Far Cry 2 DRM Follow-up [Oct 15, 2008, 09:39 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
DRM is official on the Far Cry 2 Forums is a post by a user reporting that a
conversation with a Ubisoft representative about DRM in Far Cry 2, and a
subsequent post by a Ubi Forum Manager confirms the use of the SecuROM DRM
indicated on
the French Ubisoft Shop yesterday (story). On a semi-related
note,
Riccitiello Says DRM a Minority Controversy has comments from the EA CEO
saying he feels that Digital Rights management only represents an issue for 0.2%
of their users: "We're still working out the kinks. We implemented a form of DRM
and it's something that 99.8 percent of users wouldn't notice. But for the other
.2 percent, it became an issue and a number of them launched a cabal online to
protest against it." Ubisoft has not answered our mails on the topic, but here
is the forum post on the Far Cry 2 DRM:
Some DRM points that will hopefully answer some of your questions and will clarify some misunderstandings about our DRM and SecuROM:
- You have 5 activations on 3 separate PCs.
- Uninstalling the game “refunds” an activation. This process is called “revoke”, so as long as you complete proper uninstall you will be able to install the game an unlimited number of times on 3 systems.
- You can upgrade your computer as many time as you want (using our revoke system)
- Ubisoft is committed to the support of our games, and additional activations can be provided.
- Ubisoft is committed to the long term support of our games: you’ll always be able to play Far Cry 2.
claim of my own but just trying to refute the claim that the game was originally planned as a PC exclusive.
Jerykk said "PC exclusive". I said it was announced for PC first, 6 months before the consoles. I expected it to get ported to consoles. My argument is that it was developed for PC first and then ported to console, not that it was ever an exclusive or that it was developed for consoles first and ported to PC. I think at one time in development (not public) it may have been considered an exclusive until they knew the capabilities of the consoles, but it was never marketed as an exclusive when the game was announced for PC.
Basically all I'm saying is that the lead platform was the PC and ported to consoles later in development.
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This comment was edited on Oct 15, 2008, 20:14.
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