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Ubisoft is missing an opportunity by punishing Division exploiters

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"Ubisoft has warned that players who took advantage of a design flaw in The Division's first Incursion could be banned from the game, citing the company's Code of Conduct which prohibits "exploitation of any new or known issues or bugs". It's a move that seems reasonable at first glance; after all, rule-breakers need to be punished, right? But this is a bad strategy, and it shows no understanding of the most important aspect of the exploit: the why."

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INMATEofARKHAM3678d ago

PC is nearly unplayable in the DZ due to cheaters... and they are worried about this?

SirBradders3678d ago

I was really looking forward to this game but it is dead to me now even destiny had more content at this stage and the scrutiny it got was 10 fold.

Now they are banning people due to their own coding mistakes, I would sue them if they wiped my data.

ninsigma3677d ago

Unfortunately they own your data and with the code of conduct agreement stating you can't exploit bugs, you wouldn't get very far.

I enjoyed the game and put a fair bit of time into it to clear every collectible, side mission and encounter but I don't care for horde mode (certainly not going to grind to be high enough gear level just for that) and the DZ just isn't fun anymore because I can't go in by myself without getting ganged up on. It has a great premise, and gameplay is good fun but I've had my fill now. And yeah Destiny got destroyed for less. After playing both I've definitely had my fill of loot based games.

KTF263677d ago

"This wasn't a hack or a mod, but simply players utilizing in-game abilities....."
Despite the fact is this bug was fake and you didn't know about that?
https://www.reddit.com/r/th...
You think you're a journalist and you didn't know about this?

Gwynbleidd3677d ago

gamesradar is citing an old ubi-forum comment from Natchai ( http://forums.ubi.com/showt... He already clarified that they aren't punishing exploiters but will find ways to punish future exploiters. There are no bans and my guess is they may ban future exploiters for max 3 days as they do with cheaters.
As for the code of conduct: I can not remember signing off any code of conduct after starting the game for the first time. This code of conduct is a supplement on their official website. Unless they make us agree to it ingame, I would think it means nothing legally.

BEASELY3677d ago

The Division is only a problem on PC, a big one at that. I'm predicting that consoles will be under complete control in the next couple months.

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai23d ago (Edited 23d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio23d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing22d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster9222d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit22d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing22d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster9222d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Spiders Studio, Developers of GreedFall: The Dying World, Announce Liquidation of the Company

Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.

What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.

We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.

If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."

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Koei Tecmo Announces Record Financial Results After Releasing Many Big Games

Today, Koei Tecmo announced its financial results for the full fiscal year 2025, related to the period between April 2025 and March 2026.

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