Ubisofts new DRM

In most cases, it's actually the publisher who insists to use DRM. It certainly was in the case of Mass Effect, and seems to be the case with Ubisoft. The developer is left with the job of defending something that probably wasn't their decision.

 

Sad that a paying customer will need access to the internet everytime they want to play their Ubi game... but a pirate will only need access it once, lol. I just hope everyone speaks with their wallets on this one, because if it's another MW2 where the customer's voice is a loud and resounding hoorah for a mediocre product, we are doomed.

 

Yes, it is a matter of choice, and yes, if people don't play Devil's Advocate more often, every idiot would be marching into the line of fire without a concept of idealism to boot. It's human nature.

As for this 'oversimplifcation' by using 'choice' as an argument. Well, that only works with religious scholars looking to exemplify 'freewill'. It has no place in the realities and protocl of the world. Every aspect of life is a consequence of a social and greater government construct. Choice? If everyone was 'that' impulsive, we'd be in absolute chaos. Fact is that when we play within a system, according to certain set of rules, and become accustomed to a certain way of living, swaying from pattern becomes hard, and that's when we resort to the more imoral means to continue about our business. Fact is: We will continue about our business. It is the companies that are fostering the kind of conditions that might push people, regardless of choice; you can't bully people to think outside that paradigm. Like you said it best yourself, "anyone can use any means to justify what they say, do, or act." Likewise, it is very easy to say people have a choice, but when you are at the mercy of circumstances, and used to a certain pattern of existence, you will do certain things that might not always be complimenting your ideal choice. Some will use the net, despite being against the DRM, simply because they like the game, and some will use cracks after getting the real game, simply because they like the game. A distinction? Yes. A differentiating outcome? Not really. I don't blame either one, but the company doesn't get to walk away from this by having it both ways; man up, and own up!

You are correct, however. We should 'vote' with our wallets. How many of us do this is another issue. Not that I hold childish views of farces like democracy, which every middle-eastern mess has proven to be a problem more than a solution. BUT. . . let us see how this goes. Piracy is bad. But this DRM = also bad. So I wish it swift but painful death.

 

Ubisoft still holds the record with the longest time it took for a PC game to be cracked with Splinter Cell 3: Chaos Theory, which used Starforce and took over 1.5 years to break. I think they want that type of extended duration to occur with Assassin's Creed 2 for PC.

This new DRM doesn't faze me at all. Sure it's annoying, but usually when the internet is down for me, I'm ready for it. So if I am going to be playing AC2 during a winter storm, going to a friend's place without wi-fi, going to the airport/traveling, or whatever the case may be, I'll plan accordingly...