No to Ubisoft DRM
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Dear Ubisoft Entertainment,
This petition has been created in response to the recent announcement of your DRM system, which will be used for all future PC games published by your studios.
Whilst the creation of this DRM is understandable, the methods by which it will counter piracy will only alienate those ready, willing and able to purchase your games through legal means. By using the planned version of DRM, people will likely not by games they want to, or simply pirate them instead. The latter not only harms Ubisoft, but PC gaming as a whole; something we don't wish to see.
Therefore, we ask:
1) That you seriously revise how the DRM works; in singe-player games (such as the soon to be released Assassin's Creed 2) an internet connection should not be constantly required.
2) You look at other DRM functions of the past (by yourself and other companies) and see how easily they are broken by pirates, whilst legal gamers must suffer through servers going down, logins not working correctly, etc.
3) That you listen to the public response, and do not make the same mistake made by recent studios by ignoring your fan-base.
Piracy is the cause of this problem, but it is only increased by adding unforgiving and impractical services which will only affect those who buy the game. Those unwilling to accept the DRM measures are more likely to then turn to piracy.
Many forms of DRM have been tried, and none last more than a couple of days before they are cracked and the games present on a torrent site.
Your games are the favourites of many PC gamers, and it would be a shame to see such a thriving fan-base feeling as if they have been treated unfairly.
This petition has been created in response to the recent announcement of your DRM system, which will be used for all future PC games published by your studios.
Whilst the creation of this DRM is understandable, the methods by which it will counter piracy will only alienate those ready, willing and able to purchase your games through legal means. By using the planned version of DRM, people will likely not by games they want to, or simply pirate them instead. The latter not only harms Ubisoft, but PC gaming as a whole; something we don't wish to see.
Therefore, we ask:
1) That you seriously revise how the DRM works; in singe-player games (such as the soon to be released Assassin's Creed 2) an internet connection should not be constantly required.
2) You look at other DRM functions of the past (by yourself and other companies) and see how easily they are broken by pirates, whilst legal gamers must suffer through servers going down, logins not working correctly, etc.
3) That you listen to the public response, and do not make the same mistake made by recent studios by ignoring your fan-base.
Piracy is the cause of this problem, but it is only increased by adding unforgiving and impractical services which will only affect those who buy the game. Those unwilling to accept the DRM measures are more likely to then turn to piracy.
Many forms of DRM have been tried, and none last more than a couple of days before they are cracked and the games present on a torrent site.
Your games are the favourites of many PC gamers, and it would be a shame to see such a thriving fan-base feeling as if they have been treated unfairly.
14716 Signatures
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Bradley G
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Martin E
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Daniel Machado de A
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Philippe
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Kryan B
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- I don't want to buy internet!!! (Posting from library xD)
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thylor
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Wesley C
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Anja N
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Ninja T
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- Yeah nice goin Ubisoft (Nubs cause Pirates still pirate a game and do shit and make a workaround even with this shit implemented
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Alexander D
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LeRoi P
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Jason
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Tom J
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- Yesterday i can't play my Heroes VI Game because of your DRM. There was no connection to the conflux-system of the game. It is not acceptable that i pay for a game and can't play the singleplayer-mode of this game. Why is it not possible that you save the game on your servers AND on my PC? Why only on your servers? And don't say it is because cheating!
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Gustavo F
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mark p
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- this will be the last game i buy from ubisoft unless they changes their ways.
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ewan
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Piotr K
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Alihan H
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- Bought the game MM Heroes 6 yet unable to play due to the servers being down. Hate it.. Then why should I bother buying the game while the guys out there offering pirated free versions that are MORE RELIABLE than the original version?
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aandt
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- none
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l k
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- this is not the way to defeat piracy
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machdavi
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Peter W
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- DRM is killing PC games
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Gustavo F
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Daniel P
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Breno Lima F
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Pedro Henrique L
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Jonathan
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Tyler
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- JD above me pretty much said what i wanted to say. i approve this petition
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Tymotuesz T
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David S
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ben
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- FIX IT UBISOFT, i cracked setlers7 just so i could play it, case closed right there
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Mauricio M
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- I support the title of Silent Hunter 5! It's a great game and I love it! But I am opposed to this feature because they often have to travel between two cities to study and work and can not be connected all the time! Please reconsider this measure! It's not fair to punish those who bought the game for those who did not.
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ORlo
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- Anno 2070 could have been such a nice game.
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Paterial
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- Ubisoft needs to learn to treat their paying customers with respect rather than like criminals. Why do pirates have a better gaming experience than those who PAY for the software?
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Agnieszka S
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John
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Giovanni T
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- WE WANT RAYMAN!
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Saul Jaffa M
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JJ
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David L
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- I bought HOMM6, and since I cannot connect to their awful DRM system I will likely have to pirate it anyway, to play a game I paid money for. I guess next time I want an ubisoft game I'll save myself the trouble and pirate it in the first place!
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John
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- yup
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Peder H
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- DRM does not stop pirates. I want to play Anno 2070 on as many computers as I want, since I BOUGHT the game...
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Tycho van D
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- Not only do they release extremly buggy games, no, thanks to the DRM system and their 70% online servers, I can rarely play. This is fraud to the customer.
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Cassiano C
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Bärbel
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javier f
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Geordie
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Gabriel
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