In the end, I think this is one of those times where you'll just have to agree to disagree. Some people care, others don't

People who intend/ed to buy the game are being inconvenienced.
People who are going to pirate the game might have a to wait longer for a crack (if ever) possibly with a more complex procedure than cut and pasting an .exe

End result is internet moaning from everyone.

I have to agree w/ bladycor in this little row and add that the premise twestern is working from is absurd on its face.

Nobody cares about whether or not we know the game has DRM (that's about as absurd a strawman as I've come across lately, and I frequent a lot of political blogs where it's something of an art form)--people are pissed because not all of us (most, I daresay) have a net connection that's always up. (This is a key distinction: you likely have *no* idea how frequently your connection actually goes down due to caching, amongst other issues, and this game will alert you, quite acutely, to this fact.) Add in what others have said about laptops, etc., and you have a lot of annoyed people for *no good reason.* (The pirates *will* crack this, just as they *always* crack *everything* and this DRM is just giant red flag being waved in their faces.)

Why you feel the need to try and obviate Ubi for their bone-headed, idiotic, business decisions is beyond me (are you working at Ubi now and/or on a game for Ubi??), but it is, most certainly, a bone-headed, idiotic, business decision that will a. cost them sales, b. massive amounts of goodwill tossed on the fire, c. the pirates *will* get around it so you're only punishing the legit customers, and d. a lot of people have looked forward to this game and, according to you, just because Ubi has foisted absurd DRM on them, they should either suck it up or skip the game altogether. (I'm sure you'd be so dismissive were it a game you very much wanted to play.)

Note: I have zero interest in this game, but Ubi's actions *are* ridiculous/absurd/over-the-top, period much like your terrible argument.

Sheesh.  It's obvious.  They're angry because it's unreasonable - or at least if what I read is true about the DRM it is.  There is no reason a paying customer should be forced to lose progress on a game they bought because their internet connection drops (unless of course the game is online only, D'Oh).  That's just ridiculous.  If a game released with a bug that could regularly cause lost progress/saves I'd return it immediately and demand my money back.  Putting it on the box doesn't excuse it.  By that measure any unreasonable trading would be 'okay' so long as there was some upfront warning.

It doesn't work that way.  This is plain unreasonable and should be accepted as such.

The anger is also, obviously, because people want the game but aren't willing to accept the terms, which is also annoying.

I don't want to start an arguement or anything, but I'm amazed that you don't understand this, particularly as you often come across fairly heated about stuff on the boards that's unreasonable!

Because there's no point in it, It's going to get pirated anyway all it's going to do is put off the people who we're going to buy it in the first place, like me who was quite looking forward to it but the drm is making me uneasy about purchasing it.

If its unreasonable, don't buy it. If you hate X service which has exclusive rights to the iPhone but still want an iPhone why would you get angry if the terms are deemed unreasonable (36 month contract or something). Just move on and not worry about it. Its unreasonable to expect that every game or service whether you intend to pay for them or not ought to come with terms and conditions which are acceptable to you. If the DRM sucks then let them rot in it.

This example might be over the top given the issue at hand but;

First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak out for me.

If Ubi is successful with this method of DRM, it could spread to other games/consoles...

But it won't be successful. Pirates will pirate no matter what.

And I think the Nazi analogy is a bit extreme...

But apparantly it won't be successful cos it sucks. Therefore theres nothing to worry about, is there?

Turnabout is fair play.

If you can't understand why some consumers complain when presented with contract terms that they find unreasonable, just move on and don't worry about it. Nobody is forcing you to participate in these threads, so just don't post. It's unreasonable for you to expect every thread to be on a subject which is acceptable to you.

Or are you posting here because you feel that this is a subject worthy of discussion and that there's more to this question than a simple decision on whether or not to participate? You're telling people not to discuss the matter, but simply to vote with their dollar and leave it at that. If we're only meant to vote with our dollars, why the hell does this forum even exist?