Ubisoft Dropping Always-On DRM

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According to this interview at Rock-Paper-Shotgun, Ubisoft is scrapping its "always-on" DRM. Thanks to everyone that sent this one in.

I’m not going to comment on data. That was an unfortunate comment. We have listened to feedback, and since June last year our policy for all of PC games is that we only require a one-time online activation when you first install the game, and from then you are free to play the game offline.
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Well, that's good news for when my internet is down and I want to play a single player game...
 
Now they need to scrap their "this-is-going-to-fuck-up-your-computer-big-time" DRM and we're golden.
 
I always laugh, the pirates will always find a way around and the regular user gets f**ked in the long run. Maybe now I'll try the new Assassin's Creed.
 
They probably finally started listening to what Gabe has been telling them for years.
 
I also read that they will no longer limit installations. That was bigger for me. Having both of those gone, I may consider Ubi purchases now. But I'll want confirmation that this all applies to older titles as well.
 
they realized they failed to stop pirates and just piss up more legit buyers.
 
Silly rabbit, "Always-on-DRM" will be cracked just like all others anyways. Why annoy the legitimate buyers?
 
Ubisoft has listened to the concerns of its valued customers and is doing its best to protect the intellectual property rights of games it publishes while enabling you to enjoy them in the way you want. Managing effective DRM while remaining transparent to the customer is an important balancing act. The new standard practice in all Ubisoft PC games recognizes the high value players place in a trouble-free gaming experience and demonstrates that the company is excited about showing that it fully trusts the community of gamers that depend on it to deliver the industry's best titles.
 
LoL, looks like they caved. Apparently pirates don't hurt their sales numbers nearly as much as "always-on" DRM did.
 
damage is done. we're all pirates.

dropping always-on drm isn't going to help.
 
colinstu said:
Make a steam clone?
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Even if they did, they'd never compete with the wallet sucking Steam sales. My collection grows by at least 10 games every time they do a sale. Some I haven't played yet, but I will... :)

Origin isn't bad, but I use it for ~3 or 4 games. Steam, I've got 70-80 games. Games for Windows - 1 (Age of Empires. It was a penny).
 
i like that they claim a 95% piracy rate. didnt they sell like 10mil copies of assassins creed 2? so theyre saying that 190mil people pirated it? not sure if their heads are in their asses or...
 
ekuest said:
i like that they claim a 95% piracy rate. didnt they sell like 10mil copies of assassins creed 2? so theyre saying that 190mil people pirated it? not sure if their heads are in their asses or...
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This.

It's a step in the right direction, but unfortunately they have been walking in the wrong direction for a long time. It's going to take more than 1 step to get back.
 
It must be sad to be better known for your DRM than your games.
 
ack.. no edit button....

can anyone confirm this quote from the interview...

"We have listened to feedback, and since June last year our policy for all of PC games is that we only require a one-time online activation when you first install the game, and from then you are free to play the game offline."
 
hesho said:
ack.. no edit button....

can anyone confirm this quote from the interview...

"We have listened to feedback, and since June last year our policy for all of PC games is that we only require a one-time online activation when you first install the game, and from then you are free to play the game offline."
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It's not proof, but one of the comments stated:
"I believe they already have. I know they removed it from the early Assassin’s Creed titles, in any case, requiring just the online activation."
 
Great. Step 1: remove always-on DRM. Step 2: publish good games.

Ubi's half-way there!
 
wonderfield said:
Great. Step 1: remove always-on DRM. Step 2: publish good games.

Ubi's half-way there!
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Speaking of, I was looking for the latest Chessmaster for PC game and it mysteriously disappeared from their site, and other sites are saying it was discontinued. There are (and I have used) much better chess engines, like Rybka and Fritz but I really wanted to purchase the latest Chessmaster edition. There might be some other sites that I can purchase it from but it's really weird the series just kind of vanished.
 
Fuck you Carmack! Your games are shit now and you haven't made a good one since Quake 3 Arena.
 
Azhar said:
Playing the devil's advocate: they might have meant games developed from June and on. From Dust was too close to launch day to make any further changes.
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Why not let PornoSatan play devil's advocate instead?
 
The interviewer really hammers the Ubi guy with tough questions. Of course Ubisoft doesn't respond worth a damn in most of the questions but at least reading Ubi getting torn into is pretty fun.
 
I threw my copy of Prince of Persia in the bushes because of their DRM. I got it free with my GTX580 though.
 
YESSSSSSSS!!!


VICTORY!

far cry in my shopping cart now
 
SkribbelKat said:
Aw...not even tongue-in-cheeky style?
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They can tongue my ... well nevermind. I was going to purchase ChessMaster: Grandmaster Edition from them but it seemed to have vanished without a trace. Even the main site forwards gives errors or forwards you to a different non-PC version. Weird.
 
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