Comments on: Ubisoft Dumps Prince of Persia DRM, Remains Skeptical

By: Rockondude

Rockondude — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:00:59 +0000

Prince Of Persia was one of the Best Action Adventure Last Gen. The new one may be good or bad. But like some of the above said, i will Buy this game to SUPPORT one of the Oldest and Greatest Franchises around – Prince Of Persia.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:57:29 +0000

It’s great that they removed the DRM for PoP but they left the cost in. It’s priced as if they’d spent money on copy protecting it. I guess it’s just a lack of faith… they figure the price has to stay high to make up for the increased piracy resulting from not having the DRM on it.
Either way hope gamers support them, here’s to hassle free software.

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The Week in Review | Gamer Limit — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:29:12 +0000

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By: mehearty's

mehearty's — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:50:55 +0000

What these punks fail to understand is DRM does not fit into the business model.

They design these DRM protocols thinking they have created the worlds best DRM, untill they get their lunch eaten for them.

Back to business school me thinks!….

By: n3l87

n3l87 — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 02:22:41 +0000

No DRM? Okay! Now we’re talking. I’m going to be buying this game, but after xmas, when I know how much money I really have, after being gouged for buying gifts for family/friends.

Please make sure Ubisoft is aware that this customer is one that supports DRM-Free, and if it is an excellent title like PoP, then a sale has been made!

After all of the bullshit with securom, star force (which buried at least 2 of my disc drives), and the other “protection” that’s out there, it’s nice to see a company that I actually like stepping forward (although tentatively) with DRM-Free.

By: How 2 Stop downloads

How 2 Stop downloads — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 02:05:40 +0000

The key to stopping people from downloading the game is to make it SO LARGE (with video cutscenes, music, and other random junk), that downloading will either A) take too long, B) use up tons of bandwidth, or C) force people who want to see the FMV cutscenes to buy the game.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 12:22:59 +0000

I wonder, if people say I pirate because “I want to test the game, see how it is before I buy;” well what if they come out with a decent demo? Will you still pirate?

By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 11:43:05 +0000

I did buy it, based off of the no DRM advertisement.

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» Prince of Persia Retail Copies DRM-free, Says Ubisoft — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 10:50:26 +0000

[...] even though they’ve been pirating for longer than DRM has been around. I had to go find it, but HERE’s an article that I thought is relevant. Take note of the comments by Chris Easton, a community [...]

By: P5ycH0

P5ycH0 — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 07:30:50 +0000

So, now it’s out turn.

If you download it & like it. Please buy it.
There is no reason not to.
Let’s reward ubisoft if you like the game.

By: Neuraxis

Neuraxis — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 07:13:08 +0000

DRM or any forum of copy protection wont change piracy.

I think many people pirate games because the price of games is too much if they dropped the price of games by $10 or $20 more people would buy them.

Secondly a good game will always sell more and lets face it most the game coming out of late or just a clone of a clone of a clone there is very little orginal content. Pesonally I find a 10hr FPS to be a rip of in terms of cost and time ratio but usually a good RPG is worth the money spent.

By: S_R

S_R — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 06:11:05 +0000

Bought it…. Shoulda Pirated it…

At least I can say I helped in the whole Non-DRM movement. =P

By: ClIFf MoNgR

ClIFf MoNgR — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:58:05 +0000

Although the fact that you don’t have to bother waiting for a no CD crack or the like does make it very tempting…

I’ll still buy it though.

By: ClIFf MoNgR

ClIFf MoNgR — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:54:33 +0000

I was going to pirate it, but the news that is has no DRM is a breath of fresh air in the entertainment industry, and I have decided not to as it seems that Ubisoft is really going out on a limb and being very trusting towards their customers. I respect that.

DRM doesnt stop pirates, all you really have to do if you are inexperienced is search for a crack for the game in question with google, and within a small period of time, the game is yours to do with as you please.

DRM only serves to stop peaple who actually bought the game/people who cant use google search

By: Albert

Albert — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 01:48:16 +0000

I can tell you I pirate like a bitch, but I didn’t pirate portal even when somebody called me stupid for considering to buy it since it was a single player game, because I knew it was good, and it was from Valve.

I was only able to pay for it thanks to my recent job (I’m 17), but only pirated before because I didn’t pay for any.

So I guess some people will pay for a good game. Offer PoP on Steam and you will make lots Ubisoft

By: 5318008

5318008 — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 01:20:07 +0000

OK here’s what I should have said instead, it’s simpler: I think most people pirate stuff only because it’s free, and if their only option was to pay, they wouldn’t. Pirating just leads to greater exposure and free marketing. Ta-DAAA!

By: 5318008

5318008 — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 01:17:40 +0000

Dude. About piracy: I only pirate because I’m too broke to buy the real thing, and I’m sure most other pirates are in the same boat. (A little nautical humor there.) If I didn’t pirate stuff, the people I’m pirating wouldn’t be making any more money. Most pirate copies don’t translate into lost money. I’m sure the point has been made PLENTY other times but it needs to be way over-made to death so people goddamn get it already.

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