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shio on 31 March 2010

Ubisoft's DRM Kicks Australia While It's Down

Ubisoft's digital rights management woes continue, with news that Australians - a people already suffering when it comes to video games - are now being locked out of Ubisoft PC games as well.

The title in question this time is strategy title Settlers 7, with many users Down Under complaining that games they have paid for simply will not work, as they can't connect to Ubisoft's servers for authentication, which is required in order to play the game. Even if you're playing in singleplay, offline mode.

While the issue is affecting some users worldwide, it's "especially common in Australia", according to Ubisoft, which it must be and then some for the publisher to use such up-front language.

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http://kotaku.com/5506062/ubisofts-drm-kicks-australia-while-its-down

Ubisoft does it again. Ubisoft sucks.

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gurglesletch on 31 March 2010

DRM is a bad idea and this just proves it.

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vlad321 on 31 March 2010

It's actually very funny watching Ubisoft crash and burn with this.

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Khuutra on 31 March 2010

That is just terrible is what that is.

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Bad business really stupid ubisoft

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famousringo on 31 March 2010

This is the only way to teach those dirty Australians to pay for games.

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vlad321 on 31 March 2010

famousringo said:
This is the only way to teach those dirty Australians to pay for games.

God forbid, they are not paying enough already.

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RareglovE on 31 March 2010

DRM is a poor way to fight piracy

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averyblund on 31 March 2010

This is great news. Not that I don't feel my mates in AU's pain. But the more pissed off people the more likely we will see Ubi give up this insane DRM system. I for one preferred the French when they gave up quickly. J/k Sorry I couldn't help myself. That said people in France and around the world are feeling the pain from this bullshit.

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Kilzoned82 on 31 March 2010

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.

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