubisoft blames AC2 PC low sales on piracy"
Punishing all consumers because some of them chose to pirate isn't the way to go. Ubisoft needs to realize that you don't treat legitimate consumers who purchase their games like thieves.
What a joke.
What we need is DRM that turns on the player's webcam. If the player looks away from the screen, the game shuts down. If the player leaves their computer alone for a moment, the game is automatically uninstalled. If another person shows up behind the player, it triggers a full reformat.
The better option is to not buy it and email Ubisoft about their shenanigans and why it won't fly.
Screw you, Ubisoft.
This is the end of Ubisoft's PC sales.
"If another person shows up behind the player, it triggers a full reformat."
Oh my God... that killed me. Well done sir, well done.
This is just stupid. I feel sorry for PC gamers.
I've been suggesting this for years, I knew I wasn't the only brilliant person on the internet!
Tell them what you think with your wallets!
I bought the PC version of Prince of Persia in 2008 SPECIFICALLY because it didn't have DRM. Then I found out a short while later, that I wasn't going to get access to the REAL ending they were releasing as DLC for the 360 and PS3.
And now this. Ubisoft is not offering many compelling reasons for PC gamers to support them.
This is a bone head move on their part. I lose connection quite often, like once a week, for a few seconds as I will get teh message on my PS3/PC then I will be right back on in 10 seconds.
Such a BAD move on their part.
I don't mind paying for games I like, but they're doing a great job of convincing me to just pirate them instead.
I've been preaching that for a long while.
Again, mark my words: DRM like this will be coming to console games in the not too distant future, and just like a porn star, you'll all take it in the ass with a smile on your face.
Fuck Ubisoft, fuck it's mouth until it pukes. Fuck them in the ass with manure fork.
AT JIM : I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE PC REVIEW OF THIS AC2 PC WHICH WILL GET LESS THEN 3.5