Lorcin wrote on Aug 16, 2012, 19:39:
Can we get some grammar nazis in here please?

I'm sorry to ask but how the hell is Uplay pronounced? I know how they want us to pronounce it "You Play", but every fibre of my being tells my they've spelt it "UpLay".

Then again it's ubisoft so I guess I should accept their twats French.

The logo has it with the u separate from the rest.

but every fibre of my being tells my they've spelt it "UpLay".

Wow, now I'm doing it - thanks!

Can we get some grammar nazis in here please?

I'm sorry to ask but how the hell is Uplay pronounced? I know how they want us to pronounce it "You Play", but every fibre of my being tells my they've spelt it "UpLay".

Then again it's ubisoft so I guess I should accept their twats French.

DangerDog wrote on Aug 16, 2012, 19:07:

KilrathiAce wrote on Aug 16, 2012, 18:56:
UBI does not care for customer often not supporting their titles as proven with silent hunter series, many of their games are either not supported or in horrible state and literally suck nowdays. So no suprise I have no desire to even care about Uplay, may as well call it Toilet as far as I am concerned.

this is why it's appropriate to hate on ubisoft, not for them wanting to push out their own content delivery system.

they pump and dump worse than EA and Activision combined.

+1. It's not the store that's offensive, it's their repeated treatment of PC gamers.

We need more Gamersgate's kind of stores, which provide us all the files without the use of a client. As for Uplay, Ubisoft burned too many bridges with PC gamers for them to even stand a slimmer of a chance to be competitive in any way possible. After their horrid treatment of PC gaming which continues to this day with delays and their insane DRM they really have to be insanely retarded to even think they stand a chance against all the other competitors.

Oh Prez, Creston, pretty sure that 1angrygamer is a gimmick account.

KilrathiAce wrote on Aug 16, 2012, 18:56:
UBI does not care for customer often not supporting their titles as proven with silent hunter series, many of their games are either not supported or in horrible state and literally suck nowdays. So no suprise I have no desire to even care about Uplay, may as well call it Toilet as far as I am concerned.

this is why it's appropriate to hate on ubisoft, not for them wanting to push out their own content delivery system.

they pump and dump worse than EA and Activision combined.

NOPE nope nope nope NOPE

*nope's the fuck on out of here*

UBI does not care for customer often not supporting their titles as proven with silent hunter series, many of their games are either not supported or in horrible state and literally suck nowdays. So no suprise I have no desire to even care about Uplay, may as well call it Toilet as far as I am concerned.

DangerDog wrote on Aug 16, 2012, 18:29:
retail is dead as dog shit, you can't blame these publishers for not wanting to bend over to Valve every time they put out a game.

They bend to Microsoft and Sony...

retail is dead as dog shit, you can't blame these publishers for not wanting to bend over to Valve every time they put out a game.

I don't like the idea of only one business holding the keys the e-retail store. Sure people have a man-love-crush on Gabe and everything he does and says but imagine if they were to sell out to another corporation down the road like Microsoft. Don't put all your eggs in one basket etc.

ItBurn wrote on Aug 16, 2012, 16:30:

Dades wrote on Aug 16, 2012, 16:29:

1AngryGamer wrote on Aug 16, 2012, 16:18:
Countdown until Anti DRM Fanatics spam this news story....5....4....3...2....1...

How about just people who don't want another fucking digital platform?

You don't want more deals? Spending less money? Forcing Steam to stay competitive? Just add the game to your Steam game list once it's installed.

We don't need another corp whore trying to take a piece of the pie. Does any of us need that? Any of you guys need that? How about you guys over there--did any of you guys ask for this? No?

Okay then, Nope.

uhhh there's no way to add games into it that you may have purchased from other e-retailers or at retail, I know that with Steam bought Ubi games you have to launch through Steam app but say you have a key from Gamefly or something, no place to enter in the key.

I guess Ubisoft doesn't want to pay for the bandwidth if you get the game from any place other than their e-store. D- for customer support right there.

This is a step beneath Origin but just slightly better than Games for Windows Live.

Creston wrote on Aug 16, 2012, 18:08:
Driver San Francisco for a buck? Hmm. Does it have that retarded DRM of theirs?

I'd be tempted to get AC2 and brotherhood for the PC, but same issue with the DRM horseshit... Though I believe in brotherhood it's been taken out?

Last I checked the always online games like Driver and AC2 are now just online to boot, offline afterward. They might have toned it down further in the interim though, I haven't played them in a while.

Brotherhood was a simple one-time activation.

Driver San Francisco for a buck? Hmm. Does it have that retarded DRM of theirs?

I'd be tempted to get AC2 and brotherhood for the PC, but same issue with the DRM horseshit... Though I believe in brotherhood it's been taken out?

Creston

So Ubisoft DRM is coming to my PC in a more convenient form? No. Thanks. After the security fiasco, Ubisoft software will never reside on my PC. It's bad enough I have to log in to be allowed to play my single player games.

Prez wrote on Aug 16, 2012, 17:22:
I don't disagree with your post but for me the difference is with Steam I still have a singular, centralized front end to run all of my games from through which I can interface with all of my Bluenews friends with. Not everyone has (or will have) a Gamefly, Origin, or Uplay account but virtually everyone I am friends with here has a Steam account. I like simple, centralized ubiquity. It helps that Steam has the biggest library, the best features, and is generally the best all around digital service by a fair margin (though their customer service admittedly STILL sucks donkey balls).

I understand that... I mean it effects me very little as I don't play multiplayer, but I understand it. Still, I think selling direct to the consumer trumps it, and a centralized platform under one company head is pretty anti-PC.

You can always have Steam open all the time anyway, and launch 3rd party games from it, keeping 95% of its features intact.

Why is Steam so awesome but anything else like it so terrible? If your argument is purely not wanting more accounts, well, you have them already, so what's the diff?

I don't disagree with your post but for me the difference is with Steam I still have a singular, centralized front end to run all of my games from through which I can interface with all of my Bluenews friends with. Not everyone has (or will have) a Gamefly, Origin, or Uplay account but virtually everyone I am friends with here has a Steam account. I like simple, centralized ubiquity. It helps that Steam has the biggest library, the best features, and is generally the best all around digital service by a fair margin (though their customer service admittedly STILL sucks donkey balls).

Fuck Ubisoft. I'm never buying their shit again.

Oneprince wrote on Aug 16, 2012, 16:54:
What I need now is a client app to manage all these other client apps Steam/origin/uplay/(whatever the gamestop one is called)/Tiggit/etc.... Right?

A trillian for games? That is a great idea.

Client is pretty slick. I REALLY like how it has achievements that unlock things, makes them actually interesting, and that interface is done really well. Automatically added all the Uplay DRM games I used before, which is nice.

I know people here think it's insane but to me it's very true to the PC platform for a publisher to sell their game directly to me. We have these accounts anyway because of DRM, so why not a client if it adds features? Why is Steam so awesome but anything else like it so terrible? If your argument is purely not wanting more accounts, well, you have them already, so what's the diff?

Direct to consumer relationships and sales is true to PC gaming and enhances the appeal of our platform to publishers. I am all for it. I wish it was DRM free, but consumers accepted DRM a long time ago, so oh well.