SOW - with new DRM model by UBI ?

[Chivas]

Originally Posted by csThor

"Someone has called UBISOFT ...[/i]"

You have now three seconds to figure out how much that actually means - in a multinational corporation with several thousand employees. This statement means squat. Ubi didn't know it's own backyard when Il-2 was still fresh and they don't know their own backyard now, either.

Face it - corporations as Ubi don't make announcements like the one I posted when there is not something to hold on to - such as a contract. Currently all evidence we have points to them holding the publishing rights outside the former USSR.

I agree that all facts suggest that UBI is still the publisher, but I doubt very much that they still are. Not an official word from UBI in four years about SOW suggests to me that they are no longer involved, especially if Oleg still plans to release SOW this fall.

[MikkOwl]

Contracts can have all kinds of clauses in them stating that it's valid to break it if this or that happens.

What is troublesome is if UbiSoft have paid for development costs of Storm of War. It would be trickier to get out of that one in such a case.

Any contract can usually be broken, if one has the cash to pay for the penalty of breaking it. Storm of War is probably big business as far as revenues go, so it could make sense to pay to get out of UbiSoft's upcoming poor treatment of it.

It is alsooo possible that Storm of War could be published by UbiSoft and not have to sign up for spyware services at Ubi - i.e. they would not implement it in that title as an exception to their new rule. I do think I read that they said that 'most' titles would have their crappy spyware arrangement, which means there is room for exceptions.

I would most likely not ever pay for a copy of Storm of War that comes with UbiSoft spyware. I would rather pay Maddox Games as well.

[GT182]

I won't buy SHV because of UBI's new DRM policy. And if they do the same for SOW: BOB, I won't buy it either. Sales will tell who's going to get the shaft. I don't want to see Oleg get hurt, but UBI is going to kill sales if they add the DRMs.

I've been playing X3 Terran Conflict in the new Gold pack by Egosoft. They pulled the DRMs out with the new release, and now they've got an even bigger following than they ever had before.

The writing is on the wall... NO DRMs. Find other ways to stop pirating, and leave us honest people alone!

[nearmiss]

I wonder

What of Oleg was on a contract back in 2006 and terms required him to finish within 4 years, and if he wasn't finished Ubi would not publish without a new contract.

Oleg may have decided to just run down the clock and build an even better BOB SOW. Even he did eventually publish outside Russia with UBI he might make a much better financial deal.

Makes sense to me, not saying that is the case. Just a thought

[noxnoctum]

The irony is this may well drive people to not buy it and instead just pirate it (I'm sure the pirates will figure out a way around the DRM and make a "fix"... they always have in the past). So really it only screws over the legitimate customers.

I know I'm certainly considering that for SH5. I'll still buy it, because I want to support the developer, but I'll get a pirated copy too and use that as a backup in case my internet connection goes down so I can still play offline.

[Flanker35M]

S!

RoF now can be played offline too after last update

[noxnoctum]

Originally Posted by Flanker35M

S!

RoF now can be played offline too after last update

Wait, so is Ubi changing their DRM stance???