Ubisoft requiring active net connection to play
wob - Thursday, February 18, 2010
We’re talking single player games here. Assassins Creed 2 (PC) being the big one. This article over at computerandvideogames.com (what a domain..) informs us the rumours are true – Ubi’s newest DRM solution will require an active internet connection to play their games. If you lose your internet for a second, your router reboots, your telephone line is abducted by Elvis, then the game will kick you out and you’ll lose any unsaved data.
Sounds like a bad idea to me. I’m usually all about the multiplayer gaming, but what do I do if I can’t get online for some reason (not because iiNet is broken, some other reason.. maybe Elvis again). Go outside? No dammit, I bust out the single player games.
Hopefully there’ll be sufficient public backlash to make them re-think this.. hopefully.
