ShadyAcshuns
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"online play required" does that mean I have to sub to PS+ to play the game?
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Assassins Creed Shadows Requires Online Connection for Installation and Playing
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RoadHazard
Gold Member
its a trap
Damn, I want to know if that guy made it.
Shake Your Rump
Gold Member
No one is going to rely on straight blu-ray rips to preserve games. Any future PS5 games played on an emulator or simulating hardware will be digital copies fully patched.
Digital copies are "not owning your games". Disc copies, even if requiring a download to install, are what give you the practical effects of ownership. The ability to sell or lend your disc is not negated by the fact that you need to download the game files.
It isn't worthless at all. In fact, all the value is stored in the game disc as a key. You can take this disc and sell, trade, or gift it, and the new owner will have access to the full game. The disc could literally have zero game data on it and still be more valuable than any copy bought digitally, as it is essentially a physical key to unlock a digital version.
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SmokedMeat
Gamer™
I have a nice sized library of DRM free games that I own.
Loaning games isn’t a big bullet point when I can share my entire digital library. I don’t even need to waste gas meeting the person.
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cinnamonandgravy
Member
fridge wont open--no internet detected, so cant watch mandatory ads
toilet wont flush--need to re-link my waste mgmt account to my water company account
go to drive car--oops, ran out of BMW Bucks and i need to confirm my current credit card info
put gun to head and pull trigger--need to complete mandatory verbal consent questionnaire first
Thick Thighs Save Lives
NeoGAF's Physical Games Advocate Extraordinaire
Not really, only their live service games require an always online connection, like The Division 2 and The Crew Motorfest, but for these you're also required to have a PS+ subscription since multiplayer is core component of these games.
For this specific game, it probably requires a persistent connection, presumably due to its integration into the Live Service Infinity Hub that Insider Gaming reported on a while back.
The past two Assassin's Creed games, Valhalla and Mirage, work fine offline after installing them. It also states on their respective PSN pages that online access (used for the in-game store and Ubi Connect crap) is optional.
Embearded
Member
Man I cant stand that "A Ubisoft Original" bullshit
This aint original. It's another samurai/feudal japan game to throw onto the pile.
Also, can we start taking bets on what else they'll add to this in the year of our lord, 2024
How does the sexual orientation of a random dev make the game better or worse, i will never understand.
who gives a shit what kind of genitals you want to lick. Do these people mention their sexual orientation when they introduce themselves?
21 words to describe something completely irrelevant to the game.
6 words for something relevant.
i'd much rather prefer if they used the rest of the 21 to tell us which parts are fiction and which are historically accurate.
The_Observer
Member
Oh really? Between this and their political bullshit that means only a second hand/big sale price for me
RoboFu
One of the green rats
It helps during the Company " happy holidays" orgy.
Puscifer
Member
Mod delete, accidently submitted
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sendit
Member
Read the room? Every point you brought up is literally industries reading the room. People favor convience over pseudo ownership of a physical medium.
We live in a data driven connected world. If those are your worries, feel free live out of society. Like the Amish.
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Puscifer
Member
Then do it to digital owners, not physical. And don't feed me that crap, companies kill off and force changes all the time.
Headphone jack? Oh who needs those, yet all these manufacturers are making a killing seeking dongles.
Digital ownership of movies started happening with streaming services and pack ins, it was fine when it was a couple, now to you need about 3-4 to get from you used to get from one. Combine that with an internet bill and turns out it's a cable bill all over again so the same companies are now getting paid continuously when they used to have to work for it, largely selling you stuff you've seen already and could've likely bought once and owned forever.
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Bojji
Gold Member
They are the leaders here after The Crew shutdown.
Fucking morons, they don't know how to make good AC game anymore (Valhalla was bad, Mirage - mediocre) and now they are pulling this shit. Fuck you ubi.
Laptop1991
Member
This is what Ubisoft did with AC 2 on PC when it came out, accusing us of all being pirates lol, i didn't buy the game until about 10 years later, only cost about a fiver, i will do the same again, they never learn!
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StereoVsn
Member
Update:
The game requires an online connection at all times to play, it seems. Not just for installation.
And I will require at least an 80% sale to play this game.
Sleepwalker
Member
So the pirates will get the superior version.
Nice one ubisoft, fucking hell.
Nice one ubisoft, fucking hell.
simpatico
Member
People like Helldivers tho. This AC is a lolcow through and through.
Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
I dont think so.....Ubisoft can't be THAT stupid.
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Hawking Radiation
Member
It's their last throw of the dice though. Assassins Creed is Ubisoft only remaining cash cow after they've fucked the other IP's 5 ways to Sunday.
One would think they'd tread carefully but unsure how this will turn out. It may piss off a considerable amount of their userbase. Could be even worse for them if Ghost Of Tushima 2 is announced and going up against this.
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Thick Thighs Save Lives
NeoGAF's Physical Games Advocate Extraordinaire
Tbh, it probably cannot be pirated if it has online DRM baked in, since hackers might need to emulate UBI online services to even have a chance to make it work. IIRC, Diablo 3 which is an always online game on PC has yet to be pirated. But overall I agree, Ubisoft has been such a constant embarrassment of a company for years now.
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YuLY
Member
And theres the thread's retard. It was 2024 for The Crew also lil bro, the game that is no longer playable since it was always online.
NeonDelta
Member
What if they do what they did with the crew and completely disable and remove from people’s accounts in a few years.
vaibhavpisal
Member
I will forgive this if game is actually worth playing.
Will do so on their subscription service so immaterial to me. Am fine not adding it to my digital library as long as its on a big pubs subscription service.
Will do so on their subscription service so immaterial to me. Am fine not adding it to my digital library as long as its on a big pubs subscription service.
sendit
Member
I'm sure we are all dying to play The Crew.
Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
For example maybe in 10 years later FROM decide shutdown servers for Elden Ring….but thanks to having option to play completely offline you can still play and enjoy the game but with online only games they became nothing more than paper weight you can’t even sell because they litatraly have become unplayable…..so your only choice is throw it in to trash like a dirty napkin.
It would be little more understandable in online focus games but in Single Player games, it makes zero sense.
It would be little more understandable in online focus games but in Single Player games, it makes zero sense.
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Saiyan-Rox
Member
Discs have been pointless for years now and an all digital age is coming
As much as it really sucks especially price wise and jobs wise it is going to happen.
As much as it really sucks especially price wise and jobs wise it is going to happen.
Larxia
Member
What... kind of argument is that. If it applies to The Crew, it can apply to any game. I guess you're someone who only play the most recent stuff and never look back, but plenty of people like to revisit old games every now and then, and it's a shame when they are lost forever.
Steep is probably the next on the list for Ubisoft, and it's sad because that game, despite issues, had a great atmosphere, I could imagine myself wanting to launch it again in a few years just to free roam a bit, and not being able to.
FunkMiller
Gold Member
The thing about all this is:
How many of you are still going to buy this predatory shit anyway?
They keep getting away with it, because gamers keep letting them.
How many of you are still going to buy this predatory shit anyway?
They keep getting away with it, because gamers keep letting them.
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FunkMiller
Gold Member
Hi Yves! Have you stopped all the raping going on yet?
Lucifers Beard
Member
They've literally listed all of the things I hate about modern gaming. Keep your fucking game Ubisoft, you won't see another penny from me.
crackajack
Member
Hardly a fan of the practice to make internet integral of a game. It should be optional with some benefits included (ubisoft's cross platform save stuff and afaik free cloud save is actually pretty nice), but there is no reason why an AC game actually should require online. You might miss out on a day one patch fixing some huge bugs, but the game should anyway be shipped in a state where there are no (common) game breaking bugs.
Won't buy it anyway since the series is just always okayish but never good enough to actually have a desire to buy it, just renting it via Plus will be enough.
Won't buy it anyway since the series is just always okayish but never good enough to actually have a desire to buy it, just renting it via Plus will be enough.
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Heaven Angel
Member
How will People without internet know that this game will require internet? Don't they need the internet to find out?
Most gamers have access to the internet. The problem is Ubisoft is trying to force it on a Single Player game. They don't even say why they need to be always connected on consoles? There's no problem of piracy on consoles.
Man I cant stand that "A Ubisoft Original" bullshit
This aint original. It's another samurai/feudal japan game to throw onto the pile.
Also, can we start taking bets on what else they'll add to this in the year of our lord, 2024
Be ready for lots of crap.
It's not a LS but a Single Player but Ubisoft being Poopisoft. Forcing it on a SP game.
Valedix
Member
guess you seem comfortable not owning your games.