silentassassin Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 A bold and understandably VERY controversial move from Ubisoft. In order to combat piracy, some of their games will require you to effectively always be online (permanent internet connection). So what do you think about this all (especially PC gamers)? “Ubisoft’s number one goal is to provide added value that will facilitate and enrich the gaming experience of our PC customers,” UK specialist PR manager Stefano Petrullo said in a statement. “The platform requires a permanent internet connection. We know this choice is controversial but we feel is justified by the gameplay advantages offered by the system and because most PCs are already connected to the internet. “This platform also offers protection against piracy, an important business element for Ubisoft and for the PC market in general as piracy has an important impact on this market. Any initiative that allows us to lower the impact of piracy on our PC games will also allow us to concentrate further effort on the creation and expansion of our intellectual properties for the PC – our goal is to deliver the best gaming experience to our customers.” http://www.mcvuk.com/news/37326/Ubisoft-defends-piracy-plans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentassassin Posted January 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 dis is so dumb... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sufyan Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 wtf this is beyond retarded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftrunner Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 Dumb doesnt even begin to describe this insanity. No more Ubisoft PC games till they get rid of this sh*t. Goodbye Splinter cell, AC2, RS, GRAW etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gta_mad Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 this is so lame , I have to think before i buy Ac 2 :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftrunner Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 My biggest problem isnt even an offline mode. I could even live with having to be online to launch the game. The problem is the game will stop working if you get disconnected from the net while you are playing. And with the kind of shitty connection I have I will never be able to play anything Ubi make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtheK Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 wat sh*t.... UBISOFT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWC Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 How retarted is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchizoidFreud Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 How retarted is this? Comparatively less compared to Pushy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfrag Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 Wow, this is absolute nonsense. If they actually do go through with this, it will result in a huge reduction of sales and increase in piracy. Totally opposite of what they are targeting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devil_angel Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 what will I do if say i play AC2 for 8 hours straight.....and in the middle of a nice settinng and suddenly my modem conncetion fails..... Error Message: "Please reconnect to continue playing the game or it will be terminated in 30 seconds" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solitaire Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 Haha so much for AC2 on PC then. With my Netgear WG311not having drivers for Windows 7, the unofficial ones I use for it cause the connection to drop occasionally. Then I have to disable the device and re-enable it from Device Manager for it to work again. I can guess what kind of hell I'll have to endure if the game needs an internet connection 24x7. I can bet they'll patch this with something as simple as making ubisoft's server point to something else in the local hosts file on the PC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigsaw Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 Am not a pc-gamer but don't most of us anyways have an "always-on" connection. so why the cry?? Now if this implemented on the 360 as well things would be .....err different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulovski Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 It's not just in India, even in the US not everyone is connected to the Internet continuously. Connections go down all over the world - period. There is only one type of game which is justified in being online all the time - MMO and MP only games. Otherwise totally retarded move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigsaw Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 It's not just in India, even in the US not everyone is connected to the Internet continuously. Connections go down all over the world - period. There is only one type of game which is justified in being online all the time - MMO and MP only games. Otherwise totally retarded move. but who's to say that u lose your progress in the game if your connection drops midway. Am sure the developers would code the game to not rely on the internet connection for game saves. Only constant validation for the legitimacy of the game would require the internet. I kinda welcome this move cos i know atleast 3 people who refused to buy GTA4 for the pc for 499/- but were glad enough to pay close to 400 bucks right outside alfa for the pirated copies. PC games are pirated the most and this seems like one sensible move after the debacle that R* with their drm checks ( read : GTA4 ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulovski Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 So you're saying that because of drm checks those guys bought pirated copies? That's exactly what will continue to happen - people will continue to pirate. Even legitimate buyers will get pissed by this move and pirate. As for autosave and checkpoints - it's hard to do. What incentive does the dev have to code extra autosave information? Or imagine that you manage to survive a crazy wave of enemies and there's no checkpoint right then, because you have to reach a certain point. It can get very frustrating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devil_angel Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 So you're saying that because of drm checks those guys bought pirated copies? That's exactly what will continue to happen - people will continue to pirate. Even legitimate buyers will get pissed by this move and pirate. As for autosave and checkpoints - it's hard to do. What incentive does the dev have to code extra autosave information? Or imagine that you manage to survive a crazy wave of enemies and there's no checkpoint right then, because you have to reach a certain point. It can get very frustrating. Point well made! but who's to say that u lose your progress in the game if your connection drops midway. Am sure the developers would code the game to not rely on the internet connection for game saves. Only constant validation for the legitimacy of the game would require the internet.I kinda welcome this move cos i know atleast 3 people who refused to buy GTA4 for the pc for 499/- but were glad enough to pay close to 400 bucks right outside alfa for the pirated copies. PC games are pirated the most and this seems like one sensible move after the debacle that R* with their drm checks ( read : GTA4 ) let's get this clear.....imagine you are watching an intense scene in a very interesting movie and all of a sudden your media player says reconnect to the internet to continue watching the movie.....Will you be happy then and support the procedure? The Ubi plan is analogous to this kind of situation..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigsaw Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 So you're saying that because of drm checks those guys bought pirated copies? That's exactly what will continue to happen - people will continue to pirate. Even legitimate buyers will get pissed by this move and pirate. As for autosave and checkpoints - it's hard to do. What incentive does the dev have to code extra autosave information? Or imagine that you manage to survive a crazy wave of enemies and there's no checkpoint right then, because you have to reach a certain point. It can get very frustrating. No u got me wrong. I meant to say eggzactly what u said. People who've tasted the sweet blood of piracy will continue in the same vein. What i wanted to prove by the example i gave is, we have peeps who will buy a pirated game when the original stuff is barely 100 bucks more. And in such a challenging situation, the developers ought to get their penny. So why not laud this effort by Ubisoft? They are just ensuring their hardwork isn't misused. Again nowhere on the linky posted do we have info that game saves or checkpoints will be network dependent. So i'd hold my horses against ubisoft and would like to believe game saves and the like would still continue to remain offline. As for devil_angel's analogy, if the intention is to ensure legitimacy, why not? jeez i'm talkin like a saint... i ain't one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jDaMn Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 Is this the same thing as this Gamespy article? You'll be able to run your games without a disc in the drive for authentication, and you can take advantage of unlimited installations.Ubisoft sharing team anyone? One very interesting benefit of this new account management system is how it handles save games. Your saves will be stored remotely on Ubi servers, allowing access to your game saves on any machine. Steam offers a similar service for select games, but this will be available for the majority of Ubisoft's PC titles.So you can't just pinch someone else's save game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabba Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 like jiggy said, i am not a PC gamer.. but i think most of ya'll r jumping the gun... nowhere have they mentioned how they plan to implement this... it could also be that whilst playing the game does random ping test to some Ubi server... maybe it does the test every 30 mins, 60mins or so... maybe it will not immediately disconnect but rather wait for 3-5 consecutive no message returned error... point is who knows... stop crying wolf... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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