Re:Ubisoft DRM authentification server is down, Assassin's C...
by viraptor on Sunday March 07, 2010 @08:28PM
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Unfortunately, they're likely to simply deploy even bigger cluster of authentication servers and add the cost to the next game. Then it will fall down again. Lather, rinse, repeat.
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Re:Ubisoft DRM authentification server is down, Assassin's C...
by jrockway on Sunday March 07, 2010 @09:47PM
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Yeah, think of all the meetings they had to design this feature. They can't let those go to waste; better to have another meeting to decide how to beef up the network.
I love all the blog posts that say "don't hire good programmers because they will waste time programming something fun instead of doing work," but of course, in the real world, "doing work" is the much bigger productivity sink. Imagine how much better the game would be if all the resources on the anti-piracy team were programming the actual game instead. Maybe more people would be willing to pony up $60 for the game if it was better.