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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Controversial move by Ubisoft to combat piracy.

Ubisoft is taking steps to combat piracy by requiring you to ALWAYS be online when playing their games. This goes back to some talk we've had in the past about PC pirating and I think that their points are valid. Piracy cuts into the profits of an arguably dying/slowing pc market and this would allow them to get more money they deserve to put back into more games.

Thoughts?

3 comments:

  1. Haha, idiots. It wouldn't bother me cuz I have a permanent internet connection. But what if my internet is down for some reason (storm, Comcast sucks, repairs, Comcast really sucks, or maybe because Comcast sucks)?

    In another note, that'll be coded out by hackers in a day or two BEFORE it's official release, LMAO!

    Ubisoft = Noobs

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  2. I'm worried about the legal ramifications of this. How can they require someone to have an internet connection? What about games that don't even need internet connectivity for any reason? Are they going to be providing high speed service as well? If so, will it suck? Why is everything I write a question?

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  3. Why do I not have any answers for you, Amateria? Why am I thrust into deep thought by your questions? Why do pirates have to ruin everything? Why won't a keyboard and mouse work with my XBOX so I wouldn't need a gaming PC?

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