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Re:Ubisoft DRM authentification server is down, Assassin's C... by NathanKP on Sunday March 07, 2010 @06:25PM (#1174243)
More like:

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.

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Re:Ubisoft DRM authentification server is down, Assassin's C... by teamonkey on Sunday March 07, 2010 @07:16PM (#1174331)
It was reported cracked, but the crack didn't work.

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

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Re:Ubisoft DRM authentification server is down, Assassin's C... by eli on Sunday March 07, 2010 @08:16PM (#1174400)
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.
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Re:Ubisoft DRM authentification server is down, Assassin's C... by ErrantX on Monday March 08, 2010 @03:30AM (#1174985)
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.

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Re:Ubisoft DRM authentification server is down, Assassin's C... by cma on Sunday March 07, 2010 @09:47PM (#1174529)
Even so, as long as that was the perception they still lost points.
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Re:Ubisoft DRM authentification server is down, Assassin's C... by GrandMasterBirt on Monday March 08, 2010 @11:14AM (#1175622)
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.

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