I wish we'd just go back to the good old days of finding a word in the manual.

Ditto.

I put FC2 on the wishlist. Because 10 years from now I expect it to be here DRM free, priced at no more than $5.99 and fully compatible with Windows 11 (or whatever is around).

Or the light-blue, copier-proof code sheets... those were the days, until you lost the code sheet and were on the last hour of the game =D.
Another 'option' - if you really want to play a game and want the developers (who aren't necessarily the ones who wrap the product with DRM, FWIW) to receive some compensation, even if only in the form of continued employment - is:
Buy the game and then play the pirated version - basically the gamecopyworld.com method of saying "screw-off" to DRM - you've bought the game, you are doing something that is morally almost-right and that, you can at least tell yourself, is less illegal.
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Does anyone know if they are planning on disclosing the DRM on the box in a visible place? I really don't like DRM but especially dont' like how they try to hide it from you till its too late. Thank goodness for forums and honest review sites.

The big problem with this is, all the publisher sees is a sale, and by that you're giving them tacit approval for their DRM.

...aaand Far Cry 2 is apparently available on torrents now, for the X360. First Fallout 3, now this. I must say, this is quite ironic.

It would've been better in terms of making them see the pointlessness of DRM if it was the PC version already on torrents, but I suppose its better than nothing.
Not that I'd download it, of course, but I'm just saying it might show Ubi that people don't like being told what they can and can't do with software they've bought.

I'm gonna skip this game too.
I Bought Bioshock, Crysis and Warhammer Online from their catalog during the last 2 years but I guess its time to stop feeding them cash so they can keep buying up companies that actually care about their customers until all we got left is this crap.
Not gonna subscribe to Warhammer and I'm not gonna by any more EA games until they stop bullying their customers.
I also own the original Farcry btw

I find it odd that Ubisoft would actually go down the same path that EA had taken, and I'm sure they've seen the clamor its caused, so why did they still choose to use the DRM?
Just by the mere mention of this, their PC sales just plummeted a great share, I would think.

Just to clarify, Ubisoft aren't going to use the same DRM as EA did in Spore. You will be able to install the game 5 times (activations) on 3 different PCs. But as I understand that unlike in Spore, in Far Cry 2 you will have a revoke tool, which means that if you uninstall the game, you get a new activation. So it's similar, but not as strict as in Spore. :)

Great, 2 extra installs.
Surely I can't be the only person here who will flat-out refuse to buy a game with limited 'activations'?
If I paid for a copy of the software I should be able to install it as many times as I damn well want to.

Yeah even more so that console game devs were talking recently about not releasing at the same time as pc because it would get pirated.

I had this pre-ordered but I guess I shall be cancelling it now.