Ubi connect + Denuvo + account-based DRM and steam drm LOL

[Q]

YO i heard you like DRM so we put extra drm in your drm so you can play drm with more drm.
This is the company that told ppl to get comfortable not owning your games also they want to include ADS ingame and released AAAA overpriced half baked skulls and bones massive flop and insulted japanese culture with new assassins creed game.

DRM inception the game.

[Cincaid]

What? This game doesn't require always online, why are you making stuff up?

"The Day 1 patch is mandatory to start playing the game, therefore a one-time internet connection is required. After that, you will be able to play the game offline and enjoy the Western Frontier without an internet connection."

https://www.ubisoft.com/en-gb/game/avatar/frontiers-of-pandora/news-updates/7zh6LuCrtC3mxkQ7tYEj2i/before-you-play-avatar-frontiers-of-pandora

[Q]

Fixed, thx for the link

But i'll wait and see if ubisoft connect DRM is not required and then account creation and login if so then that's quasi always online drm, how come ppl goin to play offline if they have to login with ubi account 1st? will see

[psychotik12]

How about you go ❤❤❤ yourself, Ubisoft!

[Spectrum Legacy]

Day 1 patch to be able to play online? More like denuvo online auth that happens on the first launch, with a token that needs an online refresh once in a while. Very drm-heavy release.
The game is in a bundle (along with Starfield, Lies of P and CoH3) with certain Radeon GPUs.

[DosBoss]

Another fine addition to the ignore list.

[DesertFish]

Ubisoft has to get comfortable with us not buying any of their games.

[Q]

it saddens me cuz the developers did a great job creating pandora, it's the publisher, Ubisoft, pushing all sorts of anticonsumer measures...

saying that so much DRM is to avoid piracy is one of the biggest controversies from the past 15 years. Sure, drm used to be that, it's original purpose but in recent times everyone knows that harvesting data and controling the user is much more valuable and the real reason for so much DRM.

[Antiga]

Originally posted by DesertFish:

Ubisoft has to get comfortable with us not buying any of their games.

Really? True for you and me, perhaps, but all those mindless drones out there.. How are we going to make them stop ruining the games industry? Ubisoft can keep pooping out these pieces of ♥♥♥♥, and people will keep gobbling them up as if it's chocolate icecream.

[CoffeeCat]

Originally posted by Berries and Cream:

Fixed, thx for the link

But i'll wait and see if ubisoft connect DRM is not required and then account creation and login if so then that's quasi always online drm, how come ppl goin to play offline if they have to login with ubi account 1st? will see

Or you could just look at the store page omg

[Shev]

This game is actually very good; the developers did an amazing job bringing the movies to game format; Ubisoft itself is what's demanding the Ubisoft account linking, the installation of denuvo, etc.

The way the Ubisoft connect works for this is just linking your steam account to the ubisoft back end; which steam does with practically every game that has it's own account back end anymore. Even twitch and discord have you linking to Steam and so on.

[Fatherdaeth]

they will keep releasing ♥♥♥♥ after ♥♥♥♥ because they know that eventually us older gamers that have actually seen a real game will die off and all that will be left are the ones that don't know any better. It will never be fixed. ever

[Q]

Originally posted by Fatherdaeth:

they will keep releasing ♥♥♥♥ after ♥♥♥♥ because they know that eventually us older gamers that have actually seen a real game will die off and all that will be left are the ones that don't know any better. It will never be fixed. ever

That's correct, gen Z is already used to consume, consume and consume and move onto next big thing within weeks. They were raised, shaped, indoctrinated by big corpo to do it and never question drm or any anti-consumer measure, the moment someone does it they always reply with "who cares?, game is gud, dont like it dont play it, go away, steam does teh same whataboutism etc"
As i said the real goal here is harvesting data and control the consumer, how they interact with the product, what they do and beyond hence layers of DRM everywhere.

It won't be long till we are forced to use extra lauchers, account creation and login (always online drm and account based drm) to endure extra telemetry and EULA saying they can gather any personal info they want even stuff not related to games like your browsing activity and more (Homeworld 3 game EULA go ahead read about it, or civilization VI who used to have spyware and invasive eula) then denuvo and kernel level stuff to control you even more.

Oh wait we already there and people are cheering and praising and even worshiping big corpo, wait a bit longer cuz with such attitude the ads ingame are going to be a real thing soon and EA and Ubisoft know this, they know how uneducated impulsive consumers think, they wouldn't be multibillion corporations if they weren't good manipulating and controlling.

[CoffeeCat]

The only thing keeping them alive is siege and x defiant not sure how long that's gonna last till they die or bought out doubt anyone wants a France company maybe just there IP's

[gast128]

This Ubi connect thing prevents me from buying these games on Steam. Pity since I really love open world fps.

[Spectre]

Same here, won't buy the game with denuvo & ubisoft account.