Comments on: Ubisoft: Stupid is as stupid does…

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By: Akely

Akely — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:27:56 +0000

I’d like to point out that our copies of Windows do not have copy protection. Instead they have a activation code. That is also a copy protection. sure, the OS get pirated, hacked and what not. But it is a copy protection that works pretty well. Sure there is the only one machine per key, and other things. But I’d much rather have the problem of having to contact UBI if I’d have to do a re-install or something. Perhaps it’s better for UBI to quit PC games. It would be better for Darren’s blood pressure, that’s for sure.

By: Darren

Darren — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:12:00 +0000

@Dblade: The point is that the only people who encounter DRM are paying cutomers. Pirates never encounter the DRM of software. And…there have plenty of examples of games without DRM selling very well….Sins of a Solar empire being a perfect example….and most of Blizzard’s gmes.

By: Dblade

Dblade — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:00:30 +0000

Darren, the big flaw in this is that you assume with no DRM enough people will buy it legit to make it worthwhile. Yes piracy happens, but a lot of times it makes the game unprofitable to bother releasing. Seriously, look at the PSP for evidence of this-the piracy on that system has choked the flow of games, and people don’t support it over the DS.

By: PexCorrh

PexCorrh — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:36:42 +0000

I don’t really understand why people are up in arms about Ubi, but don’t care at all that Starcraft II has exactly the same DRM, and can be demonstrated today. Will there be a mass Starcraft II boycott as well?

By: Jaxom92

Jaxom92 — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:57:58 +0000

What is most… depressing, for lack of a better word, is that if your response to Ubisoft’s draconian DRM is widespread enough to affect sales, the most likely response will be that the DRM isn’t severe enough. Why? Because dwindling sales for PC games have been blamed mostly on piracy (and the dominance of console gaming). So if Ubisoft sees a continued loss of sales, what’s to indicate if those losses are from the economic pressure we as gamers have put on them for their DRM, or the continued practice of piracy? The glass-half-empty view would predict continued and more strict DRM practices due to the lack of sales.

I will do anything in my power to legally purchase a game that I want to play, but if I hit substantial road blocks from the very company I’m trying to do business with, then I’m going to do one of two things. First, I’ll not play their game. And I’ll recommend that others don’t as well. This is the most likely response. The second is that if I really, really want to play the game. Like I’ll die if I don’t play, I’ll get it illegally. Yes, I think it’s ethically wrong to pirate, but I also think that it is wrong to make your games unplayable due to DRM. Either response, the game company loses.

By: Nelson

Nelson — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:47:08 +0000

FWIW, I have friends who work in the game industry who think the same way. They understand the copy protection only works for a few days before it’s hacked, but they also believe those few days are enough to secure significant revenue. Also they believe that by making the barrier to copy a game higher, it encourages people to buy the games.

I don’t find the online-only requiremen too onerous. I’ve never once used Steam’s offline mode, for instance. Maybe I’d feel differently if I owned a gaming laptop. What worries me is that these online DRM solutions will destroy the game’s historical value. I predict there will be no way to play these games legally in 10 years, maybe even 5. Which is a damn shame. Then again the Apple ][ retro gaming scene is pretty much entirely about playing pirated games with the copy protection deneutered. People will find a way.

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