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Black Baby Goku
Apr 2, 2011

by Nyc_Tattoo

Jackie D posted:

Far Cry 4 pre-order is back on Steam

They knew they hosed up

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01011001
Dec 26, 2012

Gimbal lock posted:

During the height of DRM outrage, they released POP'08 on pc with no DRM to see if people would put their money where their mouths were in terms of piracy hurting only legit players.

For those curious: it didn't. The console to pc sales curve got messed up, pc piracy ended up far higher. They ended up knowing because the lack of DRM meant nobody bothered to disable the thing in the game that called ubi to tell them know how far the player had gotten. There were way more players that had gotten somewhere than game sales. Well... More than usual.

that sucks but is not surprising

Jackie D posted:

Far Cry 4 pre-order is back on Steam

Jackie D posted:

so is Unity

lol

Eye of Widesauron
Mar 29, 2014

zen death robot posted:

The French surrender quickly

Their foreign legion is pretty badass though. Like, they do some absolutely insane poo poo. I like to think they're the ones behind the actual good gameplay.

Black Baby Goku
Apr 2, 2011

by Nyc_Tattoo

zen death robot posted:

The French surrender quickly

haha

Lumpy the Cook
Feb 4, 2011

Drippy-goo-yay, mother-gunker!

zen death robot posted:

The French surrender quickly

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


zen death robot posted:

The French surrender quickly

qnqnx
Nov 14, 2010

zen death robot posted:

The French surrender quickly

Assasin's Creed: White Flag

01011001
Dec 26, 2012

qnqnx posted:

Assasin's Creed: White Flag

lol

Black Baby Goku
Apr 2, 2011

by Nyc_Tattoo

qnqnx posted:

Assasin's Creed: White Flag

Lumpy the Cook
Feb 4, 2011

Drippy-goo-yay, mother-gunker!

qnqnx posted:

Assasin's Creed: White Flag

rofl

A Spider Covets
May 4, 2009


ugh ubilame more like

qnqnx posted:

Assasin's Creed: White Flag

:eyepop:

Kylra
Dec 1, 2006

Not a cute boy, just a boring girl.

qnqnx posted:

Assasin's Creed: White Flag

Also, did Ubi issue any kind of statement? Can't find anything.

DoctorStrangelove
Jun 7, 2012

IT WOULD NOT BE DIFFICULT MEIN FUHRER!

So it got taken down for a few hours and then went back up. Was this Ubi being dumb or just Steam making GBS threads itself? The latter kinda seems more likely.

Mr. Pumroy
May 20, 2001

let them eat cake

qnqnx
Nov 14, 2010

DoctorStrangelove posted:

So it got taken down for a few hours and then went back up. Was this Ubi being dumb or just Steam making GBS threads itself? The latter kinda seems more likely.

Ever since From Dust, my bet has always been that Ubisoft is at least partially controlled by a monkey with a dart board.

Kylra
Dec 1, 2006

Not a cute boy, just a boring girl.

qnqnx posted:

Ever since From Dust, my bet has always been that Ubisoft is at least partially controlled by a monkey with a dart board.
I dink around in a lot of their f2p games and this is pretty accurate.

quakster
Jul 21, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
uplay has company cheevos. a pattern emerges in sociopathic behavior

eonwe
Aug 11, 2008



Lipstick Apathy
I won't buy anything that requires Uplay

I bought Blood Dragon on sale through Uplay and it was the biggest piece of poo poo ever

eonwe
Aug 11, 2008



Lipstick Apathy
ubisoft does not respect gaming

elf help book
Aug 5, 2004

Though the battle might be endless, I will never give up

quakster posted:

uplay has company cheevos. a pattern emerges in sociopathic behavior

having built in metrics and reporting of what users do in games is really normal in phone games now, i dunno about console games

Thug Lessons
Dec 14, 2006


I lust in my heart for as many dead refugees as possible.

qnqnx posted:

Assasin's Creed: White Flag

Nice.

Knuc U Kinte
Aug 17, 2004

zen death robot posted:

The French surrender quickly

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer

qnqnx posted:

Assasin's Creed: White Flag

lol

Third World Reagan
May 19, 2008

Imagine four 'mechs waiting in a queue. Time works the same way.
I'm going to go install u play

koolkal
Oct 21, 2008
Probation
Can't post for 6 hours!

Third World Reggin posted:

I'm going to go install, u play

sounds good

Shifty gimbal
Dec 28, 2008

Hey you... I got something to tell ya
Biscuit Hider
So much for that. False alarm

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer

Gimbal lock posted:

So much for that. False alarm

it's way funnier (and plausible) that they saw how many sales they would lose and the gabetax is worth it

Shifty gimbal
Dec 28, 2008

Hey you... I got something to tell ya
Biscuit Hider
Yeah it could easily look like that. Word is that it was specifically a UK problem and the removal on the other steam stores was a goof. I tend to trust it, if only because it would have singlehandedly been the quickest reaction time that Ubi has ever had about anything, ever.

Lumpy the Cook
Feb 4, 2011

Drippy-goo-yay, mother-gunker!
Is it still down in the UK store though

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SeXReX
Jan 9, 2009

I drink, mostly.
And get mad at people on the internet


:emptyquote:
Well yeah I imagine ubisoft would get pretty mad about someone porting the original masterpiece of gaming that is AssCreed 1 to that shittacular engine too.

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