Ubisoft moving servers, games not playable for a week.
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[QUOTE]Some of Ubisoft’s PC Games Won’t Work Next Week. Not Even Singleplayer. Next week, Ubisoft will be moving around some of its servers.
What this means for those of you saddled with Ubisoft PC (and Mac!) games that have restrictive DRM is that, in some cases, your games won't work while the move takes place. At all.
PC games affected include Tom Clancy's HAWX 2, Might & Magic: Heroes 6 and The Settlers 7. Mac games similarly going all busted will be Assassin's Creed, Splinter Cell Conviction and The Settlers.
Those games above will be completely inaccessible while the move takes place. Worryingly, there's no ETA on how long the move will take place.
In addition, the multiplayer components of many Ubisoft games, both on PC and console, will be "impacted" as well.
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[URL]http://kotaku.com/5881867/some-of-ubisofts-pc-games-wont-work-next-week-not-even-singleplayer[/URL]
DRM at its finest.
It's ok. Pirates still get to play.
When you get so lost chasing pirates that you're hindering a lot of legitimate customers from playing your games for a week, you know you're doing something wrong.
[QUOTE=Lizzrd;34524690]When you get so lost chasing pirates that you're hindering a lot of legitimate customers from playing your games for a week, you know you're doing something wrong.[/QUOTE]
"Fuck being right, we have money!"
Luckily I wont be affected by this because I dont have any Ubisoft games.
Well it's not like Ubi has a lot of people playing their games on PC anymore anyway, right...?
Something just struck me. You know how we still can play old games like Red Alert and the like, and still enjoy them? If Ubi in the future declared bankruptcy, would anyone adopt their always-on servers? Unlikely. So all their games with that ridiculous DRM will be unplayable. Unless they patch all their games to not use it.
[QUOTE=Kazumi;34524742]Something just struck me. You know how we still can play old games like Red Alert and the like, and still enjoy them? If Ubi in the future declared bankruptcy, would anyone adopt their always-on servers? Unlikely. So all their games with that ridiculous DRM will be unplayable. Unless they patch all their games to not use it.[/QUOTE]
Don't worry, pirates will fix that.
[sp]Please don't ban for wares ;w;[/sp]
What would be the legality of buying a Ubisoft game, then getting a pirated copy to avoid being molested by the DRM?
[QUOTE=Red scout?;34524746]Don't worry, pirates will fix that.[/QUOTE]
Yeah. More than likely, you'd have a group of people that would be dedicated to their titles for years after they'd been released that would band together and work to make them playable once more. Probably, there will be a big resurgence in modding interest, as well. At least that's what happened in the days of Dynamix's Red Baron 3D and countless other old PC games.
This is definitely going to hurt their business. And it's wholly deserved. Asides from unleashing all this draconian bullshit upon their community, they've managed to ruin a bunch of games in the process (including my beloved Silent Hunter series).
I feel for the people that are going to be inconvenienced, even if it isn't going to be for very long, though. They paid for their shit, and this is the thanks that they get for their patronage. This DRM crap needs to stop already. It's so ineffective and riddled with so many problems it's hilarious.
[QUOTE=jimhowl33t;34524758]What would be the legality of buying a Ubisoft game, then getting a pirated copy to avoid being molested by the DRM?[/QUOTE]
Greyish, I think. Although you are allowed to keep an extra copy for personal use of copyrighted material in some circumstances.
[QUOTE=jimhowl33t;34524758]What would be the legality of buying a Ubisoft game, then getting a pirated copy to avoid being molested by the DRM?[/QUOTE]
Honestly depends on your country as far as I'm aware.
Hang on, wouldn't this go against the Sale of Goods Act 1979 here? (in the UK) I mean, the product isn't exactly fit for purpose if it stops working whenever they want to move their servers.
[QUOTE=Red scout?;34524746]Don't worry, pirates will fix that.
[sp]Please don't ban for wares ;w;[/sp][/QUOTE]
You know your DRM policy is shit when customers can actually lose their game from the company going down.
I miss the days when what stopped you from playing your friend's copy of kotor was the fact you needed the disc in to play.
[QUOTE=jimhowl33t;34524758]What would be the legality of buying a Ubisoft game, then getting a pirated copy to avoid being molested by the DRM?[/QUOTE]
Wouldn't it technically be legal as long as you disabled seeding?
I am still questioning myself, why do I even bother paying for ubisofts' games.
[QUOTE=jimhowl33t;34524758]What would be the legality of buying a Ubisoft game, then getting a pirated copy to avoid being molested by the DRM?[/QUOTE]
I don't know about other countries but if it's like the US where you are then I think it's illegal, we're allowed to make copies for personal use (which is why I can legally rip my CDs and convert them to MP3s) but I don't believe that you're then legally allowed to get someone else's copy.
[QUOTE]DRM at [B]it's[/B] finest.[/QUOTE]
do people make these mistakes to add to the retardation of the article? or is it just plain stupidity
[QUOTE=Pelican;34524960]do people make these mistakes to add to the retardation of the article? or is it just plain stupidity[/QUOTE]
Not that big of a mistake tbh.
And not as stupid as you're/your or there/their.
Motherfuck I wanna finish AC2
[QUOTE=Hattiwatti;34525008]Not that big of a mistake tbh.
And not as stupid as you're/your or there/their.[/QUOTE]
while that is true, not knowing it's/its is a sign that said person was obviously educated by a flock of wild camels
and people who can't use their/there were/where/we're your/you're, on the other hand, just ate their own shit and considered that education
[QUOTE=Terminutter;34524799]Honestly depends on your country as far as I'm aware.
Hang on, wouldn't this go against the Sale of Goods Act 1979 here? (in the UK) I mean, the product isn't exactly fit for purpose if it stops working whenever they want to move their servers.[/QUOTE]
They'll probably claim that it is not a good that they are selling you, but a service.
[QUOTE=wraithcat;34525045]They'll probably claim that it is not a good that they are selling you, but a service.[/QUOTE]
Services are still covered by our consumer laws. However, I don't think would be considered illegal, sadly.
[QUOTE=Pelican;34525034]while that is true, not knowing it's/its is a sign that said person was obviously educated by a flock of wild camels
and people who can't use their/there were/where/we're your/you're, on the other hand, just ate their own shit and considered that education[/QUOTE]
Judging people on the mere use or lack of use of an apostrophe.
[QUOTE=jimhowl33t;34524758]What would be the legality of buying a Ubisoft game, then getting a pirated copy to avoid being molested by the DRM?[/QUOTE]
In all likelihood, that's illegal and is classified as blatant piracy.
But all hope is not lost.
Hypothetically, if you did want to avoid having DRM rape your system, the best path to pursue in your case would be downloading a simple crack that would allow you to avoid it.
If you bought a game (as you did in your example) and then downloaded a crack to play without the CD or circumvent DRM protection, that would be perfectly legal. You own a legitimately purchased copy of the game and a license to use it. You're just modding it at a very basic level, really. And you're doing it for your own personal usage with no malicious intent.
[QUOTE=Lizzrd;34524690][B]When you get so lost chasing pirates[/B] that you're hindering a lot of legitimate customers from playing your games for a week, you know you're doing something wrong.[/QUOTE]
And loosing on top of it...
[editline]3rd February 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=jimhowl33t;34524758]What would be the legality of buying a Ubisoft game, then getting a pirated copy to avoid being molested by the DRM?[/QUOTE]
AFAIK, it is legal.
[QUOTE=LunchboxOfDoom;34525139]In all likelihood, that's illegal and is classified as blatant piracy.
But all hope is not lost.
Hypothetically, if you did want to avoid having DRM rape your system, the best path to pursue in your case would be downloading a simple crack that would allow you to avoid it.
If you bought a game (as you did in your example) and then downloaded a crack to play without the CD or circumvent DRM protection, that would be perfectly legal. You own a legitimately purchased copy of the game and a license to use it. You're just modding it at a very basic level, really. And you're doing it for your own personal usage with no malicious intent.[/QUOTE]
ToS Says otherwise.
[QUOTE=LunchboxOfDoom;34525139]In all likelihood, that's illegal and is classified as blatant piracy.
But all hope is not lost.
Hypothetically, if you did want to avoid having DRM rape your system, the best path to pursue in your case would be downloading a simple crack that would allow you to avoid it.
If you bought a game (as you did in your example) and then downloaded a crack to play without the CD or circumvent DRM protection, that would be perfectly legal. You own a legitimately purchased copy of the game and a license to use it. You're just modding it at a very basic level, really. And you're doing it for your own personal usage with no malicious intent.[/QUOTE]
Cracking a game isn't even semi illegal since you're not reproducing the game for others to use without paying. Nor are you infringing anyone's copyright.
Of course this is obvious but it still stands
[QUOTE=JohnnyOnFlame;34525171]ToS Says otherwise.[/QUOTE]
Citation needed.
Not that a company's terms of service are even comparable to the power of national and international copyright and trade laws that say those sorts of modifications are legal, to begin with.
[QUOTE=JohnnyOnFlame;34525171]ToS Says otherwise.[/QUOTE]
ToS is not law.
Didn't some people predict this might be an issue when they started this shit last year?
[editline]3rd February 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=Terminutter;34524799]Honestly depends on your country as far as I'm aware.
Hang on, wouldn't this go against the Sale of Goods Act 1979 here? (in the UK) I mean, the product isn't exactly fit for purpose if it stops working whenever they want to move their servers.[/QUOTE]
Depends if software is classed as goods or a service. If its a service then no, if its goods it could possibly be covered by it.
I'm looking it up now because I am interested as well.
[QUOTE=Pelican;34524960][B]d[/B]o people make these mistakes to add to the retardation of the article? or is it just plain stupidity[/QUOTE]
There, i fixed my spelling error due to being quite busy to make you feel better.
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