No PC Ghost Recon: Future Soldier

Though plans for a PC edition of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier was previously confirmed by Ubisoft, PC Gamer has word that the next installment in the Ghost Recon series is for consoles only, and that PC gamers will get Ghost Recon Online instead, which is apparently Ubisoft's new approach to PC piracy following their almost universally despised always-on DRM. Here's word from Ghost Recon Online producer Sébastien Arnoult:
We are giving away most of the content for free because there’s no barrier to entry. To the users that are traditionally playing the game by getting it through Pirate Bay, we said, ‘Okay, go ahead guys. This is what you’re asking for. We’ve listened to you – we’re giving you this experience. It’s easy to download, there’s no DRM that will pollute your experience.’

We’re adapting the offer to the PC market. I don’t like to compare PC and Xbox boxed products because they have a model on that platform that is clearly meant to be €60’s worth of super-Hollywood content. On PC, we’re adapting our model to the demand.

“When we started Ghost Recon Online we were thinking about Ghost Recon: Future Solider; having something ported in the classical way without any deep development, because we know that 95% of our consumers will pirate the game. So we said okay, we have to change our mind.

We have to adapt, we have to embrace this instead of pushing it away. That’s the main reflection behind Ghost Recon Online and the choice we’ve made to go in this direction.
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Re: No PC Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
Nov 26, 2011, 17:25
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Re: No PC Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Nov 26, 2011, 17:25
Nov 26, 2011, 17:25
 Prez
 
Again, all your emphatic statements and passionate dissertations don't change the fact that you have no idea if what you say is even close to true. You are projecting your personal image of the modern day software pirate as if it were somehow irrefutable reality. Sorry, but because there's no way of knowing each and every pirate's habits, it's not.

I just for the life of me can't understand how someone can demand that everyone accept their personal interpretation (something shaped by their own experiences) of something, while having no more evidence than anyone else, and often less, as truth. Saying "Sorry, no. Not a chance. End of story. BLAH BLAH BLAH" doesn't really convince someone of anything, regardless of how passionately YOU believe it.

Because you can't provide real evidence (due to the simple fact that it is unobtainable), all you can do is what I'm doing - offering an opinion. Just understand I'm not making excuses for what pirates do; I'm simply explaining why I throw up in my mouth a bit when people start throwing percentages around when they are based on little or no hard evidence.

This comment was edited on Nov 26, 2011, 17:47.
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