Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again

[Mar 08, 2010, 6:37 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Ubisoft tweets that their DRM servers are experiencing another denial of service attack, and users are having trouble playing, as was the case over the weekend. Word is: "Our servers are under attack again. Some gamers are experiencing trouble signing in. We're working on it and will keep you posted."

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Internet Needed

Mar 8, 2010, 17:51

headkase

Regardless of the source of the denial what this highlights is that Internet is required for a single-player game. It is simply an artificial extra requirement which has a big cog in Murphy's Law. There are so many reasons you could be without Internet, it is unreliable in many places or simply not-affordable for constant connection in emerging markets or places like Iraq for certain American Citizens stationed there. Ubisoft has chosen to punish all of their legitimate customers to spite the people who never gave them money anyway. That's a winning business strategy: or more likely an executive who made a bone-head decision and everyone values their jobs too much to tell him he's an idiot.

		Date	Subject	Author
	1.	Mar 8, 17:39	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	DangerDog
	2.	Mar 8, 17:43	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	ForgedReality
	3.	Mar 8, 17:45	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	Wolfen
	4.	Mar 8, 17:50	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	vermin
	5.	Mar 8, 17:51	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	Iridium
	14.	Mar 8, 18:25	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	Scottso
	16.	Mar 8, 18:31	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	BurntSoul
	17.	Mar 8, 18:42	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	BurntSoul
	18.	Mar 8, 18:44	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	Prez
	20.	Mar 8, 18:45	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	BurntSoul
	21.	Mar 8, 18:52	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	raVen
	22.	Mar 8, 19:01	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	Overon
	25.	Mar 8, 19:25	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	Drayth
	30.	Mar 8, 20:04	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	Warskull
	31.	Mar 8, 20:28	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	Tumbler
	41.	Mar 8, 22:09	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	Creston
	34.	Mar 8, 21:14	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	I've Got The News Blues
	47.	Mar 9, 01:29	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	raVen
	52.	Mar 9, 02:13	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	I've Got The News Blues
	57.	Mar 9, 02:40	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	raVen
	60.	Mar 9, 02:58	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	I've Got The News Blues
	15.	Mar 8, 18:27	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	Ventura
	19.	Mar 8, 18:44	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	nin
>>	6.	Mar 8, 17:51	Internet Needed	headkase
	7.	Mar 8, 17:52	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	Mashiki Amiketo
	27.	Mar 8, 19:30	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	agpc
	28.	Mar 8, 19:38	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	BurntSoul
	8.	Mar 8, 17:55	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	ForgedReality
	9.	Mar 8, 17:57	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	necrosis
	13.	Mar 8, 18:24	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	Akuinnen
	10.	Mar 8, 18:06	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	Marvin T. Martian
	11.	Mar 8, 18:08	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	xXBatmanXx
	12.	Mar 8, 18:15	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	ASJD
	23.	Mar 8, 19:17	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	Vulkan
	24.	Mar 8, 19:23	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	Cutter
	26.	Mar 8, 19:27	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	JohnnyRotten
	29.	Mar 8, 19:58	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	ForgedReality
	32.	Mar 8, 20:36	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	Dev
	35.	Mar 8, 21:18	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	I've Got The News Blues
	38.	Mar 8, 21:24	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	Dev
	39.	Mar 8, 21:27	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	I've Got The News Blues
	40.	Mar 8, 21:31	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	Prez
	46.	Mar 9, 01:23	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	Warskull
	49.	Mar 9, 01:42	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	Prez
	33.	Mar 8, 20:54	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	ForgedReality
	36.	Mar 8, 21:22	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	Prez
	37.	Mar 8, 21:24	No Refunds	I've Got The News Blues
	42.	Mar 8, 22:11	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	Flatline
	43.	Mar 8, 22:21	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	wtf_man
	44.	Mar 8, 23:39	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	Creston
	45.	Mar 9, 01:05	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	ForgedReality
	48.	Mar 9, 01:34	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	I've Got The News Blues
	51.	Mar 9, 01:56	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	ForgedReality
	53.	Mar 9, 02:26	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	I've Got The News Blues
	56.	Mar 9, 02:34	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	.net_Drifter
	58.	Mar 9, 02:41	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	GunSpeed
	59.	Mar 9, 02:46	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	.net_Drifter
	63.	Mar 9, 04:19	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	GunSpeed
	64.	Mar 9, 04:50	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	.net_Drifter
	50.	Mar 9, 01:46	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	Dev
	54.	Mar 9, 02:28	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	.net_Drifter
	55.	Mar 9, 02:34	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	GunSpeed
	61.	Mar 9, 04:04	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	KilrathiAce
	62.	Mar 9, 04:06	Re: Ubisoft DRM Servers Under Fire Again	Muscular Beaver