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One Gamer Warms up to Ubi DRM

By pete_gallagher

An avid PC gamer, initially 'irate' at Ubisoft's new DRM technology, has come full circle and decided that the technology 'just isn't that bad.'

Ubi's DRM, of course, requires a constant Internet connection to play and is enacted on the recent games Silent Hunter 5 and Assassin's Creed II.  A HookedGamers.com editorial on the subject details why the author changed his stance, following some time spent with the PC version of AC II. The author believes that the vast majority of PC gamers would already possess a constant Internet connection and then, in order to mitigate the impact of DRM on gaming done outside of the home, goes on to detail the growing proliferation of wireless networks:

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on March 29, 2010 (boomark / email).