Used videogame/video game revenues dilema.

magus113 · 07-27-2011, 10:34 AM

So it was announced that Ubisoft is not doing the Uplay Passport for the PC version in order to play online. Nope! You just need a PERMANENT INTERNET CONNECTION in order to be able to play your game as a DRM measure. How useful!

BreakABone · 07-27-2011, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by magus113

So it was announced that Ubisoft is not doing the Uplay Passport for the PC version in order to play online. Nope! You just need a PERMANENT INTERNET CONNECTION in order to be able to play your game as a DRM measure. How useful!

They went back to that?

They tried it before with Assassin's Creed 2 (or something like that, a single player one), and what happened was THEIR server went down for a day, leaving everyone without a way to play games.

Companies really need to stop thinking with their bottom line as they screw over their most loyal customers.

Blix · 07-27-2011, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by BreakABone

They went back to that?

They tried it before with Assassin's Creed 2 (or something like that, a single player one), and what happened was THEIR server went down for a day, leaving everyone without a way to play games.

Companies really need to stop thinking with their bottom line as they screw over their most loyal customers.

I remember that. And why has nobody learned from steam? It lets you play your games in "offline"mode. And even Games for Windows got some things wrong when they would not register your hard copy games on the service for downloading. If I misplace the discs then I lose the game. Also, some of the games for windows games ask you to insert the disc in order to launch the game. I think this is the developer's doing actually but when you play on pcs you think about applications and inserting the disc should only be necessary to install them. How can they get it wrong after someone already got it right?

Bube · 07-27-2011, 02:46 PM

There's a part that really really disgusts me on this subject. My brother and I share consoles. We buy only one game. Who gets to use the pass? Why do we have to play on one profile?