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[DS] Ubisoft Prices Its Uplay Passport At $9.99.
Yay...
This does not effect me, Or PC gamers for that matter.... And not like your missing anything ubi's games are 7/10 at best
This does not effect me, Or PC gamers for that matter.... And not like your missing anything ubi's games are 7/10 at best
Ubisoft's kidding themselves if they think I'm going to pay for a service like this, let alone buy their games in the first place. The only games of theirs I buy are the Assassin's Creed titles. They lost me as a customer when they released Far Cry 2, which was buggy as heck and absolutely terrible anyway, and then followed that up by releasing DRM that required an internet connection for single player games.
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Well, that is better than the alternative of not being able to unlock it. I still don't see the big deal. As long as one key is used by one person at any moment in time.
They are just making a game sitting on shelf unplayed being sold to some one who might actually want to play it equal to a lost sale on the game. If the person could not have bought the game used at a cheap price they probably wouldn't of purchased it at all. However, I do think that places like GameStop make entirely too much money off of used game sales. They should be charging much less for them or else giving people more of a trade in on games. This will have an effect on that at least. Used games will have to be sold for at least $10 less now.
I also remember back when I was a bit of console gamer (PS1 days) I would trade games with friends for a week or two. That is probably going bash that in unless they trade physical consoles as well.
They are just making a game sitting on shelf unplayed being sold to some one who might actually want to play it equal to a lost sale on the game. If the person could not have bought the game used at a cheap price they probably wouldn't of purchased it at all. However, I do think that places like GameStop make entirely too much money off of used game sales. They should be charging much less for them or else giving people more of a trade in on games. This will have an effect on that at least. Used games will have to be sold for at least $10 less now.
I also remember back when I was a bit of console gamer (PS1 days) I would trade games with friends for a week or two. That is probably going bash that in unless they trade physical consoles as well.
Sounds like it's promoting piracy to me.
Why buy the game when you can simply acquire a copy, and purchase a legitimate key for $10, instead of $50-60?
Why buy the game when you can simply acquire a copy, and purchase a legitimate key for $10, instead of $50-60?
Ubisoft get worse all the time.
-Starforce DRM
-Buying out good intellectual properties and trashing them
-Always-online DRM for single player games
-Proving the severe downsides of the above DRM when their servers went down for an extended period
-Won't give out review samples to magazines\sites that gave negative reviews of their products
Now they treat second owners as though they never purchased the game.
-Starforce DRM
-Buying out good intellectual properties and trashing them
-Always-online DRM for single player games
-Proving the severe downsides of the above DRM when their servers went down for an extended period
-Won't give out review samples to magazines\sites that gave negative reviews of their products
Now they treat second owners as though they never purchased the game.
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Though the DRM is nuts though in the Ubisoft court. The next thing is going to be sending in a DNA sample to activate your game and another sample if you ever need to re-install it.
Isn't that pretty much all of them?
Though the DRM is nuts though in the Ubisoft court. The next thing is going to be sending in a DNA sample to activate your game and another sample if you ever need to re-install it.
All of y'all complaining about always on DRM, its not true anymore. At least for AC: BH you don't have to always be online
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Probably because you'll have to input the original key prior to purchasing a new key? I highly doubt they'd let something like that get through their control process... though stranger things have happened.
I've already been boycotting Ubi for over a year. I do get their games for consoles used, but I don't care about online.
Hopefully, this will encourage more to cease giving money to this lousy publisher.
Hopefully, this will encourage more to cease giving money to this lousy publisher.
I've fallen out with ubi ever since they flat out refused to re-activate my copy of Spinter Cell even though I proved i bought it.
This doesn't help our relationship at all.
This doesn't help our relationship at all.
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Pretty much the same here, i got teh newest PoP for christmas last year and i bought AC II for $20 a month or so ago, and i jsut downloaded a cracked EXE for both...lol to test it i unplugged me Ethernet Cord and played a whole level/misson, no issues. even though i buy all of my games, i always get a No-DVD or No-CD crack, even for steam games i most of the time use a cracked EXE despite buying them, i even gained about 5 frames in metro and mafia ii with a cracked exe to exclude steam.
Oh darn, a developer wants to make us pay a somewhat small fee to play a game that we buy used [i.e. helps neither the publisher or the developer] online. let's all get out our pitchforks and gasoline.
Just in case you guys haven't noticed: Used games hurt the industry. I think this is a somewhat bad way to go about combating used sales, but stop acting like it's not justifiable.
I personally think that developers should try to give incentive for new purchases without having to charge us for locked content, but is this really that bad?
in my opinion, no not really. The used copy would probably end up costing around the same as a new one, or maybe a few dollars less.
Just in case you guys haven't noticed: Used games hurt the industry. I think this is a somewhat bad way to go about combating used sales, but stop acting like it's not justifiable.
I personally think that developers should try to give incentive for new purchases without having to charge us for locked content, but is this really that bad?
in my opinion, no not really. The used copy would probably end up costing around the same as a new one, or maybe a few dollars less.
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http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=8568051&publicUserId=5379799
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http://kotaku.com/342519/3-companies-bar-egm-from-coverage-following-poor-reviews
http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=8568051&publicUserId=5379799
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I wouldn't say all.
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My friend's girlfriend is sisters with the girl, Allison Theus, that did the artwork and video for that little clip there.
Wow... What a very, very small world this is...
My friend's girlfriend is sisters with the girl, Allison Theus, that did the artwork and video for that little clip there.
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You're mentality is that of the RIAA, MPAA, and other hardnosed organizations that only seek to make more money than is reasonable.
The industry doesn't hurt because of used game sales. They already made a large amount during the initial sale of the game. This is called greed.
So, when you go buy a used DVD you would be ok with paying a fee on top of what you paid for the DVD to watch the movie? What about a used CD? Pay to listen to that CD you just bought? How about some used golf clubs? Should you pay the manufacturer of those clubs if you bought them used so you can use them?
You're mentality is that of the RIAA, MPAA, and other hardnosed organizations that only seek to make more money than is reasonable.
The industry doesn't hurt because of used game sales. They already made a large amount during the initial sale of the game. This is called greed.
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This will also take away a good amount of money from game stores like EBgames. I wonder how they will react.
Nope just trade hard drives/memory cards with the profile.
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I just got Assisans Creed 2 for my PC at the last big steam sale. I do think that this is another cheap way to get more money. Times are tough, but that doesn't mean that it gives publishers the right to try to steal away money from their customers.
This will also take away a good amount of money from game stores like EBgames. I wonder how they will react.
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