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Ubisoft DRM Interview

[Feb 21, 2010, 12:56 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Ubi DRM: Their side of the story on PC Gamer Magazine explains Ubisoft's perspective on their planned online DRM scheme, arguably the only perspective Ubi themselves have taken into account in creating a scheme that requires a constant internet connection to play any of their upcoming PC games (thanks KilrathiAce). Along the way Ubisoft explains their plan stems from frustration with the PC market, though their new DRM is not likely to lessen that for users: "No, we're not trying to kill the PC market. Are we frustrated by the PC market? I think everyone is. In the end it all comes back to one single truth: piracy is a big, huge, hairy problem. It's a market that suffered a lot because of piracy, and we're all just trying to figure out what we think is the best way to deal with it."

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Re: Ubisoft DRM Interview

Feb 21, 2010, 21:35

Boston

The "single point of failure" flaw of Steam is a side effect of its massive positive aspect, so it's easy to justify the risk. Plus Valve didn't design their services with the mindset "how can we make this as inconvenient as possible for paying customers" - which seems to be the case with most DRMs.

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Comment [quote="Boston"Feb 21, 2010, 21:35]The "single point of failure" flaw of Steam is a side effect of its massive positive aspect, so it's easy to justify the risk. Plus Valve didn't design their services with the mindset "how can we make this as inconvenient as possible for paying customers" - which seems to be the case with most DRMs. [/quote]

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