Comments on: Counterpoint: Ubisoft’s Online Services Platform

By: octaeder

octaeder — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:08:24 +0000

I’m not disputing that – I’m sure the developers are pretty bemused about the whole thing. I’m just wary of casting in-house teams under the same umbrella as the corporate side.

By: Izzi

Izzi — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:01:55 +0000

yeah, but its ubisoft as the publishing entity that puts out this DRM stuff. I’m sure the developers will have their own opinions and all that but they probably won’t have much of a say on it. But yeh i admit i was mostly just like ‘oh man.. ubisoft!’ *grabs opportunity to spew opinion*

By: octaeder

octaeder — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:35:08 +0000

True, although I’d say those quotes are probably only reflective of Ubisoft as a publishing entity and not any of its in-house developers. Although, admittedly, for every Beyond Good and Evil there are a host of shitty DS shovelware titles.

By: Izzi

Izzi — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:47:08 +0000

in other words, i don’t know, but i fancied having a right old pop at major developers/ publishers anyway..

By: Izzi

Izzi — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:46:20 +0000

ubisoft have struck me as a little sinister when i looked up about them before. Have you actually been to their company website and read any of their “company info”? if you can read between the lines it literally says ‘we’re not a games company, we just want to make money.. could be anything really’. All its directors are guys out of business school with no artistic or computer background. The founder apparently started it because he fancied making a company after leaving business school and figured games are hot right now. Notice how much they bang on about world presence and leading the market, compared to how much they talk about the actually industry itself. They’re the extreme opposite of most game developers, it genuinely astounds me that any of their games are as good as they are.
So i guess in response to the question, i don’t expect them to do anything clever or try any innovative solutions in a hurry, and i don’t expect them to pull out either. I expect them to do whatever they were taught at business school, because that’s their background. They are not a games company, these products could have been literally anything.

By: octaeder

octaeder — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:19:33 +0000

I’d like to point out: 1282 words on a DRM system and not once did I use the word ‘Draconian’. Suck it, Internet.