Ubisoft's new DRM worse than Starforce and SecuROM combined

[Maniacal]

Except that is no indication of true numbers... since it has been on there only since yesterday and only has to sell more copies than the other games on the list which have been out for months if not years.

Though still pretty damn sad.

 

[DJ Bonebraker]

....I wish I could say I was surprised by that news.

 

[Mise]

I think a lot of people either don't know or don't care. It's disappointing that publishers can get away with this, but yeah... hardly surprising

I think we do need to put it into context though. Broadband internet is as much a utility as electricity or hot water. In a few years' time, the requirement that the computer be connected to the internet at all times will be as trivial as the requirement that the computer be connected to the power socket at all times.

And, of course, if you lose your electricity, for whatever reason, even momentarily, you'll be kicked out to a blank screen, WITHOUT SAVING

 

[GVBN]

It has been trivial for years now

 

[J-man]

I liked Assassin's Creed I. I was going to buy Assassin's creed II, now I'm not so sure...
I was also considiring buying the new Settlers but not when they this kind of DRM in it.

Hooray for Ubisoft!

 

[Mise]

It has been trivial for years now

In Europe, yes. In America... not so much There are lots of places in America where broadband is either non-existent or very unreliable.

 

[Maniacal]

There are plenty of places without direct access to broadband or cable in North America, and plenty of people who use wireless which isn't reliable. Or waiting for the internet to be hooked up when you move, which can take a few days (or more) sometimes. Or traveling.

 

[DJ Bonebraker]

....And I just happen to be one of those who fits both categories (no access to Cable and only have wireless or dial-up access).

Although my main beef with these DRMs is the fact that it's like painting a huge sign on your computer that says "HACK ME!!!!!"

 

[Maniacal]

Although my main beef with these DRMs is the fact that it's like painting a huge sign on your computer that says "HACK ME!!!!!"

Er.. what? Why do you think that? (Its really more like Ubisoft putting a sign on their games for the pirates saying "Crack me")

 

[Murky]

Er.. what? Why do you think that? (Its really more like Ubisoft putting a sign on their games for the pirates saying "Crack me")

I thought it more like a BIG sign that says DON'T BUY THIS, JUST WAIT FOR THE CRACK instead.

 

[Mise]

Yeah, what Murky said.

Also, Americans, move to Europe, get broadband

 

[DJ Bonebraker]

Er.. what? Why do you think that? (Its really more like Ubisoft putting a sign on their games for the pirates saying "Crack me")

Simple statistics: The longer your computer is connected to the internet, the more likely it is to get hacked...

I try to stay connected no longer than necessary and be personally present at the keyboard when I am... Call me paranoid, but that's practically a prerequisite for getting a government job.

...Although I will also concede you do have a point, but as an employee of the US government, it is my duty to strongly denounce and discourage anything that even remotely smacks of piracy...

 

[cardgame]

My computer has had a permament internet connection that is usually reliable for like 5 years.

I have never gotten remotely close to being hacked... or virus'd

it's called firewall & antivirus

 

[Maniacal]

Simple statistics: The longer your computer is connected to the internet, the more likely it is to get hacked...

I try to stay connected no longer than necessary and be personally present at the keyboard when I am... Call me paranoid, but that's practically a prerequisite for getting a government job.

...Although I will also concede you do have a point, but as an employee of the US government, it is my duty to strongly denounce and discourage anything that even remotely smacks of piracy...

For a US government computer or a computer being used for government stuff, then sure, precautions like that are a good thing.

But yes you ARE being paranoid. You are unlikely to have a regular computer hacked or virused simply by being connected to the internet, provided you have proper firewalls and anti-virus in place.

Unless you are on dial up, then you have an excuse for disconnecting.

 

[Leonel]

I was so looking forward to Settlers 7 too,

 

[Fetus4188]

Your connection duration has virtually no affect on your likelihood of being hacked. If it happens it will happen quickly and it will happen while you are actively surfing or downloading. Despite what Hollywood might like to say, hackers don't spend their time trying to personally hack into random private computers, they aren't idiots.

 

[Maniacal]

Thats what botnets are for. Most of which are stopped by firewalls and routers.

 

[Mise]

Simple statistics: The longer your computer is connected to the internet, the more likely it is to get hacked...

I try to stay connected no longer than necessary and be personally present at the keyboard when I am... Call me paranoid, but that's practically a prerequisite for getting a government job.

...Although I will also concede you do have a point, but as an employee of the US government, it is my duty to strongly denounce and discourage anything that even remotely smacks of piracy...

All this means is that you don't know much about internet security, what the risks are, and where the dangers come from......

 

[DJ Bonebraker]

My computer has had a permament internet connection that is usually reliable for like 5 years.

I have never gotten remotely close to being hacked... or virus'd

it's called firewall & antivirus

So do I... Why do you think my internet connection is so slow and somewhat cantankerous? I've got several anti-spyware, firewall and/or V-safe programs running (that and the fact that my dedicated internet computer only has 768 MB of RAM)...

Personally, though, I won't be happy until I can build a dedicated Linux-based server/firewall/router, but again, that's just my personality: I like to err on the side of caution...

And as for hackers NOT attacking random computers: I had several attempts to hack my computer via the Adobe Acrobat bug (thankfully my firewall managed to freeze the transfer so I could Alt-F4 Firefox before they could get in), and one of my friends had his computer hacked via the Windows Update path... Granted it was one of his buddies who only popped up a window saying, "Hi, (name removed for privacy resons) How are you doing?", but still!

If someone could get in using WINDOWS UPDATE, then something like one of these game-company DRMs would be a piece of cake to your average no-life hacker!

 

[Maniacal]

You still come across as overly paranoid. Yes those can happen, but the vast majority are from people downloading spyware, viruses, not using proper security, using internet explorer, not keeping programs updated etc.