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Ubisoft DRM Counts Replacement Graphics Cards Towards Activation Limit
Topic Started: Tuesday Jan 17 2012, 10:04 PM (178 Views)
Slayer706
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http://www.guru3d.com/news/why-guru3d-probably-never-will-review-ubisoft-titles-anymore/

Some reviewers tried to compare an Ubisoft game using different cards so that they could get a good idea of how the game performed on them. After three card changes, their game stopped activating. When they contacted Ubisoft about getting more activations, they replied with this:
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Sorry to disappoint you – the game is indeed restricted to 3 hardware changes and there simply is no way to bypass that. We also do not have 7 copies of the game for you.
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Just when you think Ubisoft DRM can't get any worse...

They might be even worse than EA and Activision at this point.
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Thursday Aug 18 2011, 07:18 PM
I'm not posting in this thread. This seems ass ram a scam.
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lol WTF
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There is an industry crash coming. I can't say exactly when, but I am willing to bet it will make the crash of '83 look like child's play.
Denver Broncos: defending champs, 8-6, next game 12/25 @ Kansas City Chiefs
Colorado Rockies: 75-87, missed playoffs
Colorado Avalanche: 11-18-1, next game 12/20 @ Minnesota Wild
Denver Nuggets: 12-16, next game 12/20 @ Los Angeles Clippers
Colorado Mammoth: first game 12/30 @ Buffalo Bandits
Denver Outlaws: defending champs, first game 4/22 @ Charlotte Hounds
Colorado State Rams football: 7-5, next game Idaho Bowl 12/22 vs Idaho Vandals
Colorado State Rams basketball: 8-4, next game 12/22 vs Long Beach State 49ers
Winnipeg Blue Bombers: 11-7, lost West Division Semifinal
Denver Pioneers Lacrosse: first game 1/24 vs Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
#2 Denver Pioneers Hockey: 12-3-3, next game 12/30 @ Providence College Friars
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Just the next step.
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famicommander
Tuesday Jan 17 2012, 11:11 PM
There is an industry crash coming. I can't say exactly when, but I am willing to bet it will make the crash of '83 look like child's play.
If only because the only game sales after the crash will be made by Child's Play.
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SuperDouxSanaCanThree
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And here I just upgraded my video card...oh darn. (Actually I have no idea what this game is)
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famicommander
Tuesday Jan 17 2012, 11:11 PM
There is an industry crash coming. I can't say exactly when, but I am willing to bet it will make the crash of '83 look like child's play.
and you guys wonder why I say I'm giving up on the industry after this gen. I'll just play the games I got. Fuck the video gaming industry.
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Wednesday Jan 18 2012, 09:40 AM
famicommander
Tuesday Jan 17 2012, 11:11 PM
There is an industry crash coming. I can't say exactly when, but I am willing to bet it will make the crash of '83 look like child's play.
and you guys wonder why I say I'm giving up on the industry after this gen. I'll just play the games I got. Fuck the video gaming industry.
MEH. Just don't support them by buying the game then? There are plenty of developers out there worthy enough of your cash, just seems that no one wants to give it to them.
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nope. sorry. giving a collective fuck you to the entire industry. You and I both know they've given it to us in every way possible. I've had my mind made up about this for a couple of years now. I'm finishing up this year and that's all she wrote.
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Eh, I just don't buy from selective companies anymore. And my experience has been pretty much the same as it's ever been. Albeit I just don't care for consoles anymore.
Edited by ronaldmonster, Wednesday Jan 18 2012, 10:43 AM.
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Sunday Jun 5 2011, 01:25 AM
Going way, way, way back I can remember playing with Legos cockgobbleing Star Trek TNG lolz

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I will still support Nintendo for at least one more generation and I also like the indie PC scene, but in my book anyone who buys the PS4, third Xbox, or Vita is going to get exactly what they've asked for with their dollars: increasingly lazy games, increasingly terrible business practices, and increasingly terrible customer service. Nintendo is certainly not innocent of this bullshit either, but they haven't crossed the bullshit Microsoft/Sony/EA/THQ/Capcom/Activision/Ubisoft line yet. Not by a longshot. I feel like the next company to be added to that list will probably be Take-Two.
Denver Broncos: defending champs, 8-6, next game 12/25 @ Kansas City Chiefs
Colorado Rockies: 75-87, missed playoffs
Colorado Avalanche: 11-18-1, next game 12/20 @ Minnesota Wild
Denver Nuggets: 12-16, next game 12/20 @ Los Angeles Clippers
Colorado Mammoth: first game 12/30 @ Buffalo Bandits
Denver Outlaws: defending champs, first game 4/22 @ Charlotte Hounds
Colorado State Rams football: 7-5, next game Idaho Bowl 12/22 vs Idaho Vandals
Colorado State Rams basketball: 8-4, next game 12/22 vs Long Beach State 49ers
Winnipeg Blue Bombers: 11-7, lost West Division Semifinal
Denver Pioneers Lacrosse: first game 1/24 vs Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
#2 Denver Pioneers Hockey: 12-3-3, next game 12/30 @ Providence College Friars
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Source: Rock Paper Shotgun

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“While it’s correct that copies of Anno include three activations and that changing hardware may trigger the need for reactivation, the vast majority of Anno customers never encounter this scenario. On the rare occasion when a customer does need additional activations, Ubisoft customer service is available to quickly resolve the situation, and we encourage those customers to contact us directly so that we can ensure they are able to continue to enjoy their game.”

In other words, it's not a bug, but a fully intentional feature.

Just when you think Ubisoft wouldn't possibly use a worse DRM than Starforce...
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Pokemans > some other thing that you ass ram
I don't ass ram anything so it's greater than nothing.

Jak
Thursday Aug 18 2011, 07:18 PM
I'm not posting in this thread. This seems ass ram a scam.
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Slayer706
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I wonder if it counts plugging in a flash drive as a hardware change.
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They probably count it if you accidentally nudge your monitor a few centimeters.
Denver Broncos: defending champs, 8-6, next game 12/25 @ Kansas City Chiefs
Colorado Rockies: 75-87, missed playoffs
Colorado Avalanche: 11-18-1, next game 12/20 @ Minnesota Wild
Denver Nuggets: 12-16, next game 12/20 @ Los Angeles Clippers
Colorado Mammoth: first game 12/30 @ Buffalo Bandits
Denver Outlaws: defending champs, first game 4/22 @ Charlotte Hounds
Colorado State Rams football: 7-5, next game Idaho Bowl 12/22 vs Idaho Vandals
Colorado State Rams basketball: 8-4, next game 12/22 vs Long Beach State 49ers
Winnipeg Blue Bombers: 11-7, lost West Division Semifinal
Denver Pioneers Lacrosse: first game 1/24 vs Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
#2 Denver Pioneers Hockey: 12-3-3, next game 12/30 @ Providence College Friars
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