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Ubisoft DRM Petition at 4500 and Growing
PC gamers unhappy with the French publisher's latest attempt to combat piracy.
Written by Andy Griffiths, 09 March 2010
It's safe to say that Ubisoft's latest DRM measures have annoyed a few PC gamers with several thousand of them adding their signatures to an online petition titled 'No to Ubisoft DRM.'
The controversy surrounds the requirement to be connected to the internet the entire time gamers wish to play their titles, among the first of which are Assassin's Creed 2 and Silent Hunter 5.
Understandably many potential customers aren't happy and after an unstable weekend which saw problems connecting to the authentication servers, who can blame them?
The petition's main argument is that this aggressive form of DRM will "only alienate those ready, willing and able to purchase your games through legal means" and may possible lead to more cracked versions being downloaded. Therefore the author requests that the publisher revises their DRM strategy and seek out alternatives to combat piracy.
Piracy via file sharing is currently wreaking havoc with PC gaming and has forced some publishers to abandon the platform, but many gamers are concerned that Ubisoft's latest measures are a step too far.
Providing an offline alternative like Valve's Steam platform would alleviate the tension, whether Ubisoft are willing to bend to consumer demand remains to be seen.
At time of writing the petition is currently at 4,757 signatures and growing...
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10 March 2010 @ 11:49AM GMT
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