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While ubisoft has some great sale selling a few games at 1 euro I resisted my temptation to get hawx 2 because ubisoft really fucked it up for me.
The makers of the worst DRM on the market now bring you their own distribution service.
This won't end well.
This won't end well.
Wow, that trailer... You know I bought Ubisoft games on the Steam Summer Sale because the fact that they have terrible crippling DRM managed to slip my mind.
Never. Fucking. Again. I think it's better to just ignore that they even release things on PC.
Never. Fucking. Again. I think it's better to just ignore that they even release things on PC.
More competition in the marketplace is good, but given that my experience so far of Ubisoft's PC games has just been DRM-laden lazy ports of their consoles games I'm not holding out hope this will be an improvement, shoddy ports are still shoddy ports. Unless it suddenly makes them give a shit about customer experience ofcourse.
I wonder how long it will take Ubisoft games to magically vanish off steam when they work out, like EA did, that they won't pull people to their service as long as steam is an option.
This is fantastic news! I hope every publisher opens up their own proprietary digital distribution service and store! Then my life would be incredible!
Ubisoft needs to get out of the PC market instead of screwing it up even more. They should just cut their losses and stick to consoles. Maybe they can make more Wii shovelware...
On my steam account alone, I have to log in to a number of different services. blacklight requires a completely different account. a load of games still require I log in to windows live, crysis 2 wants me to log in as well. Luckily I don't play many ubisoft games, but if I did, I would now have to log in to uplay.
FUCK OFF!!!!! I'm on steam, I just want to play steam games with my steam account. Stop trying to force other services in. I don't mind using other services from time to time, I have a gog account I use sometimes.
FUCK OFF!!!!! I'm on steam, I just want to play steam games with my steam account. Stop trying to force other services in. I don't mind using other services from time to time, I have a gog account I use sometimes.
Please, please ubisoft ...... Just stop TRYING to make PC games and go away. The PC market isn't dead but it certainly isn't interested in anything you are trying to sell. You obviously don't get it, your games for the PC are generally unacceptably under polished and come with some if not the worst DRM in the industry..... just stick to consoles or die in a fire, whichever is easier for you :)
-a PC gamer
-a PC gamer
Shitty options are still options. Translation, "Good for the consumer." If they plan to be competitive, they will have to up their game or perish.
Not going near it with a 10 foot clown pole.
Why would anyone want to play a ubisoft game on pc anyway? Unless its an old or very niche title
Why would anyone want to play a ubisoft game on pc anyway? Unless its an old or very niche title
Yeah, because everyone making their own "one stop shop, allunder one roof" defeats the purpose of a one stop shop being under one roof.
Great... I hope Ubisoft isn't thinking that this platform will rival Steam's like EA hopes Origin will (and probably never will)
The narrator for that video seems to not be able to catch his breath. Perhaps he's marvelling at all the wonders Uplay will bring to the unenlightened.
@Timothy Booth: "inb4 assassin's creed 3 is Uplay exclusive"
INB4 sales of AC3 on PC drop to an all time low due to "piracy"
INB4 sales of AC3 on PC drop to an all time low due to "piracy"
Aren't they offering some of their games for a dollar though, to get people to try the service?
If i'm not mistaken you can get From Dust today Silent Hunter 5 tomorrow and Driver: San Fran on Sunday for a buck, that is if you want to use and install this service.
Surely someone out there would be willing to give this a go for some dollar games.
Right?
If i'm not mistaken you can get From Dust today Silent Hunter 5 tomorrow and Driver: San Fran on Sunday for a buck, that is if you want to use and install this service.
Surely someone out there would be willing to give this a go for some dollar games.
Right?
On one hand i can see why a publisher would think its a good idea to get a 100% of a sale instead of 70% on steam but on the other hand setting up and maintaining world wide distribution with 50 million accounts isnt fucking cheap or practical for ubisofts catalog.
Also hey do you know that iron bridgade is out on pc finally? I found out thru a fucking pirate sight first cause its not on steam. Stop rocking the boat ubsoft
Also hey do you know that iron bridgade is out on pc finally? I found out thru a fucking pirate sight first cause its not on steam. Stop rocking the boat ubsoft
I have your next headlines, Jim: Activision to require ActPlay for PC Games, Square Enix to require SquarePlay for PC games, CapCom to require CapPlay for PC Games, etc, etc, ... Everyone is going to be doing this, when the reality is Origin is forced on everyone . ... nobody downloaded Origin because they wanted it.
Companies need focus on their own products and innovations. The whole idea that they can get a piece of the money pie of other things like the the subscription money that World of Warcraft gets or the online sales that Steam generates, just seems like a lot of wasted effort and money.
Whats next, a wave of games from Ubisoft and EA like Skylanders where buying retail toys is the DLC? (Oh shit look at Rayman Legends...)
These companies are always playing catch up and its just sad and producing more bullshit than good for them and consumers
Whats next, a wave of games from Ubisoft and EA like Skylanders where buying retail toys is the DLC? (Oh shit look at Rayman Legends...)
These companies are always playing catch up and its just sad and producing more bullshit than good for them and consumers
@Cowkaynee Monkeystrudle
Iron Brigade has been out on PC for a while and its on Steam, it was on the steam frontage for a week or so. About as long as they typically offer the 10-20% first week(s) discount.
..... sadly its GFWS so fuck that shit.
Iron Brigade has been out on PC for a while and its on Steam, it was on the steam frontage for a week or so. About as long as they typically offer the 10-20% first week(s) discount.
..... sadly its GFWS so fuck that shit.
On my steam account alone, I have to log in to a number of different services. blacklight requires a completely different account. a load of games still require I log in to windows live, crysis 2 wants me to log in as well. Luckily I don't play many ubisoft games, but if I did, I would now have to log in to uplay.
FUCK OFF!!!!! I'm on steam, I just want to play steam games with my steam account. Stop trying to force other services in. I don't mind using other services from time to time, I have a gog account I use sometimes.
FUCK OFF!!!!! I'm on steam, I just want to play steam games with my steam account. Stop trying to force other services in. I don't mind using other services from time to time, I have a gog account I use sometimes.
Even if they would throw games for one buck at me, I'd rather pirate them, get rid of the drm and enjoy my life. Or buy it on consoles instead.
I thought competition is good."
Competition IS good. What we have here, however, is a 120 lb scrapper with a high loss/win ratio going against a 240 lb heavyweight veteran; There is no competition, its just a dead-end plight by another "rudy." It's gong to be more of a sad spectacle than anything.
Also, thanks for this, I was coming THIS close to breaking and thinking I'd just get dead space 3 on origins.
It's weird/stupid I have to do this on a pc now. It's like these guys are trying to make their own versions of consoles on it and it's more for the worse than the better.
Competition IS good. What we have here, however, is a 120 lb scrapper with a high loss/win ratio going against a 240 lb heavyweight veteran; There is no competition, its just a dead-end plight by another "rudy." It's gong to be more of a sad spectacle than anything.
Also, thanks for this, I was coming THIS close to breaking and thinking I'd just get dead space 3 on origins.
It's weird/stupid I have to do this on a pc now. It's like these guys are trying to make their own versions of consoles on it and it's more for the worse than the better.
So it begins...
I had this fear that every developer under the sun would start to create their own digital stores. Hopefully, they continue to keep off unnecessary DRM and allow their games to be purchased from a variety of different sources.
I had this fear that every developer under the sun would start to create their own digital stores. Hopefully, they continue to keep off unnecessary DRM and allow their games to be purchased from a variety of different sources.
I won't say that NO-ONE should come out with these platforms as competition is healthy for Steam and PC gaming in general..
But Given ubisoft's track record, I can't say I'm excited to check it out.
For what it's worth, the earning bonus content for getting achievement points is kinda nice. If cross play means I buy it on one platform and have it on the other, that could be good too. We'll see
But Given ubisoft's track record, I can't say I'm excited to check it out.
For what it's worth, the earning bonus content for getting achievement points is kinda nice. If cross play means I buy it on one platform and have it on the other, that could be good too. We'll see
Ubisoft has 2 main issues, their ridiculous DRM and their horrible PC ports.
Have any of you tried playing Assassin's Creed: Revelations on PC? Let me run you through my experience with the game.
To even start up the game properly for the first time I had to configure the .exe for Windows 95 compatibility mode. Took me a while to figure out that solution, took about 2 hours. Even then it still ran badly, the framerate dropped in random spikes and even crashed a couple times.
Then about halfway through the game in terms of the story I got to a miniboss if you could call him that, died really easy just like the other npcs. Anyways, every time the fight started within 4 seconds the game crashed. This is a problem almost everyone had with the PC port. In order to get past that certain point in the game you had to do the following: In the cutscene before the fight, pause the game, alt-tab and open up your task manager, then go to the processes tab and right click ACR.exe and select "Set Affinity". For those of you who do not know what Set Affinity does, you get to choose which processor cores you want running the game. Once you're in that menu, disable all but one processor core. Go back in into the game, and then kill the boss.
Again, that was an issue a majority of the players had with that mission.
Once Ubisoft starts making competent PC ports, then I'll be interested in this digital distribution platform.
Have any of you tried playing Assassin's Creed: Revelations on PC? Let me run you through my experience with the game.
To even start up the game properly for the first time I had to configure the .exe for Windows 95 compatibility mode. Took me a while to figure out that solution, took about 2 hours. Even then it still ran badly, the framerate dropped in random spikes and even crashed a couple times.
Then about halfway through the game in terms of the story I got to a miniboss if you could call him that, died really easy just like the other npcs. Anyways, every time the fight started within 4 seconds the game crashed. This is a problem almost everyone had with the PC port. In order to get past that certain point in the game you had to do the following: In the cutscene before the fight, pause the game, alt-tab and open up your task manager, then go to the processes tab and right click ACR.exe and select "Set Affinity". For those of you who do not know what Set Affinity does, you get to choose which processor cores you want running the game. Once you're in that menu, disable all but one processor core. Go back in into the game, and then kill the boss.
Again, that was an issue a majority of the players had with that mission.
Once Ubisoft starts making competent PC ports, then I'll be interested in this digital distribution platform.
Player 1: Hey there!
Player 2: Hey wassup
Player 1: Want to join me in multiplayer?
Player 2: AC3
Player 1: YOU FUCKING KNOW IT, BRO, YOU FUCKING KNOW IT
Player 2: Hey wassup
Player 1: Want to join me in multiplayer?
Player 2: AC3
Player 1: YOU FUCKING KNOW IT, BRO, YOU FUCKING KNOW IT
@skywolf
I wonder if that "explains" what happens to my prince of Persia game. I haven't been able to get past the girls father (like, the very first boss fight) without it crashing to the desktop every time I defeat him.
I wonder if that "explains" what happens to my prince of Persia game. I haven't been able to get past the girls father (like, the very first boss fight) without it crashing to the desktop every time I defeat him.
I have to admit it, I caved and got it for the $1 games. I AM AN ENABLER. *runs off crying in shame*
So this will be required for their games at some point?
I really don't want to have a separate account and program for every fucking publisher out there. Already have to tolerate having both Steam and Origin because of BF3.
I really don't want to have a separate account and program for every fucking publisher out there. Already have to tolerate having both Steam and Origin because of BF3.
"You've never been closer to your games"
Actually, I have - it's fucking called Steam. This will separate me from my games.
Actually, I have - it's fucking called Steam. This will separate me from my games.
"I heard a rumor that CEO Yves Guillemot actually can't cum without thinking about DRM. Just what I heard."
hahahahahahahahahahahahaAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA oh god jim, you slay me.
also I don't use Origin and I won't use Uplay, though I am seriously tempted by SimCity. I don't know, I'll have to wait till it comes out to see reviews before I break my non Origin/Uplay usage streak.
hahahahahahahahahahahahaAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA oh god jim, you slay me.
also I don't use Origin and I won't use Uplay, though I am seriously tempted by SimCity. I don't know, I'll have to wait till it comes out to see reviews before I break my non Origin/Uplay usage streak.
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