EA follows Ubisoft, will sell titles with 'always on' DRM

Shame...... i wanted to play dead space 2 when it finally came out. I didnt buy AC2 recently because i go without an internet connection for months at a time. As has already been said they're actually losing some of their customers who instead will dl pirated versions without the stupid drm.
 
I personally dont mind it, but im sure the first time a game was interupted then id be hopping mad, im a huge fan of steam, id just prefer every game to come out on that at the cost that retail games usually sell for, £18-25 brand new, it would be great for pc gaming, i think ive got something like 75 games on steam, and i love it when i change pc and things like that, no hassle, how it should be. I do want Assassins Creed 2, its nto the DRM thats putting me off, im just waiting for it to drop under £20 before i buy it, as i do with nearly all pc games.
 
DRM or no - its the price and the quality of the game that matter to me. When DRM starts interfering with my enjoyment of the game, that's when i'll begin to complain. Until then, business as usual.
 
Massive policy fail IMHO.

Like most people I've come to stomach if not particularly like the online activation as a one off event or even having Securom installed to check the disc integrity.

However I don't see why I should have to keep the modem on all the time to play and even save my progress. If other publishers follow suit, it will be the beginning of the end of PC gaming for me.

Could it be the developers and publishers know what they've produced is utter tat and this is just one more step to prevent those who bought a copy selling it on?
 
Any SP game that requires an 'always on' net connection is a simple 'no purchase' for me.

There are way too many games to play, as it is - if EA wish to remove themselves from my potential pile-o-games, then that's their right :)
 
Just thinking about it now and it's all well and good us moaning about this online but ultimately it's going to have very little effect. What we probably should do is write a letter, not an e-mail, a letter, to the respective company indicating that we will not be buying game x, y or z as a direct result of the over the top DRM these companies are starting to employ.

If we could organise something like that then the letters would represent tangible lost sales (as opposed to the supposed lost sale of a game which was instead pirated) and maybe, just maybe, the companies might take notice.
 
I am really disappointed in EA for doing this. I genuinely thought they were improving but it seems like they're just as bad as ever.

I will think long and hard before buying any game made by EA (or Ubisoft, or Activision).
 
AC2 was never on Steam in the UK - its nothing to do with the DRM as Steam are selling AC2 with the DRM in other regions.

The only thing that will stop this will be sales figures. However I suspect Ubi will accept slightly lower sales in return for knowing that only paying customers have acess to their work.

AC2 and SH5 still arent properly cracked and presumably the beauty of Ubi's solution is that they can move more critical data server side to the point where its impossible for the game to run at all without access to the server.

C and C4 has only been 'cracked' because the online aspect isnt really set up to be DRM thats just a side effect - everything is stored on the PC hence the crack is just emulating the EA server. The instructions for getting it to work are a lot of faffing though - def not copy / paster crack.

I think if Ubi are going to continue with this DRM they should add value and leverage the always online aspect with community features like Steam.
 
n111ck said:
I think if Ubi are going to continue with this DRM they should add value and leverage the always online aspect with community features like Steam.
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But I don't want another Steam, and another loads of lists, games and stuff I need to synchronise, and keep up-to-date. :( One is enough. I have Steam, and some games want GFWL. I don't another for Ubisoft, another for Blizzard (Battle.net 2), and one for each publisher/dev etc etc.
 
Jezcentral said:
But I don't want another Steam, and another loads of lists, games and stuff I need to synchronise, and keep up-to-date. :( One is enough. I have Steam, and some games want GFWL. I don't another for Ubisoft, another for Blizzard (Battle.net 2), and one for each publisher/dev etc etc.
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That's somewhat inevitable, I'm afraid.

EA, Ubi and the rest all want a slice of Valves Steamy pie.
 
Jezcentral said:
But I don't want another Steam, and another loads of lists, games and stuff I need to synchronise, and keep up-to-date. :( One is enough. I have Steam, and some games want GFWL. I don't another for Ubisoft, another for Blizzard (Battle.net 2), and one for each publisher/dev etc etc.
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Surely all the updating would be automated with Steam style clients? Currently you would have to find, download and patch each game seperately.
 
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