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Ubisoft DRM Servers Hit by Attack Yesterday and Today

Hey, our servers are being DDoS'd to heck, but at least none of our games are being pirated!
 
eldiablov said:
Are you implying that their DRM is right? Lame.
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Very lame indeed.

Forcing gamers to have an stable internet connection 24/7 to be able to play a single player game is, well, retarded. Evidently it's pissed people off and that's why their DRM servers are being attacked.
 
eldiablov said:
Are you implying that their DRM is right? Lame.
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Yes, their DRM is lame, but people are using it as an excuse to go after the DRM in it's entirety. They'd do the same thing if they successfully blocked online play only.

If they provide a disclaimer saying it requires a 24/7 connection then I don't see whats the problem, but they didn't, then that's another story in itself. If thats the case, then you could get a class-action lawsuit going rather than being a poon and ddosing it and ruining it for everyone.

Take socom ftb3 for example. There have been no known cases of people pirating to get online, only to play offline. You must pay for the game to get online. It was smart. Yet people are still RAAGGGINNNGGG that they can't pirate it.
 
Why don't game developers just use the CD-key trick? It has protected all Blizzard games from piracy online and most other PC games as well. I've never had a problem with the CD-key protection, just use that and call it a day.
 
NoEffex said:
What are you talking about? I gave you an example of where they successfully blocked people from pirating online, and DRM only blocking online play, not even blocking ad-hoc.
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You said that the 'hackers' would DDOS the servers even if the online-only DRM was blocked.
ie. You could see into the future and see things that haven't even happened.

I don't understand how your example is similar to what's going on here...
 
Slasher said:
You said that the 'hackers' would DDOS the servers even if the online-only DRM was blocked.
ie. You could see into the future and see things that haven't even happened.

I don't understand how your example is similar to what's going on here...
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1. I never mentioned the word "Hacker". If you want to go there, "skiddie" would be the correct term to identify them with.
2. People have been attempting to ddos Slant6's servers because of their DRM that doesn't allow people to pirate online.

Like I've been saying, rather than ruin it for everyone, they could just sue them. It'd make Ubisoft look bad, as opposed to atm, Ubisoft not looking bad in the general publics eye.
 
NoEffex said:
1. I never mentioned the word "Hacker".
2. People have been attempting to ddos Slant6's servers because of their DRM that doesn't allow people to pirate online.
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1. I never said you did. If you did, I would have used quotation marks.

I used the word 'hacker' because that's what you seemed to be implying. Hacker or not hackers, I'm referring to whoever is DDOSing the servers.


2. Your example holds no relevance in my opinion. Assasins Creed 2 is single player only. The DRM servers being attacked is imo sending a message that it's not okay for Ubisoft to be forcing people to have an internet connection to be able to play AC2

Of course, maybe you're right and it's all because people just want to pirate it. Or maybe it's because people want to legitimately play their non-pirated copy without being forced to have an internet connection to play their single player game. There's no way of knowing which way the majority leans.
 
Publishers should ditch all these draconian DRM schemes and stick with Steam. It's the only foolproof way of preventing zero day piracy, actually.

Valve titles are NEVER cracked ahead of release day as the executable files are encrypted and that decryption key is not sent to the user's client until release day. Unless you had access to a cluster of supercomputers to brute force the encryption there's no way any one is getting that key ahead of time.
 
Slasher said:
1. I never said you did. If you did, I would have used quotation marks.

I used the word 'hacker' because that's what you were implying. Hacker or not hackers, I'm referring to whoever is DDOSing the servers.


2. Your example holds no relevance in my opinion. Assasins Creed 2 is single player only. The DRM servers being attacked is imo sending a message that it's not okay for Ubisoft to be forcing people to have an internet connection to be able to play AC2

Of course, maybe you're right and it's all because people just want to pirate it. Or maybe it's because people want to legitimately play their non-pirated copy without being forced to have an internet connection to play their single player game. There's no way of knowing which way the majority leans.
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While yes, I sympathize with the actual gamers that cannot play online with their games, I still think it's annoying for everyone who can play to take it down. I mean, really, if you're ddosing their servers you can clearly get online to control the bots.

It'd make more sense to just sue them and actually make a difference, rather than committing a crime and making yourself and the gamers that want to play, look bad.
 
The true losers here are the customers, one way or the other.

I'm with x3sphere on this one. Go with Steam.
 
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