Ubisoft's Internet DRM Servers Are Under Attack

SOB.

This is the worst way possible to convince companies that heavy-DRM is a bad idea.

Boycott Ubisoft's games and any other DRM-loaded game. Hit them where it hurts: the bottom-line.
And I wouldn't bet for a second against those that are hard at work to crack that SOB.

Awesome

not smart on both sides

Wow. Real mature.

While in theory this type of DRM sounds good, it really is a terrible idea.
2 points that come to mind for me:

1. This is absolutely wrong for them to do this.
2. This does bring up the point of when the servers are down due to power, money, "Lack of interest in a game", bankruptcy, DOS attacks, etc.

UBISoft...

Take the hint. DRM is costing you MONEY, COSTING YOU CUSTOMERS. Its a waste of money and resources to add the DRM to your games... it breaks the game... yours won't be the first nor the last.

Solution, come out with a patch that removes the internet DRM... imagine if ALL your future games are knocked out. EA is already bad enough.

DRM does NOT stop pirates! Never had, never will.

For once, I am actually glad that botnet's exist. I won't be buying Assassin's Creed 2 unless Ubisoft relaxes the restrictions.It probably won't affect me or 95% of their other customers, but I refuse to support a company that does what Ubisoft has done with AC 2 based solely on principle. I was pissed off about Spore, and I'm just as pissed off about this.

Forgot to add.

When you decide to no-longer support the product, get bought out or go out of business... how are these people supposed to PLAY the games they PAID money for?!

So yes... boycott YOUR products... ALL of them! Same as I boycott EA games with their SecuROM limit installs and background rootkit like programs.

DRM only hurts your customers.

Mirrors Edge = cracked
Bioshock = cracked
Spore = cracked

Somebody name a single game that *IS* not cracked... and not just that, was is the record for the LONGEST lasting game before its cracked? 3~5 days?

Nice going. Now you can look forward to even less PC games because of attacks like this. Why would they even bother with PC gamers if they're going to act like spoiled little kids when they don't get their way?

Because they are spoiled little kids.

As much as i disagree with a ddos against ubisoft, i could care less if they continue to develop games for the PC. Valve has and will always have my best interests at heart,I have no problem playing valve games as long as I have a pc, and emulators to boot.

Here is an idea, get your head out of your ass ubisoft and use Steams copy protection, much more user friendly, or make a product that people will want to buy because of the multi player benefits...It's no secret that Steams copy protection is the shit

I dont agree with DDOS, but the fact that this IS an issue is one reason the DRM is a bad idea. Not to mention the fact that its a small revolt(admittedly, probably from peeps who even even played the game yet) that should serve as a kick in the ass to Ubisoft.

While I think this was a stupid way to go about it, I am, in a way, glad that this happened. It'll help bring the DRM issue to light. A lot of players (the less technically-inclined) likely don't really think about it that much. Hopefully when they got booted off their game it made them stop and go, "Hey... wait. What happens if something more permanent happens to their servers?"

When you know its your fault for implementing severe measures and it doesn't work out the way you planned it, blame some one else. I'm not buying the line of BS they are serving. they screwed the pooch and now they are trying to save face.

oooh man this is getting hot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they thought they could get away with it... the real truth is: ubisoft you cant!!

Maybe is a lie and there wasn't a DoS attack at all!

I won't be surprised if that's true blasterth but whu would they want to shoot themselves like that unless servers were overwhelmed?

I'm so pirating this game JUST TO PISS OFF UBISOFT!

Serves them right and is like bringing down the mother ship in Independence Day.

Why is this such a bad way to convince companies to stop DRM?

It's all about money. DDos'd servers means a worse user experience means less buyers (especially just after release, where a large percent of the sales are made).
Many people may now wait to see if the DDos keeps up before buying. In that time a crack will be released which works when the DDos is going.

This should mean a massive reduction in sales due directly to their DRM being DDos'd. If DDos'ing DRM becomes common, it'll become bad business to use DRM.

DRM of this type only punishes your paying customers, while your non-paying consumers find that at worst, they wait a little longer to steal your game.

They weren't going to buy it in the first place, so your bottom line does not change. They aren't convinced into buying your game because of your DRM.

But people who are legitimate consumers and who support your company and your industry by paying their hard earned dollars for your product end up getting screwed.

Not good business.

this ddos isn't realistically preventing them from making sales, it is only inconveniencing the people that legitimately bought it. It isn't going to hinder sales because this ddos isn't all over the mainstream news, and early poor performance for 5 percent of ubisoft gamers also won't reach most buyers ears, so again, this ddos won't stop people from buying the game, it will only prevent them/you/me from enjoying it. I didn't buy it because im not interested in playing it, but a ddos won't stop me from buying it either.

Is there any proof that this was an attack. I wouldn't be so quick to say "Oh poor Ubisoft." For all we know this could be BS to protect their own asses because of a failure on their part. I'm not saying it is, I'm just saying it could be.

Ubisoft, you don't care about your customers. This became clear to me when you say you're pleased about your success against piracy. You should be ashamed the instant your anti-piracy makes it so even 1 legitimate customer isn't able to play the game. A game they payed for legally and then get punished for doing so by your DRM. How can you care about winning against piracy if you're losing against customer care/loyalty for those 5%? And that's just in this one instance, think of all the other potential customers lost reading about your lack of care for your legitimate customers. How many % does it take for you to be happy about your win against piracy but be sad about your lack of customer service? If you could eliminate all piracy but still continue to reliably serve only 10% or less of your customers would you do it? It's looking like that is the case. So go ahead and be happy about your temporary win against piracy, but I'll go ahead and be ashamed for you on your permanent loss against customer loyalty.
BTW I have no problems with DRM, products such as STEAM service have become a great boost to both DRM and customer use of those DRM legitimately.

got to wonder how much time they actually spent on making THE GAME GOOD...

"We're happy to say ACII & SH5 are withstanding the efforts to crack them. We see the rumors but still confirm no valid cracked versions exist"

who are you announcing this to? your shareholders? do you honestly expect the consumer to give a flying F$%#!

I mean really. its like a challenge! I'm tempted to try and crack it! hell I'm sure statements like that are enough to convince the one programmer you have there with a modicum of decency to defect and crack it for us!

you are the worst type of people Ubisoft. I will never buy a game from you again. I hardly have much spare time as it is, I'll buy games from a company that at least gives the impression that I'm not a mindless pleb theif!

Thanks Ubisoft, I'll just wait for you to confirm the cracked version for me then?

LOSERS!

Were do I sign up?

Just sad that people are trying to validate their reasons for being thieves by attempting to make DRM look bad so they can feel like less than the douchebags they are. I hate the stupid DRM crap, but it wouldn't be needed if piracy wasn't so insane right now, so I blame the pirates who never buy the games they play. At least I have a small box of games purchased over the years like trophies of great deals I found, lol. Games are not FOOD, you won't die if you don't get to play it right away.... COD4:MW2 was downloaded illegally more than 10X the number sold for PC, if that says anything...

"We're happy to say ACII & SH5 are withstanding the efforts to crack them."

How could you be happy that you provide a crap service to paying customers and now a lot of them are waiting for a cracked version to be released.

Do you think that those people who are waiting are going to give up and buy the game just because they have to wait a few days? No of course not, in a few days when the cracked version is released a mass of people will download it. I know I will, not to play just to SEED.

Piracy damages their bottom dollar, and they are trying to do something about it. Too bad they are hurting legitimate customers in the process. I congratulate Ubisoft on producing some DRM that has lasted this long (not that I agree with it, but it normally doesn't last past Day 0).

Unfortunately DRM is a way of life that anyone who buys proprietary software supports.