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games.on.net - Devil's Advocate: Why Ubisoft's DRM worked

I'd like to introduce you to our new friend, the Devil's Advocate. It's the DA's job to defend in the indefensible, to not despise the despicable. He's here to present the other point of view - the one that has pissed you off. And what better way to get the giant ball of hate rolling than to tell us all why Ubisoft's DRM was a fantastic success, and why the company did the right thing when they implemented it. Prepare for thine blood to boil... and possibly to gain a little insight into the other side's point of view.

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Pandamobile5814d ago

Does it prevent people from illegally downloading the game? No? Then it's not working.

All it's doing is making legitimate customers like myself think twice about purchasing their games. I would have bought SCC and Assassins Creed 2 if it didn't have the RetarDRM.

chak_5814d ago (Edited 5814d ago )

yeah same, didn't buy conviction because of that.

that and it's a dumbed down crap anyway

HenryFord5814d ago

That! Cancelled Pre-Orders for both games as soon as I heard of this horrible DRM.

Well...and of course: 60$ for Conviction? Fuck me.

Letros5814d ago

Thankfully, there is nothing coming out from them in the near future that I absolutely must have, I guess Ubisoft is just saving people some cash.

Nihilism5813d ago

How did it work, Ubisoft just posted record losses for the last quarter, clearly DRM is negatively affecting their sales, who would have thougt...

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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_Sakai8d ago (Edited 8d ago )

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

dveio8d 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.

Jingsing8d 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.

Tanktopmaster928d ago

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

S2Killinit8d ago

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

Jingsing8d 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.

Tanktopmaster928d 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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Report: Injustice 3 in Development at NetherRealm Studios

Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.

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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."