Ubisoft's new deal, for new games. Players must be connected to play offline...

[TheGrunch]

Originally Posted by Tree_UK

I think that in some cases software developers have themselves to blame, how many times have we all splashed out £30 - £40 on a game only to find its rubbish or full of bugs and needs patching or simply runs very badly on the PC your using. I'm not advocating piracy but i do know some of my friends will download a cracked copy of a game to try before they buy.

Well, add to that that it's the only industry I can think of where you can get a quarter of a game's price for selling it second-hand and then the shop you've sold it puts it up for sale at 90% of its original price...perhaps the numbers are a slight exaggeration for most cases but you get the idea.

[Lucas_From_Hell]

When even neoqb with Rise of Flight is going to change this because it didn't work quite well, they're going to implement it?

Hell, I'd rather go with StarForce ProActive than that. Actually, I prefer even the old "Terminator" than that.

Got really pissed of with this online thing when without internet for a week... Couldn't even play to pass time.

[drafting]

I'm sad about this since I' was really looking forward to Silent Hunter V... Unfortunately, I won't be buying it till they remove that crap.

[Letum]

Originally Posted by Lucas_From_Hell

When even neoqb with Rise of Flight is going to change this because it didn't work quite well

Got a source for this?

[TheGrunch]

Originally Posted by Letum

Got a source for this?

+1 Good news if it's true...might consider buying it.

[Lucas_From_Hell]

I can't find it anywhere, but I'm sure I saw it in a forum (sadly, I don't remember which one. Probably this one, Eagle Dynamics or Mission4Today)

Apparently, you'll only have to log in for multiplayer gaming - singleplayer will be offline. If I find it I'll post it here

[Letum]

Links found:

http://riseofflight.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=5560
http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.ph...2920791/3.html


Great news!
I'll buy it as soon as this happens.

Your turn now Ubi.

[tagTaken2]

Originally Posted by Lucas_From_Hell

I can't find it anywhere, but I'm sure I saw it in a forum (sadly, I don't remember which one. Probably this one, Eagle Dynamics or Mission4Today)

Apparently, you'll only have to log in for multiplayer gaming - singleplayer will be offline. If I find it I'll post it here

One of the developers for RoF posted a comment on their forums a while ago, and one of the US distributors has confirmed it (although he fudged a little later on
http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.ph...ml#Post2946149

I'm optimistic, but I'd still prefer to see an announcement from neoqb.

[MikkOwl]

Who will be publishing Storm of War mainly - 1C Publishing? I hope so.

It is not true that people ONLY pirate things they would never buy. People have various motives and values. Some think it's always ok to not give and only take because it is possible. Some think that which is illegal is always immoral no matter the actual ethics (after all, many evil things are legal). Some people would like to pay for all the things they copied and played through and enjoyed, but don't believe they can afford to do that in every case. I used to copy most things I played in the past. Then (long ago) my favourite gaming studios ever, Looking Glass, went bankrupt, and I had not paid for my favourite games ever. A wake up call. I even bought it later, even though it was already too late. Mmm the Thief Collection...

Since then, I end up buying most of the games I really enjoy playing (the rest I just abandon after trying for a short time). But one thing that I find very discouraging from buying is retarded copy protection systems. I only bought SH3 after they patched it out, and SH4 I bought to show my support but the copy protection really pissed me off, and I barely played it. I'm much happier and likely to hand over my money to the companies that won't try to make my enjoyment of the product I paid for worse.

I think online activation is something I can accept very willingly - it's so easy to find time to get online just for a moment to activate it. If they want, they can require an activation once every month even, with the IMPORTANT distinction that it does not just stop you from using it if not activated past the date, but instead will cease functioning after 2 weeks if not activated. Most people would get online that frequently at least, so it's not intrusive. Any more than that and I rapidly start getting a strongly negative opinion of the product as a whole, and don't want to encourage that sort of behaviour for any publisher doing that.

[Robert]

Jason from 777Studios is the US publisher of RoF and has commented on this in the SimHQ forum. RoF's online requirement will end for off line play. To what extent it's not determined.

http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.ph...ml#Post2946149