Ubisoft DRM authentification server is down
Found on Joystiq on Sunday, 07 March 2010
According to numerous reports from prospective players of the game, Ubisoft's DRM authentification servers have crashed, forcing some players to suffer lengthy login periods when booting up Assassin's Creed 2, and locking some folks out of the game entirely.
The representative added "I'll do what I can to get more information on what the issue is here first thing tomorrow and push for a resolution and assurance this won't happen in the future."
Let me get this straight: before AC2 was available, Ubisoft hailed the new DRM as the final solution to piracy and assured that the servers are stable. Now not only this Uber-DRM has been cracked within hours after the release, but also on the first weekend the servers went down. To sum up the results: people who legally paid for the game and accepted a draconian DRM were left with a totally useless piece of software while those who grabbed the pirated version had fun playing the game. Talk about destroying your customer base. Also, Ubisoft hasn't told anybody for how many months or years AC2 will be kept alive before being ditched. All this introduces a whole new level of failing.