I dunno, AC was the worst game in the series, the games where they were "milking" it were actually good enough to finish. Also, I play the later games for the story, sure they're not pushing the envelope like they were with earlier games in the series, but I did still enjoy AC4.

Also, don't forget about the Rocksmith series, Ubi does have some serious issues, but they're also capable of innovation as well. I make my decisions about their games on a game by game basis more so than for other developers.

Did anyone know if Ubi is hiring?
Because I would love to be paid for telling obvious things that anyone with 3 working neurons and IQ higher than polished wooden log already figured out YEARS ago.
Hell, I can agree for the like 1/5 of the pay of Ubi CEO, and for this money still vastly exceed their monthly quota of their trivial corporate "discoveries".

What you agree with the Ubi CEO that always online DRM is a good thing? I don't.

Ubisoft: DRM is not the answer... the answer is DRM!!!

"To fight piracy, Early explained that Ubisoft needs to not only focus on making better, more compelling games, but also ensure that these games have more online services (which are not available to pirates) baked into them."


These guys are out of touch with reality, this won't result in all of the pirates buying the games, it's going to result in paying customers avoiding these new games.

I like this bit:

" Assassin's Creed and Far Cry publisher Ubisoft believes any game can be cracked with enough time and effort".

'Enough time' can equate to 'almost no time'. It's not like it's taking months for this to happen; it usually occurs when they still hope to acquire sales at the new-release price. Hell, doesn't it periodically occur before a game is even officially released?

On the face of it, it sounds like they "get it". On the other, and as mentioned by other posters, it may simply portend a shift to online play and increased use of DLC as a sales tool. I'd love it if it were the former, but I suspect the latter will become the reality.

He literally spells out that it's the latter

Ubisoft obviously still doesn't get it. Never have, never will. Who can take anything they say about DRM seriously, given their track record over the past 10 years?

Same old 'turning games into a service so we get more money' stuff. EA and Activision are on the same boat.

Heh - that was quoted at least twice and I still misunderstood. I thought I had read something in the article about single-player, but that seems to have just slipped into my mind from who-knows-where. Gonna blame it on wishful thinking taking over reason.

Still got a laugh about the crack part: seriously understated the case.

Firms like Ubisoft/EA, etc are like a cancer within the games industry that needs to be eradicated. Such firms don't have the customers interest at heart. They care more about pleasing shareholders than they do their own customers. This results in countless sequels, heavy DRM and poor/incomplete games.

I just don't buy their games anymore. It's not my loss as there are plenty of other great games out there that deserve my attention.

Apparently, Ubisoft's way of making sure PC gamers want to buy their products is to deliberately gimp the PC versions of their games to make the console versions look better in comparison. Stay classy, Ubisoft.

Who and where was such a fallacy ever stated? First time I hear of this.

Sounds like I'm getting out of AAA gaming at just the right time. Though frankly I was getting tired of playing a scruffy, brooding white guy who kills tons of people/zombies/aliens anyway.

As to the where, I'm guessing Belgium. Probably France and maybe Canada too.