dylanjosh Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 For the last few years, Ubisoft's attempts at battling piracy have been something of a running punchline, seeming to achieve little but annoy the company's actual paying customers. Looks like all the protests have finally sunk in, because the publisher has told Rock, Paper, Shotgun it'll be rolling back most of its most offensive methods. Firstly, the controversial "always on" DRM is gone, and bizarrely, has apparently been missing from new releases for some time. Also gone is the limit on the number of times a product can be activated, as well as the limit on the number of PCs a game can be activated on. All you'll need to do now is activate a new game once, online, and that'll be that. It's a welcome move from the publisher. Now, if it can just work on its customary PC version delays, they might actually get in PC gamer's good books! Kotaku I recommend reading the full interview on RPS Interview: Ubisoft On DRM, Piracy And PC Games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftrunner Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 Yeah really great interview that, even though the PR guy at Ubi only answers in PR speak. I think they gave up on online only DRM some time ago. I cant seem to remember which was the last game that used it. Of course the DRM they shipped Anno with isnt much better. At least this is a step in the right direction. All they need to do now is to make good games. Which seems out of their reach recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Boss Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 Assassins Creed 3 PC version releasing after 1 month of console release and this decision makes it simple for me to actually buy the PC version. Now if only the f**king distributors get the PC version on release date and dont test my patience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HundredProofSam Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 Didn't they drop the DRM with Driver: San Francisco? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playstation Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 Assassins Creed 3 PC version releasing after 1 month of console release and this decision makes it simple for me to actually buy the PC version. Now if only the f**king distributors get the PC version on release date and dont test my patience. is it steamworks?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeehunter Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 They dropped the DRM long back .. It's just the confirmation now plus the assurance that AC3 won't have the DRM .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Boss Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 Yeah, it was rumored that AC3 will use it after long time especially after that 95% comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightTroller Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 I remember getting my copy of Splinter Cell (one) without DRM and heard Assassins creed was DRM free as well (not sure as I have it for the 360 ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Boss Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 POP 2008 was DRM free IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylanjosh Posted September 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 The games have been DRM free for some time, but it was never officially announced that they scrapped the policy. They could've put it back at any time. Look at From Dust. @ps - I'm not sure, but all the prev games were steamworks, so there's a high probability this one may be too. @rock - POP08 was before they started implementing always online DRM, which started with AC2, IIRC. (2009 or early 2010.. not sure) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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