With the news that Ubisoft is banning Farcry 4 users who purchased their games through G2A, Kinguin and G2Play, I've finally had enough.
Ubisoft has been getting progressively worse year by year. They force the worst DRM on their users that has only gotten worse with time. They've turned their once great franchises into yearly cash-ins that are half-bakes, content either left out or ripped out to sell later as DLC and releasing beta versions of games as retail titles with the intent to just "patch it later." I'm looking at you Unity. They hype up games to look fantastic, but the end product like Watchdogs is nothing like you were lead to believe. They intentionally lower the resolution of their titles that perform better on one platform in the quest for "platform parity." Now, they are dropping the DRM banhammer on users who purchased Farcry 4 through who they deem to be an "unauthorized seller." If this is the case and the licenses weren't valid, would it hurt Ubisoft to allow these gamers who were obviously DUPED to continue to play their games and go after...I dunno, the guys selling their software illegally?
So for me personally, I'm done. It's not worth it. The only way these companies are going to change is to take a hit in their wallet. I'll support the guys like CD Projekt Red who put out a complete game, keep improving upon it after release and giving the improvements and additions to their loyal customers for FREE.
I'm not going to make any friends with this post.
1: Anyone who bought something from Kinguin or G2A... got what was coming to them. Those two sites sell CD keys from regional releases where games are really cheap in order to
compete against piracy. The sites buy cheap copies in bulk then turn around and sell those keys in regions they're not meant to be used for a profit.
1.1: Oh, these sites buy bulk indie bundle keys and then
resell them.2: G2A and Kinguin sells keys that require you to use a VPN to bypass regional restrictions. How is that legit?
3: G2A sells retail keys and then they tell you "WARNING! This product cannot be activated on any online platform (e.g., Steam, Origin, etc.). You have to register it while installing the game from a disc. You will have to acquire the instalation files on your own."
HOW IS THAT LEGIT?!4: Valve did the same back in 2007 because
a lot of people were buying cheap (for the time - $20) The Orange Box keys from a Thailand game seller. Thousands of copies were disabled. I -almost- fell for it too, but I managed to score a cheap copy from Best Buy a few months later.
5: Rebellion deactivated thousands of copies of Sniper Elite 3 sold through the site and released
a statement explaining the situation.
6: Devolver Digital revokes keys sold at G2A and officially stated that they are not an authorized reseller.
7: The Natural Selection II devs only sell their game at three places: Steam, Humble, and GreenManGaming. I checked to make sure. So why does that site have keys?
If someone bought keys from those places,
despite repeated warnings from people telling them not to, it's their own fault for not listening.