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Ubisoft: Is it about piracy anymore?

Monday, March 8th, 2010

There has been a lot of flak on the web about AC2’s DRM system. When it was first announced, everybody went “They can’t be serious!”. And when it did actually come out, people just stopped and pooped in their pants. “They ARE serious!”

Just a small recap of the DRM system that Ubisoft is using:

  • Permanent Persistent and consistent online connection required.
  • Game pauses if connection is disrupted.

See Ubisoft’s official page to read more. A reviewer managed to see and experience first-hand the benefits/meh/horror, as viewed by the publisher/developer/player respectively, of such a system.
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