Ubisoft's DRM Kicks Out Australian Gamers

[Kenny]

Kilzoned82 said:

averyblund said:

Kilzoned82 said:
Australia has a small population which accounts for less than 1% of the video game industry sales. It should not matter much to Ubisoft at all.

+1 Funny. Now what point were you trying to make?

Australian video game market does not matter to Ubisoft. The costs involved in improving its network for a few Aussie gamers is not cost effective. ok the Aussie gamers may boycott Ubisoft. Not a big loss. Think of the big picture.

Internet connections in Australia are terribly slow and laggy and they pay a premium for broadband in Australia. The location of where Australia is situated does not help much in regards to its internet networks. The Australian government has not updated its telecommunications industry in a long time and that adversely impacts upon internet broadband networks.

The problem is, it's not just the Australians that are affected; how Ubisoft acts in this instance will affect their reputation with gamers across the world.  To tell the Australians "tough *$&#" and refuse to support them because it's "not cost effective" will send the message to the rest of the market that Ubisoft is perfectly willing to take the buyer's money without guaranteeing that they will give the buyer anything of value in return.  To send a message like that would be the equivalent of Ubisoft pointing an autocannon at its own foot, and squeezing the trigger until it runs out of ammo.