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Op Ed

[Oct 26, 2011, 10:21 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Wired.com- If You Want To Fight Piracy, Make Better Games. Thanks nin.
Ubisoft’s plan isn’t working. Even after taking these drastic steps, the company says that 90 percent of the people who play its games are playing them illegally, according to Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter.

But how many people only used piracy as a way to bypass the DRM? How many of those pirates might have purchased PC copies of games like Assassin’s Creed II if they could be played without an internet connection?

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Re: Op Ed

Oct 26, 2011, 20:04

jdreyer

Creston wrote on Oct 26, 2011, 16:09:
I don't think so. I think quite a few people look at Ubi's stupid DRM scheme, say "fuck you", and just don't buy the game. There's really no blame there, but I guess according to UBI that's considered a "Win."
Creston

THIS. I don't even bother with Ubisoft games anymore for this reason. There are so many other games out there, and my Steam account still has half the games in it not played. If I ever run out of things to play, hopefully by that time the games will be DRM free.




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Comment [quote="jdreyer"Oct 26, 2011, 20:04][quote="Creston"Oct 26, 2011, 16:09] I don't think so. I think quite a few people look at Ubi's stupid DRM scheme, say "fuck you", and just don't buy the game. There's really no blame there, but I guess according to UBI that's considered a "Win." Creston [/quote] THIS. I don't even bother with Ubisoft games anymore for this reason. There are so many other games out there, and my Steam account still has half the games in it not played. If I ever run out of things to play, hopefully by that time the games will be DRM free. [/quote]

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