Irony…

Posted by Rampant Coyote on March 8, 2010

Gee, who would have seen something like this coming? Besides, like, EVERYBODY outside of Ubisoft?

UBIsoft’s DRM Servers Down All Day

With their newest DRM scheme, this means that legitimate customers simply could.not.play.the.game.

But the icing on the ol’ irony cake is this:

“After Ubisoft’s emphatic denial that the pirated versions of both Ass Creed II and Silent Hunter V work properly, we’ve been receiving unofficial reports that, with a couple of slightly peculiar work-arounds, they work just fine.”

So – the pirates who stole the game are able to play (albeit with some inconveniences). The legitimate customers are up the ol’ creek with no paddle, with nothing but apologies from the publisher.

This is pretty much the opposite of what was supposed to happen, isn’t it? Nice going, Ubisoft. You managed to make the legitimate publishers look like total creeps, and the bloodsucking douchebag parasites look like folk heroes.

Update – also from RPS – Ubisoft claims that the downtime was due to DOS (Denial of Service) attacks, and that most (95%) players were still able to connect and play. I’d just want to say two things here: First of all, I expect Ubisoft is doing some major damage control right now, and they’d say this whether it was true or not. But I think it’s probably true – though they may be offering a more conservative view of the number of customers left without service. Second point: While piracy is lowlife douchebaggery, launching or deliberately participating in a DOS attack against a company like this is a whole order of magnitude lower. Yeah, I, too, hope this new draconian DRM scheme fails. I hope the marketplace votes with the ol’ wallet.  But don’t commit sabotage. Support their competitors!

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