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Home News Ubisoft Doing Away With DRM Policy, All Rivers Now Run With Essence Of Fairies

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Ubisoft Doing Away With DRM Policy, All Rivers Now Run With Essence Of Fairies

Posted on Wednesday, September 5 @ 14:21:51 Eastern by sara_gunn


If there’s anything that makes me feel like I don’t actually own a game I paid for, it’s digital rights management (DRM) policies. You know, you paid for a legal copy of Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, but you can’t play it unless you’re connected to the Internet because piracy is, apparently, a hell-worthy trespass. So if you’re on the bus or something, you can’t play that game that actually belongs to you. We’re all seeing the problem here, yes?
 
So Ubisoft, in a shocking turn of events, has announced they’re dumping their DRM policy in favor of a one-time-only registration connection. Like how it used to be before everyone got all paranoid. According to Joystiq:

The policy dictated that those playing Ubisoft's PC games would have to maintain a constant connection to the internet, even when playing single-player content. According to Perotti, Ubisoft PC games will now require "a one-time online activation when you first install the game, and from then you are free to play the game offline."
 
It’s nice to know publishers trust us again, though I wouldn’t be surprised if this was temporary. Hopefully, a little trust will go a long way, especially considering that absurd "93-95 percent piracy rate” Ubisoft likes to claim.
Related Games:   Assassin's Creed: Revelations
Tags:   ubisoft, drm, Assassin's Creed


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  • De-Ting
    De-Ting
    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Sep 5th, 2012 at 2:29 pm
    More of the industry becoming smart again, please.
    0 5
  • Sourdeez
    Sourdeez
    Joined: Feb 2012
    Posted: Sep 5th, 2012 at 3:19 pm
    Breaking news, Scientists have genetically mixed pigs and birds. We now have flying pigs.
    0 5
  • Lenin17301
    Lenin17301
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Sep 6th, 2012 at 5:52 am
    Angry Pigs?
    0 0
  • VidyawithBen
    VidyawithBen
    Joined: Sep 2012
    Posted: Sep 5th, 2012 at 3:20 pm
    We should enjoy this brief respite because the only thing that's going to happen from here on out is more and more invasive DRM.

    Ben
    vidyawithben.blogspot.com
    2 0
  • OdiousLupous
    OdiousLupous
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Sep 5th, 2012 at 3:23 pm
    Hugo awards drm, google it and laugh.
    0 3
  • Ivory_Soul
    Ivory_Soul
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Sep 5th, 2012 at 3:35 pm
    What about all the current games that have this? Are they going to patch those games for this one-time activation?
    0 1
  • cyberjim2000
    cyberjim2000
    Joined: Feb 2010
    Posted: Sep 5th, 2012 at 3:47 pm
    Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. So they realized that treating their paying customers as criminals doesn't good business sense? What are they huffing to come to that conclusion?
    0 3
  • OdiousLupous
    OdiousLupous
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Sep 6th, 2012 at 4:16 pm
    You know what this means... we can all become real criminals now. Im getting me an eye patch and a lap cat.
    0 0
  • Bras
    Bras
    Joined: Jul 2008
    Posted: Sep 5th, 2012 at 4:35 pm
    I'm still buying AC III for PS3, mind you. The disbelief is great within me.
    0 1
  • MasterRabbi
    MasterRabbi
    Joined: May 2007
    Posted: Sep 6th, 2012 at 5:35 am
    Skeptical, but if true maybe I'll buy a Ubisoft game again. After like 12 years of boycott...
    0 0

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