WilliamWatts said:
Katilian said:
Smaller games will still be cracked exactly like they do now. Companies don't come up with unique solutions for every game they produce, and smaller companies can't afford to go to the effort of producing complex anti-piracy solutions so usually end up buying the larger generic solutions anyway (or go with whatever their publisher is pushing). Once these solutions are cracked, the effort required for applying it to newer games is minor. This removes the window you are talking about, which I personally think does little to promote sales, as many (most?) of those who pirate will never buy the game anyway.
While copy protection might have been used to try to fight piracy in the past, modern copy protection (or more specifically DRM) is about restricting used game sales and tracking user usage. This is why game companies want single player games to phone home every time they are played.
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This is an Ubisoft DRM system. So my guess is all Ubisoft PC titles will use it. Therefore its not applicable to anything outside of games Ubisoft publishes themselves.
Given the drop in price most PC games experience, buying used and selling used is of little help as the new prices are often the same or cheaper than those of a used copy. It also remains to be seen whether the key is transferable or not.
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The key is one hundred percent non-transferable, since each unique key is tied into your Ubisoft account, which is itself non-transferable.
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