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Non-NEC Console Related Discussion => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: Arkhan on February 17, 2010, 11:37:16 PM

Title: How To Kill Your Business!
Post by: Arkhan on February 17, 2010, 11:37:16 PM: http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/02/18/0719256/Ubisofts-Constant-Net-Connection-DRM-Confirmed

GO GO UBISOFT GOOOOOOO

Seriously, is that what its coming to now
Title: Re: How To Kill Your Business!
Post by: BlackandBlue on February 18, 2010, 12:04:30 AM: Quote from: Arkhan on February 17, 2010, 11:37:16 PM
http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/02/18/0719256/Ubisofts-Constant-Net-Connection-DRM-Confirmed

GO GO UBISOFT GOOOOOOO

Seriously, is that what its coming to now

Dont they learn from EA (Spore DRM anyone)?
Title: Re: How To Kill Your Business!
Post by: guyjin on February 18, 2010, 01:10:52 AM: Doesn't Valve's Steam already do this? Doesn't seem to be hurting them much.
Title: Re: How To Kill Your Business!
Post by: jperryss on February 18, 2010, 01:19:44 AM: I don't use Steam but I think they let you install on more than one machine, which makes it much less of an issue.

I could be completely wrong about this though.
Title: Re: How To Kill Your Business!
Post by: Necromancer on February 18, 2010, 01:56:20 AM: I don't give a shit. I'm too busy OBEYING to worry about such shitty shenanigans.
Title: Re: How To Kill Your Business!
Post by: Tatsujin on February 18, 2010, 02:03:47 AM: :lol:
Title: Re: How To Kill Your Business!
Post by: esteban on February 18, 2010, 03:32:43 AM: Well, in all fairness to Ubisoft, the end-result of uber-DRM is no different than 20-25 years ago, when I would accidentally kick the AC cord out of the socket with my feet. No progress saved, game reset to title screen!

Quote from: Necromancer on February 18, 2010, 01:56:20 AM
I don't give a shit. I'm too busy OBEYING to worry about such shitty shenanigans.

:)
Title: Re: How To Kill Your Business!
Post by: Raizen1984 on February 18, 2010, 03:56:07 AM: I can't believe these companies still think DRM makes any kind of difference when it comes to piracy. Games are always eventually cracked and these virus programs do nothing more than make the honest gamers who actually purchased the game have issues.

No wonder I never game on PC anymore.
Title: Re: How To Kill Your Business!
Post by: TheClash603 on February 18, 2010, 05:40:47 AM: They should just hire cheap foreign labor to come packaged with each game. If you get out of line, the packaged watcher kicks you in the junk.