Ubisoft's new deal, for new games. Players must be connected to play offline...

[Letum]

Thank goodness 1C got away in time.

[HFC_Dolphin]

Well, this limitation is still enforced with some code, so... guess what will happen.

In any case, all this piracy talk is repetitive and gets to one conclusion: People pirate only what they wouldn't buy in any case.

Proof is in everyone's home, where you can see carefully stored copies of IL-2 (or other fabulous music/games/etc.) and numerous cd/dvd copies of X-silly product being torn apart by kids, as no one cares to protect them.

[TheGrunch]

As I said on the Ubi forum...great, now I can get booted from an OFFLINE game when my wireless connection goes down. Cheers Ubisoft, that's my favourite part of gaming.

I think that in some cases software developers have themselves to blame, how many times have we all splashed out £30 - £40 on a game only to find its rubbish or full of bugs and needs patching or simply runs very badly on the PC your using. I'm not advocating piracy but i do know some of my friends will download a cracked copy of a game to try before they buy.

[TheGrunch]

Originally Posted by Tree_UK

I think that in some cases software developers have themselves to blame, how many times have we all splashed out £30 - £40 on a game only to find its rubbish or full of bugs and needs patching or simply runs very badly on the PC your using. I'm not advocating piracy but i do know some of my friends will download a cracked copy of a game to try before they buy.

Well, add to that that it's the only industry I can think of where you can get a quarter of a game's price for selling it second-hand and then the shop you've sold it puts it up for sale at 90% of its original price...perhaps the numbers are a slight exaggeration for most cases but you get the idea.

[Lucas_From_Hell]

When even neoqb with Rise of Flight is going to change this because it didn't work quite well, they're going to implement it?

Hell, I'd rather go with StarForce ProActive than that. Actually, I prefer even the old "Terminator" than that.

Got really pissed of with this online thing when without internet for a week... Couldn't even play to pass time.

[drafting]

I'm sad about this since I' was really looking forward to Silent Hunter V... Unfortunately, I won't be buying it till they remove that crap.

[Letum]

Originally Posted by Lucas_From_Hell

When even neoqb with Rise of Flight is going to change this because it didn't work quite well

Got a source for this?

[TheGrunch]

Originally Posted by Letum

Got a source for this?

+1 Good news if it's true...might consider buying it.

[Lucas_From_Hell]

I can't find it anywhere, but I'm sure I saw it in a forum (sadly, I don't remember which one. Probably this one, Eagle Dynamics or Mission4Today)

Apparently, you'll only have to log in for multiplayer gaming - singleplayer will be offline. If I find it I'll post it here