The odds I'd give it are 0% or 1%, depending on the circumstances.
Cymbaline Send a noteboard - 06/03/2010 10:22:44 PM
No surprise on the crack, though it's nice to see that it's out there, and it's hilarious to see Ubisoft's denial of the crack. Hilarious. As usually, the pirates are unaffected, and only the customers get fucked.
If all the servers go down because the company is bankrupt, it will not happen. The games will be forever unplayable. If the company is bankrupt, the money has run out. There is no one to develop the patch. Note too that they said "we can release a patch" versus "we have a patch ready" (which is what I think Valve has said). No patch will be made, and none will be released, because there's no money to pay for anyone to make it in the event of bankruptcy. Furthermore, there's a long list of institutions and people who will be owed capital in the event of bankruptcy, and investors are at the top and customers at the very bottom. They will not matter in the event of bankruptcy. Not only is there is no reason or motivation to help them out by patching the games, I think the company may well be legally required to focus their attention elsewhere.
Now, with regards to the servers being shut down simply because Ubisoft doesn't feel like paying for them anymore, which I have no doubt will happen, probably within five years, maybe two or three, and ten tops, there's an incredibly, incredibly small chance they'll patch the games. I still don't think they will, because:
1) There's no money to be made off of it
2) A company that's willing to make such DRM doesn't care about the positive publicity of releasing such a crack
3) Take a look at other DRM servers that have been shut down, and note how many have had their related products patched (e.g. the Walmart mp3 DRM servers). To my knowledge, the rate is 0%.
It ain't happenin'. Such DRM = rental, period. Trust some megacorp with ownership of your goods, and you will get burned.
“If for some reason, and this is not in the plan, but if for some reason all of the servers someday go away, then we can release a patch so that the game can be played in single-player without an online connection. But that’s if all of the servers are gone.”
[...] Doesn't mean it'll happen, but I'd give pretty good odds.
[...] Doesn't mean it'll happen, but I'd give pretty good odds.
If all the servers go down because the company is bankrupt, it will not happen. The games will be forever unplayable. If the company is bankrupt, the money has run out. There is no one to develop the patch. Note too that they said "we can release a patch" versus "we have a patch ready" (which is what I think Valve has said). No patch will be made, and none will be released, because there's no money to pay for anyone to make it in the event of bankruptcy. Furthermore, there's a long list of institutions and people who will be owed capital in the event of bankruptcy, and investors are at the top and customers at the very bottom. They will not matter in the event of bankruptcy. Not only is there is no reason or motivation to help them out by patching the games, I think the company may well be legally required to focus their attention elsewhere.
Now, with regards to the servers being shut down simply because Ubisoft doesn't feel like paying for them anymore, which I have no doubt will happen, probably within five years, maybe two or three, and ten tops, there's an incredibly, incredibly small chance they'll patch the games. I still don't think they will, because:
1) There's no money to be made off of it
2) A company that's willing to make such DRM doesn't care about the positive publicity of releasing such a crack
3) Take a look at other DRM servers that have been shut down, and note how many have had their related products patched (e.g. the Walmart mp3 DRM servers). To my knowledge, the rate is 0%.
It ain't happenin'. Such DRM = rental, period. Trust some megacorp with ownership of your goods, and you will get burned.
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Ubisoft DRM cracked. Already. Along with some interesting statements from the company.
- 05/03/2010 03:45:07 AM
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Steam is a form of DRM, but notice that Ubi doesn't have legions of fans like Valve does.
- 05/03/2010 01:06:53 PM
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They do seem to be taking notes, actually.
- 05/03/2010 02:02:54 PM
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It just makes it so there's a local save if it disconnects
- 06/03/2010 08:31:45 AM
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No, but an improvement resulting from player feedback nonetheless. *NM*
- 06/03/2010 03:56:29 PM
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The odds I'd give it are 0% or 1%, depending on the circumstances.
- 06/03/2010 10:22:44 PM
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More than that.
- 06/03/2010 11:50:37 PM
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Just to note: Steam's offline mode works <right now>, which is nice. *NM*
- 07/03/2010 02:33:39 PM
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