Intervju med Ubisoft om deras DRM-skydd

Nu har speltidningen PC Gamer intervjuat Ubisoft angående deras kontroversielal DRM (Digital Rights Management)-skydd som påverkar PC-spelare världen över. Anledningen till att deras tjänst Ubisoft.com kom till har såklart med piratkopieringen att göra och såhär säger Ubisoft om det hela:

What's the problem this DRM is trying to address?
Ubi are increasingly concerned about piracy on the PC. "It's a huge problem - you know it, I know it, other people know it. It really is a very important issue that all serious companies need to address," says their spokesperson. But they also believe that their online services will make PC gaming better. "The real idea is that if you offer a game that is better when you buy it, then people will actually buy it. We wouldn't have built it if we thought that it was really going to piss off our customers."

So what's in it for gamers?
Ubi say there are three advantages to their online services. The first: you don't need a disc. The second: that you can install the game on as many PCs as you like, as many times as you like. And the third: the automatic uploading of savegames to Ubisoft's servers.

Intressant intervju helt klart och flera tuffa frågor från PC Gamer som gör den klart läsvärd. Att Ubisoft är frustruerade över piratkopiering är inget nytt, men varför göra det ännu svårare för konsumenter som faktiskt köper produkterna är en riktig gåta. Ska onekligen bli intressant att följa det här, för det lär bli en riktig såpa.

Källa: PC Gamer