DRM in prince of persia (2008) | Forums

[Solblade]

Does anyone know what kind of DRM the new prince of persia will use?

Im a huge prince of persia fan and have copy of every prince of persia PC-game on the shelf since "The shadow & the flame". However I wont buy the new prince of persia if it comes with anykind of online or limited activations. I occasionally replay the old prince of persia titles and a online/limited activation could mean that I wont be able to do that with the new game 5 or 10 years from now.

[Daroth_343]

Originally posted by Solblade:
However I wont buy the new prince of persia if it comes with anykind of online or limited activations.

The harsh truth is that Ubisoft couldn't care less if you don't buy the game because of the DRM. It just means they'll invest even less in PC conversions in the future. This is already happening and it's going to get worse. Yves Guillemot already said it:

Yves Guillemot:
The PC gaming community is very often against any kind of system that prohibits piracy, which I have difficulty understanding. They need to help us to make sure we can invest on the PC, because if we can't get a return on investment with PC games then we will not invest.
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If we find more ways to get revenue from the PC, then we will invest more. So this is the future. The last big PC hit was Far Cry and we are coming out with Far Cry 2 specifically for the PC, but that will be an exception.

(source: http://www.tomsgames.com/us/2008/08/...yvesguillemot/)

Simple as that. Ubisoft still doesn't understand the problems with DRM, and the PC gamer will be the victim of that. It's a vicious circle with Ubisoft putting less and less effort in PC conversions and less people buying them as a result of that.

[FireEmpress]

Well if they made proper PC versions, gamers would be arsed to buy it.
Plus they think too much about profit and aren't doing much polished quality tbh

You shouldn't have problems with the drm anyway. If you ever do, remember, as a customer you have the right to complain and sue until you are satisfied

[Solblade]

Originally posted by FireEmpress:
You shouldn't have problems with the drm anyway. If you ever do, remember, as a customer you have the right to complain and sue until you are satisfied

Well I do worry about the DRM. I still play Prince of persia: "The shadow & the flame" made in 1993 by Broderbund Software. The company no longer exist. If this game had online activation, I would not be able to play it or complain to customersupport for my game not working.

[Raide]

I am not sure exactly what DRM (if any) is being used for Prince of Persia. I am sure Razz should be able to enlighten us but I will see what I can find out myself.

[narojo]

No matter how much the increase the protection on games...they will still be easily pirated. there are plenty of ways to do it, and by increasing protection..they only increase the challenge.

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and before you try to tag me as a pirate, i do not download, upload, or copy products. I follow the law, but have a knowledge on the subject because it interests me.

I'm not saying that they should just give up on Data rights management, im just saying that its futile.
Its similar to safety put on motorbikes (such as chains, disk locks, steering lock), it acts as a deterant but nothing more - if people want to get the product for free - they will get it.

[mornegroth]

narojo YOU DAMM PIRATE DIE DIE DIE DIE!!!!!!!
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hehe, just kidding...

[Solblade]

Originally posted by Raide:
I am not sure exactly what DRM (if any) is being used for Prince of Persia. I am sure Razz should be able to enlighten us but I will see what I can find out myself.

Thanks. Your help is appreciated .

[Gersen]

Yves Guillemot:
If we find more ways to get revenue from the PC, then we will invest more. So this is the future. The last big PC hit was Far Cry and we are coming out with Far Cry 2 specifically for the PC, but that will be an exception.

Farcry 2, specifically for the PC now that's a funny one.

The PC gaming community is not against thing that prohibit piracy, such a thing already exists for a long time and it's called "the law", no a good part of the gaming is against more and more ******ed and still completely useless copy protection mechanisms. I accepted code wheel and manual based protection, I accepted safedisk & Co requiring to have the CD always in the drive, but on-line activation is where I draw the line, I passed on all recent EA games and Farcry 2 because of it, and if it cause Ubisoft invest less money in PC games... well so be it.

The more time pass the more I start thinking having the "big names" abandoning PC gaming wouldn't probably be such a bad thing after all.



Well but to go back to this thread original subject, I would also be very interested to know whenever or not the new PoP is going to use online activation.

[narojo]

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Sorry Bitebug, didn't really think lol. hopefully i havn't given anyone the incentive to pirate games.