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Ubisoft Officially Drops Starforce

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the like-a-hot-potato dept.

totalbasscase writes "Starforce, the copy protection scheme hated by most who've had reason to use it, has lost a customer. Ubisoft has confirmed that not only will Heroes of Might and Magic V ship without Starforce copy protection, the publisher is discontinuing its use in all its games." From the article: "We'd venture it has something to do with the lawsuit raised against Ubisoft for using Starforce as copy protection software. When we asked why they were dropping the company Ubisoft representatives said, 'Ubisoft takes its customer concerns very seriously and is investigating the complaints about alleged problems with Starforce's software. Ubisoft's goal is to find solutions for its customers if there are problems with Ubisoft products.'"

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  1. Starforce had me scared, that's for sure by Jim+in+Buffalo · · Score: 5, Funny

    I mean, c'mon, I don't want a converted WWII battleship flying up and launching the Wave Motion Gun at me!

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  2. Obligatory Starforce links by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Games using Starforce

    Boycott Starforce Campaign

    Wikipedia article

  3. You know there's a problem... by ShinSugoi · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... when the first thing you do when you are thinking about buying a game is check what sort of copy protection it uses before even considering the purchase itself. And what if the game happens to have one of the more offensive copy protection schemes? (Safedisc, Starforce) Well, you're forced to download cracks from questionable websites if you want to avoid dealing with them. This is coming from someone who wants to buy their products. This is a good first step for Ubisoft, but they should realize that all restrictive copy protection schemes do nothing but hurt their business in the long run.

  4. This just in ! by jfclavette · · Score: 5, Funny

    The company is happy to announce it's copy protection system is changing names from Starforce to HappyFriendlyStuffedBear in order to revamp our bruised image. We're also glad to have Ubisoft's HoMM5 as our new flagship product. As always, we will continue to strive to redefnie the phrase 'haha you're screwed' in many different ways.