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Internet: 2 Ubisoft: 0

The internet scored its first point when the DRM was cracked almost immediately. This second failure is just going to motivate everyone, even those who actually bought the game, to download a torrented copy of the cracked version.

It was reported cracked, but the crack didn't work.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ubisoft-drm-internet-assass...

It's worth noting that there are conflicting reports about that. I've read that the missing elements from the cracked version are really minor.

A couple of friends on anoher forum have reported they are pretty major.

I'm inclined to think it's not completely cracked. I played a little with the network traffic and it's definitely encrypted/signed. Also one of the gnomes in the office had a go at reverse engineering it and as far as he's got so far he says it is pretty solidly done.

Even so, as long as that was the perception they still lost points.

Thats not Internet: 2, Thats Internet: 4

1) Many refuse to buy the game ONLY because of the DRM.

2) DRM Servers Crash

3) Game cracked almost immediately after launch.

4) Legitimate users download the crack.

Point 4 is awesome. I think Ubi should be sued because a legit user HAD to crack the game to play it with a bad internet connection / servers down, and got a virus, and sue ubi for the damages.

I completely stopped upgrading my PC for gaming years ago and switched to console, I just got sick to shit of DRM adding yet another negative expense on my game playing experience. Not only does it aggravate the player, but it can put a significant drain on your CPU that should be being used almost exclusively for the game.

I've also notice games screw with the process priorities by confusing windows. The autoplay (which contains the DRM programs) gets priority over the actual game, you then have to CAD to set the priority for the actual game.

So you've simply replaced crappy DRM with working DRM?

At least the working DRM doesn't mess with anything else you're trying to do on your PC.

Tell that to my Wii, its DRM certainly doesn't mean shit.