timmyw

January 04, 2011 at 2:59pm

I saw both Settlers 7 and Assassin's Creed 2 on sale on Steam, but elected not to buy the games because of the DRM. They lost two sales from me. Unless Steam puts them back on sale now that the DRM is a little less restrictive I won't be buying anytime soon. Also, I won't call this a win quite yet--I still can't boot up on a long trans-pacific flight for example.

Markitzero

January 03, 2011 at 8:35pm

In alot of rural communitys there is only Dial-up like mine was before the Virgin Mobile broadband2go came out with the $40 plan. Dial-up as we all know is very unstable at times also you get the stupid connection drops because of no reason. But since theky are going to be ditching that the rural gamers will have a easier time overall for that company.

mysterymantis

January 03, 2011 at 7:26pm

Trying to convince execs that DRM is not helping them in any way, is a difficult thing to do.  Their ignorance of reality rivals racist, in that everything they believe is based on pure assumption.  It's the same old things with these A-wipes; they beleive that everyone under the sun is a pirate, and no one would pay for something they could have for free.  While the second part of that is one of the un-arguable, absolute truths of the universe, getting what you want for free is not as easy as jsut doing it...

 

"We have invested a great deal of time and resources to create the greatest anti-piracy based DRM ever created!"  Is what they say, every time.  And every time, without failure, someone cracks it and gives it away for free.  In this case, not even a full day later!  So now add the loss of sales (which by the way is so theoretical that you can't possibly calculate it) to the cost of developing that DRM (or liscensing it to add it to each of your disk) and you've done nothing but hurt your bottom line that much more.  And what's more, is that how many people do you think actually no how to acquire your software illegally?  It's easy for someone that knows what they are doing, but really, the masses are retarded, and lazy, and several other counter productive, derogatory things.  We are talking about people that would have pizza delivered to their door from across the street.  It's not easy for them to search for the software, find the keygen, figure out how to use it all without infecting their computer with malware, and so on.  That's why these F's call Dell to buy a computer. 

 

So what does that leave?  A very small percentage of people that at least know how to do enough of these things to be able to acomplish this end.  And out of them, most would have no idea how to actually crack even basic DRM without the assistance of a more elite hacker.  And I doubt that even the majority of this group would have ever paid full retail for your game.  So stop Fing yourself in the A with DRM, it only cost you more on both sides of the argument.

 

It's pathetic that you "smart, well educated" pricks havne't figured this out for yourselves...

Blackmist

January 03, 2011 at 5:53pm

I've been playing this ilegally for ages because it's easier to do than do play it the legal way.

D00dlavy

January 03, 2011 at 1:44pm

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duncansil

January 03, 2011 at 1:03pm

There sure are some very ill-informed (or just plain stupid) executives out there who think that DRM has any hope of fighting piracy. This was a dumb move from the start and could only have ended badly, which it did. I just wish there was some way to reach the people who make these self destructive decisions BEFORE they shoot themselves in the feet. Maybe gamers and technically proficient users should start a consulting firm to cater to that very need.

JE_Delta

January 03, 2011 at 1:02pm

This is a Major WIN for PC gamers!!!

Thank you Ubisoft for finally caving to pressure!