Comments on: Steam Pulls Two Ubisoft Games, Ubisoft Deny DRM is the Issue

By: PY

PY — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:02:19 +0000

Well this is an awful precedent. I don’t care how restrictive the DRM is, if it can be bought off the service, I want to be able to buy it. This could well be the first step towards, once again, region locking games, and that’s not something I look forward to.

By: Sam "verygoodyear"

Sam "verygoodyear" — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:00:58 +0000

@ouched: "Ich bin ein DRM!"

By: ouched

ouched — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:40:34 +0000

I’m imagining a scene like Ronald Reagan at the Brandenburg Gate in ’87.. Gabe Newell at a podium flanked by the rest of Valve, before a breathless crowd awaiting the crescendo. He states with the resolve of the ages, “Mr. Ubisoft, tear out this DRM,” and the world erupts.

News is fun when you imagine it in a nonsensical historical context.

By: Aaron "Wheaty"

Aaron "Wheaty" — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:02:33 +0000

Man, Gabe is really layin down the law here

By: TheGeek

TheGeek — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:50:23 +0000

This is a no-brainer. DRM is at least a big factor in removing those two games from Steam, if not the only reason.

I for one hope that Valve can put enough pressure on Ubisoft to release a DRM-less version that they can then put on Steam, which is a form of DRM in of itself. Stacking Steam’s reasonable DRM on top of Ubisoft’s asinine DRM is a big drawback for Valve. If Steam could offer a version without Ubi’s ridiculous DRM on Steam, that would make it all the more desirable.