It's called DRM, and it can block your access to things you bought.

What is DRM?

Digital Rights Management, DRM, is a really broad term for tech that controls how, and when, digital content can be used – like your games, music, video, or books.

Games with DRM include a layer of software or code on top of what's needed to just play the game. Nowadays DRM will send your information to an online server, it could run checks to see if you touched any files, or outright refuse access unless you're logged in somewhere.

In other words, DRM is there to question what you're doing every step of the way.

Why should you care about DRM?

Because there is a killswitch built into your games. Sure, DRM might not affect you right now, but corporations hold the key and they'll only let you in as long as you can repeatedly prove ownership. As long as you're connected to the internet. As long as their DRM works without fault. As long they're still around.

So should the burden of proof be on you? Do you place your trust in someone who doesn't trust you?

Read more:
https://www.eff.org/issues/drm
https://fckdrm.com

I didn't expect this to happen here on our group but now the latest news is that even scammers are trying to get rid of their Uplay accounts because no one wants them, this is a new low.

Cloud gaming, subscription model, constant income, when you cancel the subscription you own zero games, isn't that what he wants if it where available right now?

"I think we will see another generation, but there is a good chance that step-by-step we will see less and less hardware," Guillemot said in a recent interview with Variety. "With time, I think streaming will become more accessible to many players and make it not necessary to have big hardware at home. There will be one more console generation and then after that, we will be streaming, all of us."

"Guillemot also recently made waves by announcing that Ubisoft would be pivoting to "a model which is less dependent on releasing new games," focusing instead on live, multiplayer games that encourage "longterm engagement" and "recurring spending." Such titles are more profitable in the long-term than "traditional games," which see revenue drop off more quickly, Guillemot said in a recent annual report."

Source: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/06/ubisoft-ceo-cloud-gaming-will-replace-consoles-after-the-next-generation/

"For a long time, Ubisoft was known for cranking out annual or near-annual releases in popular franchises like Assassin's Creed, Just Dance, Far Cry, the Tom Clancy games, and more. Now, though, the company is signaling it is in the middle of a major change in direction, focusing on fewer big-game releases that draw long-term support from both developers and players.

With the new model also comes a new focus on the "players' recurring investment" as a major metric for the health of Ubisoft's business. Things like in-game items, DLC, season passes, subscription, and advertising revenue now make up 18 percent of Ubisoft's revenue, the company says, compared to 38 or 39 percent for the likes of EA and Activision. Raising this ratio "has the potential to deliver prodigious value for our shareholders," Guillemot writes in the annual report.

With these kinds of numbers, it's not hard to see why Ubisoft would shift its focus almost entirely away from annual single-player adventures and toward online-focused platforms that can be extended with new content indefinitely. Don't be surprised as you see that focus reflected more and more in the big-budget games released by Ubisoft and others going forward."

Source: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/02/keep-playing-keep-paying-ubisoft-seeks-games-with-longterm-engagement/

Why they even bother? In the end the ones affected are the legitimate customers who have the resources overhead of 4! that's right FOUR DRM's in the game, all sucking resources and making your game and PC slower!

If you haven't done already please start boycotting Ubisoft!

4 DRM's: Denuvo, VMProtect, EAC and Ubisoft’s uPlay weren’t sufficient to protect the game.

"It took no more than 3 weeks to crack the Denuvo copy protection that is used Far Cry 5. The game hovers on the web being offered as a 40 GB download on pirate websites"


Source: https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/far-cry-5-denuvo-with-vmprotect-cracked-within-3-weeks.html