Bhruic wrote on Sep 5, 2012, 19:07:

ViRGE wrote on Sep 5, 2012, 18:34:
That's an excellent point. Ubisoft's last experiment with DRM free games was a miserable failure (the sales to BitTorrent piracy ratio was something silly, and that's before casual copying), which is what led to UPlay in the first place.

That's a ridiculous point. While we don't know sales numbers, the idea that the sales-to-piracy numbers went up when they introduced UPlay is asinine. If anything, the piracy numbers went up, and the sales numbers down. That's the reason they are scaling back their efforts - because they obviously didn't work. So claiming that DRM free games were a "miserable failure" is absolutely incorrect.

Jerykk wrote on Sep 5, 2012, 12:40:
I wonder how long this will last. At one point, Ubisoft completely removed all DRM from their games (even rudimentary disc checks). I believe this applied to Prince of Persia, HAWX and EndWar. Then they went right back to online activations with limited installs and Uplay shortly thereafter.

Asmo wrote on Sep 5, 2012, 17:58:
/shrug

I'm hard pressed even feigning outrage atm let alone genuinely feeling it...

Hyatus wrote on Aug 22, 2012, 20:17:
Also, anyone else pissed when their system was connected online and they'd play Honda commercials before it would let you into a level?

Beamer wrote on Aug 22, 2012, 12:06:
I hated G-Police. None of the HUD transparencies worked on my S3 Virge!

Rigs wrote on Aug 9, 2012, 19:36:
I'm just gonna go on a hunch here and assume that the 'hackers' were, oh, I dunno, Chinese maybe? How long is this country (and the world for that matter) going to put up with these bullshit games China is playing?! If we kept getting caught with out virtual schlongs in the honey pot, so to speak, how long do you think they would put up with it before using it as an excuse to start a war, maybe with Taiwan? Yet we sit back and just zip our fly's back up and say, 'Oh you crazy Chinese! Always into something, eh?! Silly, at least use some lube next time, huh?' ....

eunichron wrote on Aug 8, 2012, 14:04:
Why?

I can't think of a single piece of software that I have installed that I think, "I'd rather have this on Steam!"

NKD wrote on Jul 26, 2012, 22:30:
Be careful what you wish for.

nin wrote on Jul 26, 2012, 10:36:
I believe Tim Schafer has said the same thing in the past on twitter, in reference to Grim Fandango. LA will sometimes lease an IP out (Sam and Max, MI), but never sell it...

UConnBBall wrote on Jul 24, 2012, 22:06:
It's really starting to happen. Momentium in Linux as a gaming platform and I really think in 5 years we could see a whole new kind of PC ecco-system.

But whta in the world is being Open Sourced? It is still proprietary and it is wierd for people to say everything Linux is Open Sourced?????

xornand wrote on Jul 23, 2012, 23:58:
Just go away Penny Arcade, everyone hates you.

Prez wrote on Jul 22, 2012, 16:04:
Maybe it's the demo, or maybe it's "kickstarter" fatigue, but regardless this project's failure will most likely be interpreted as a validation of the conventional wisdom that no one cares about space sims anymore. That's just depressing.

Dirwulf wrote on Jul 18, 2012, 18:29:

Rattlehead wrote on Jul 18, 2012, 17:28:
wtf is taking so long to get Arma II on sale?

It's 20% off right now...