Perhaps Ubisoft should…
Posted on Monday, March 1st, 2010 at 12:30 am by Jeff Hoy…carefully watch the current situation with the PSN. Ubisoft’s new DRM for the PC version of Assassin’s Creed II (and multiple future titles, including the upcoming blockbuster-for-sure Splinter Cell: Conviction) requires a constant internet connection to their verification system. The PlayStation Network going down is another excellent example of how a critical system failing can render games unplayable for the thousands (millions even?) of gamers. Ubisoft needs to keep an eye on this situation and learn whatever they can from it. The stability of their verification system will be the very short wall that separates them from a mob of angry gamers.
Will Ubisoft get the picture? I highly doubt it, which is why I am continuing to boycott every Ubisoft product regardless of platform.
[Update: So Sony's issue turned out to not be a PSN problem, it's looking more like a firmware problem in the old PS3s, something to do with the system clock. I still stand by the point I was making though, a weak link in any system is bound to fail, and when it does it's gonna be a bad day for Ubisoft customer service.]
