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Ubisoft, you cheeky bastard
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:18 pm
by Tsakali
"Ubisoft patches Uplay DRM security hole uncovered by Google engineer"
http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/30/32014 ... is-ormandy
Re: Ubisoft, you cheeky bastard
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 9:31 pm
by GONNAFISTYA
That story was being passed around the office today. From the reactions I read I can say with confidence that developers (not the suits, but schmucks like me) have no love for DRM.
Re: Ubisoft, you cheeky bastard
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:20 pm
by Tsakali
I don't think anyone here would even assume otherwise. Realistically , you just have to build the game, and you get payed. If the suits don't make it profitable, they lose their jobs....so will you potentially, but the cross hairs are pointed on the suits, so they pull shit like this.
/edit: in a sense you should thank them for assuming the douchebag responsibilities while you concentrate on actually building a good game.
Re: Ubisoft, you cheeky bastard
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 3:55 pm
by ToxicBug
GONNAFISTYA wrote:That story was being passed around the office today. From the reactions I read I can say with confidence that developers (not the suits, but schmucks like me) have no love for DRM.
What do you think of Steam just becoming a platform instead of Microsoft Windows? I know EA and Blizzard will probably do their own thing, but still. It would definitely make your life easier, no?
Re: Ubisoft, you cheeky bastard
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 5:36 pm
by GONNAFISTYA
ToxicBug wrote:GONNAFISTYA wrote:That story was being passed around the office today. From the reactions I read I can say with confidence that developers (not the suits, but schmucks like me) have no love for DRM.
What do you think of Steam just becoming a platform instead of Microsoft Windows? I know EA and Blizzard will probably do their own thing, but still. It would definitely make your life easier, no?
Sorry I missed this.
For me personally, I'm a content creator so I don't care what the platform is, only its limitations as it relates to performance...which is usually game engine-based anyways.
As to Steam becoming a platform (which I've seen many indicators Valve wants to do it, including hardware) then it'd just be another one on the pile. The good thing about Steam's approach is that it'd let devs maintain their products without overlord meddling and - the most douchebaggery of all - charging fee after fee for bullshit reasons. However, since corporations are always on the hunt for new revenue they'd probably eventually just turn out to be another XBL.