Ubi DRM Prevents Hardware Changes

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Unread postby ThunderTitan » 20 Jan 2012, 17:09

Pretty sure the repeat entrances contrasted with the catch phrase are pretty much the meta joke of that sketch...
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Unread postby Kalah » 26 Jan 2012, 07:50

Complete turnaround by Ubi regarding Anno 2070:

"...we now remove the graphics hardware from the hash used to identify the PC. That means everyone should now be able to switch the GFX as many times as he/she wants."
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Unread postby GreatEmerald » 26 Jan 2012, 09:41

In before someone tries to change the RAM or the sound card...
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Unread postby ThunderTitan » 26 Jan 2012, 16:24

The game's out on torrent anyway... they could just remove the now pointless DRM...
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Unread postby ShadowLiberal » 26 Jan 2012, 18:05

ThunderTitan wrote:The game's out on torrent anyway... they could just remove the now pointless DRM...
But that would be admitting failure to remove the DRM 48 hours after the game was released and sold (since that's how fast it took some of Ubisoft's games to have their DRM cracked)! Would you want to admit to your boss that you wasted several months of effort by 10+ employees on something only for a couple of nerds to outsmart you for free with their own time in less then 48 hours! Would you want to tell your boss they should fire you and your team and hire some random Internet nerds to design their DRM instead of you!
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Unread postby ThunderTitan » 27 Jan 2012, 14:50

If your boss (although it's more likely the shareholders) doesn't know enough about tech to know that DRM you can probably lie to him and say it lasted a month...

Of course wasn't it Ubi that published the Splinter Cell that wasn't cracked for a whole year (Chaos Theory i think)... you'd think they'd notice the sales didn't go up by much...
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Unread postby Pol » 27 Jan 2012, 18:58

GreatEmerald wrote:In before someone tries to change the RAM or the sound card...
Or the processor.. :P
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