[quote="MCVUK"]Publisher Ubisoft has once again found itself to be the subject of internet rage over its PC gaming DRM strategies. Dutch site Guru3D has revealed that any hardware alteration to a PC on which strategy title Anno 2070 has already been activated will trigger a further activation, as the software classes the new setup as a brand new machine. And with the game limited to three activations on three different devices, this can quickly eat into those privileges.The above is only an excerpt. Here is the source. Searched for a thread on this but couldn't find anything. Anyway, I am rather unhappy about this. I am not affected by it at all at the current moment in time, but why are Ubisoft affectively trying to be so unpleasant to buy from?
As long as it doesn't require to be online 100% of the time you are playing, I don't see the issue. Why would you need to install across more than 3+ machines? Unless you cannot revoke the installations. That would suck and it is detrimental to the customer.
As long as it doesn't require to be online 100% of the time you are playing, I don't see the issue. Why would you need to install across more than 3+ machines? Unless you cannot revoke the installations. That would suck and it is detrimental to the customer.
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the_ChEeSe_mAn2
You seem to have missed the point, the problem here is that anytime you make hardware changes it counts as a new activation. So say you buy a new video card for your PC, you now have activated it twice (on the same PC). So say you make 3 hardware changes, poof, you can no longer install.
Exactly why I NEVER buy Ubisoft games. These idiots just don't understand how bad they are ****ing themselves over do they? Millions in lost sales because of BSDRM, have fun at the bottom of the totempoll ubi...idiots.
As long as it doesn't require to be online 100% of the time you are playing, I don't see the issue. Why would you need to install across more than 3+ machines? Unless you cannot revoke the installations. That would suck and it is detrimental to the customer.
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Emraldo
You seem to have missed the point, the problem here is that anytime you make hardware changes it counts as a new activation. So say you buy a new video card for your PC, you now have activated it twice (on the same PC). So say you make 3 hardware changes, poof, you can no longer install.
You're right. My fault for not reading properly. This is indeed a garbage policy and I daresay, hurts more than online-only DRM (if that is even possible).
Exactly why I NEVER buy Ubisoft games. These idiots just don't understand how bad they are ****ing themselves over do they? Millions in lost sales because of BSDRM, have fun at the bottom of the totempoll ubi...idiots.jer_1
just do like i do (if you have a console) buy their games used...
ANNO 2070 does not use Ubisoft DRM. It uses something called "Tages" by the company Solidshield. Not saying that this is a good thing, just trying to clear up the facts here.
ANNO 2070 does not use Ubisoft DRM. It uses something called "Tages" by the company Solidshield. Not saying that this is a good thing, just trying to clear up the facts here.
Falconoffury
It uses the new Ubi drm (not the always online drm) and Tages which is horrible.
Have over 80 hours logged in on Anno 2070 so far, its a fantastic game and one of last years best but the DRM is ridicolous. Its a shame to because the game is so good and the devs did a great job, just the drm is such garbage. Ive been lucky so far as only one time it went into offline mode and havn't had the 3 activations issue yet, hope they take this drm off though later on like they have in the past.
[QUOTE="WhiteKnight77"]UbiSoft at it again. More DRM fun was posted a couple of days ago and yeah, Ubi does not get it.Hexagon_777
The search function really needs to be improved. Newest result I got was from the 8th of January. :| Bogaty's thread is easy to see if you set to 50 topics per page, and it isn't old either. You really should scan the topic index. It's thread #30 after the stickies.
[QUOTE="Hexagon_777"][QUOTE="WhiteKnight77"]UbiSoft at it again. More DRM fun was posted a couple of days ago and yeah, Ubi does not get it.topsemag55
The search function really needs to be improved. Newest result I got was from the 8th of January. :| Bogaty's thread is easy to see if you set to 50 topics per page, and it isn't old either. You really should scan the topic index. It's thread #30 after the stickies.That is a solution but I am happy with my forum settings as they are right now and after scanning the first page and doing a search I shouldn't have to do anything else. GameSpot should just fix the search function. It always seems like whenever GameSpot has a shortcoming, it won't be looked into anytime soon,
This thread or a bump for the old one was needed as Ubisoft is a disgrace to the very hands that feed them. I personally stopped buying Ubisoft games as thats the only way they will listen to us gamers.
I tell you, give them a kick in the pants. Forego all Ubisoft games until they realize its not pirates that is the big problem. Its the publisher treating customers as pirates.
Don't support them with your money. They will be forced to listen to the consumer then. And after that we can return to buying GAMES, and not some hash that has the primary purpose of DRM first and a game thrown in secondary. DRM can make a game frustrating for no apparent reason. Ubisoft's theory of piracy has got to go!
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