Ubisoft DRM games to be temporarily unplayable

Ubisoft sucks, simple as that

@XanderZane Consoles have DRM too in a form of services like XBL and PSN.Can't really play the MP without them,right? Also I would consider paying for on-line XBL thing just as bad as this always-online abomination on the PC...

Yay! for unplayable single player games!

all those companies who are pro-drm take note here. You insist having drm is great but in return the people who actually buy your games now will have an unplayable game. Even if the down time is just a day it is still a day that YOUR customers will not be able to use something they payed for. I'm getting sick of companies giving us gamers the shaft with the ol "Were sorry (but oh well)" excuse. In a time of economic hardships like we have today where games are a luxury item that we could just as easily not buy these companies should basically be doing everything in their power to thank the consumers for supporting them when money is tight. "We're sorry" just doesn't cut it for this gamer.

Just baffles me that they still don't get it.

At the same time,pirates are laughing and enjoying their DRM free versions of the same game,while honest and loyal consumers are left in the dark... Makes a lot of sense,doesn't it? And then they are suprised why PC piracy rate is growing,when pirates win in everything,never having to deal with ANY form of DRM... @Soothsayer42 Steam is a DRM too,and for me often annoying one,since I can't stand being forced to run a mandatory third party app to play a game I bought at retail(I stay away from DD)...

Reason #30938 to not borrow Ubi soft games. Yeah.. I said borrow.. because if you bought it you would be able to play it whenever you wanted.

Sooooooooo basically only the people who have pirated/Cracked copies of these games will be able to play?

drm does nothing to stop piracy instead, harm customers.

and thats why I don't buy ubi games on pc

i dont see anything worth protecting, why waste time on something that will never work..get dreaming ubi.

Actually, HAWX 2 for Wii is unplayable, DRM or not! Heeeyyy-oooooh! Ha! Zing!!.... anybody... Um... is this thing on?

Expected this already... several reasons PC gaming is dying. But at least we got Steam

so the peolpe who pirated these games get to play whenever(becouse DRM can be cracked) but the peolpe who paid money for them can't...and you know that when they reopen these servers nothing will go smooth,making this blackout even more silly

they are stupid. people who steal will steal people who been buying games will continue to buy games even if there was no DRM. its a losing battle because the people who are buying the games with DRM are not getting there joy. if i move right now and i want to play Assassins Creed i wont be able too. or if im playing HAWX 2 and all of a sudden i lose internet connection, the game will pause and say something like. "Game will continue when internet connection is reestablish." and you can do anything, you cant even play the freaking single player game! make me want to not buy there games anymore and just download them DRM free. Ubi Soft you are just STUPID!

And if I pirated the game, my experience is unaffected. Now why should I pay to have an inferior experience?

drm only punishes people who pay for it, not the people who pirate. which is why i never buy any game from ubisoft new on any platform

"As a special gift to our not-loyal pirates, there will be no service interruptions. Thanks!"

this reminds me of when bought blur on a steam sale a couple months back and my key didn't work(still doesn't). I love DRM.

I'm sure pirates are laughing hard right now

And this is helping combat piracy in what way!?

@zzamaro Reported for trolling and baiting.

I have an idea. Get rid of this crap.

Doesn't affect me at all. I have some of these games on X360. Come at me PC gamers. I am ready for all your hate.

If this upsets you PC gamers, simply boycott them. Talk to those bean-counters and Excel OCDs in the only language they understand: Money.

And this is why we don't buy DRM-infested crap from Ubisoft (or others).

As long as my beloved Anno2070 works hehe. I own Might and Magic and Settlers also but I dont play those nearly as much as ANNO. If it helps the customers once the server issues are fixed I dont have a problem with it.

@Master_Happosai: You got THAT right, when people depend on an infrastructure to play a game they lose their freedom since they don't have sovereign ownership of it. I suspected that this DRM scheme was fishy.

This is exactly why DRM is a bad idea. You are punishing people who bought your game legally, yet all the people who pirated these games are able to still play them. What is the point?

I'm sure the pirates wont have any trouble playing their Ubisoft games during that time. My theory is that Ubisoft are really closet piracy advocates.

People can't play games that THEY OWN? This should be illegal....

But, but, I don't live in the forest, I have internet all the time, you guys promised me this kind of thing wouldn't happen... (rips off AC t-shirt and goes cry in the corner)

Ths is what I feared the most of this Online DRM scheme. Since it was announced I steer clear of PC versions of Ubisoft games because of this, and also from console versions because I long lost respect for this dev-publisher. The only thing I fear more than this is that gamers grow soft and indulgent over this disservices.

I love(d) a lot of ubi's games. Some are trash, but I, for the most part, really like(d) their games. However, it has been several years since I have played any of their games. I boycott anything with the Ubisoft stamp on it, pc or otherwise. I just really hate their model of safeguarding their precious lootz. It really only slows pirates down by about a half second and allows pirates to enjoy their games when the customer can't. It really deters only the people who don't pirate online. I'm all for protecting your assets and making sure you get credit for your time, but DRM isn't the way to go, it only hurts the customer.

Gee what will happen when the servers inevetably shut down?

And, this is why I think online DRM is stupid. Who knows what happens in the future when the servers are gone.

Time to grab some offline-play cracks while you can. Well, the dozen or so who actually bought the games on PC. Pirates, you guys keep on playing, you don't have to worry about that silliness.

@steve216 thats why I didnt buy any of those games ************************************************************** Exactly. That's why I buy the game console versions. No DRM on game consoles. It's really stupid because if you don't have internet access, you can't play any of those games. If THQ went out of business, those games could never be played. DRM is very stupid. Then they wonder why thieves pirate their games. Stop making it impossible to play them.

aren't there DRM games already unplayable? :P

It's like Ubisoft is intentionally trying to incur the wrath of the gaming population, or make everyone crack their games. "Oh, you hate our new DRM? That's simply not good enough. Let's make a game that has an install eaten up when you replace the video card. Maybe we should go all the way?! We're going to make it so your games flat-out won't work for awhile, unless of course, you pirated them. Then they'll work just fine!" This is insanity. No amount of reusing this DRM is going to make it acceptable. They seem to think if they keep doing it, eventually people won't mind, or something. I think if it did catch on with publishers, and they all started doing it, nobody would buy any of their games for PC anymore. Or could it be that they're trying to give France some sort of "no surrender" reputation? If that's the case, let's find a German publisher to demand Ubisoft drop their current DRM setup. History's on our side that this should work.

And thats why I dont buy any ubisoft game for the pc. Seriously this is really really stupid.

thats why I didnt buy any of those games

I'm so sick of Ubisoft's crap! I really used to respect them in the days of the first couple Splinter Cell's, Rainbow Six 3, and even the unknown XIII.

Yeah, nice going picking that kind of DRM there, Ubisoft. *sarcasm* :|

That's why DRM is a plague.

i recently picked up The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom, found it at a good price and been playing through it, now its gonna be unplayable for however long they feel like it DRM does nothing except punish legitimate customers, especially in a situation like this since the pirates will still be able to play just fine

This is why I pirate games that I buy. I have to, because your crap DRM cripples your product for your actual customers.

@ packtop Why support a company which lacks the basic respect for their loyal fanbase by screwing them over?

I agree piracy is bad, I wish companies had less ham fisted ways of trying to deal with it.