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UPDATE: 12:55PM PST: A sharp-eyed reader has just informed me that Assassin's Creed II (and Silent Hunter 5, it turns out) were not in fact ever released on Steam in the UK, making the whole removal thing a bit tricky. Thanks Gaff!
The Ubisoft DRM drama sort of continues today as it’s been reported that Assassin’s Creed II and Silent Hunter 5 have both been pulled not been released on Valve’s digital distribution platform Steam in the UK.
Ubisoft explained the rejection to CVG, saying, "The games listed are available for sale in all other countries on Steam. The fact they are not available on Steam UK has nothing to do with the DRM - but is linked to a local business discussion between Ubisoft and Steam in UK.”
An industry insider told CVG that they believed the rejection from Steam was directly related to the high-profile DRM issues Ubisoft has been dealing with for the past few months. However, considering both games are currently still available in other regions, it would appear that the action has little to do with the continued frustration on the part of PC gamers who have had to deal with the issues surrounding the DRM restriction that requires a constant internet connection in order to play the games. I'm not sure what a "local business discussion" refers to, but I buy it.
Source: CVG
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BigAngryRobot
Okay, let see if I got this right...
Steam, which sometimes won't allow you to play your games when your Internets are down (I say 'sometimes' because there's a 'play offline' mode window that pops up and never seems to work), won't sell two Ubisoft games whose DRMnsanity is so high that it won't allow you to play when your Internets are down.
I'll support this type of DRM when these dopes start paying for my Internet connection.
JGaskill
Thanks for the heads up Gaff!
Gaff
AC2 was never available on Steam in the UK in the first place, so there is no way it could have been "removed": http://forums.steampowered.com /forums/showthread.php?t=11733 43
MartinJohnstone
Is there not already a work around for these games being played offline. Fairly sure that Keiron Gillen twittered it already a week or so ago.
If you don't know who Keiron Gillen is i look forward to his appearance on Feedback on day.
EKG
Anyone who bought either of those games on PC is part of the problem and should be ashamed. Why support a company who hurts honest gamers in their futile quest to stop piracy?? If you went to your local store, and an employee walked up to you and said "We have been dealing with a lot of theft in this store, so from now on you have to strip to your underwear and stay handcuffed to this employee over here who will watch you like a hawk and make sure you do not take anything. Also, when you go home, whatever you bought from this store must be photographed continually throughout the day and sent to us for verification.", would you continue to shop at that store?? Then why would you continue to buy Ubisoft games like Assassins Creed 2 and Silent Hunter 5 when that is exactly what they are doing to you.
Doom300
I do kind of disagree with the fact the all PC games now need a connection to the internet and have to have an account. Real stupid. it may be for security. But too much security. We should have the choice to make more than one account so like if my brother wanted to play a certain game like my game, he'd have to purchase it again. That's also another way for them to make money.
Doom300
I do kind of agree with the fact the all PC games now need a connection to the internet and have to have an account. Real stupid. But it is for security. But too much security. We should have the choice to make more than one account so like if my brother wanted to play it as well. But I can't. I have to buy another copy so he can play too. That's also another way for them to make money.
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