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Ubisoft Working On a New Anti-Piracy Tool

Posted by Soulskill on from the surely-to-be-welcomed-with-open-arms dept.

Ubisoft recently revealed that their game sales have seen a 50% drop over the past quarter, blaming the overall market slowdown and piracy (particularly on the DS) for the low numbers. They also announced that four of their games, including Splinter Cell: Conviction and Red Steel 2, would be delayed until 2010. The company's CEO, Yves Guillemot, now says they are working on a new anti-piracy tool that should be ready by the end of 2009. He didn't offer any details about how it would be implemented.

3 of 377 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Spend your money right by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Good games? They have no clue what the hell that is, they're too busy pumping out trash like Imagine Babyz.

    (No really, that's not my misspelling.)

  2. Re:New anti-piracy tool, eh? by Yogiz · · Score: 3, Informative

    Stealing is stealing. Piracy is piracy. Stealing is wrong.

    There, fixed that for you.

  3. Re:New anti-piracy tool, eh? by gbarules2999 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Take a look at GOG.com games. You don't see them anywhere on pirate sites. No DRM, $6 or $10, and great games.