Ubisoft Ditches Starforce... Thanks Gawd! - Kotaku Comments

Ubisoft Ditches Starforce... Thanks Gawd!

death_to_corprate_cages — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 00:59:54 MDT

KILL IT BEFORE IT STARTS INSTEAD OF A PIECE OF SOFTWARE IT USES AN ONBOARD CHIP THAT LOCKS OUT THE USER COMPLETELY AND CAN ALLOW COMPANIES TO LOCK OUT COMPETING SOFTWARE

look up nexus on wikapedia or Next-Generation Secure Computing Base

The Next-Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB), formerly known as Palladium, is a software architecture designed by Microsoft which is expected to implement controversial parts of their "Trustworthy Computing" concept on future versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system

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Ubisoft Ditches Starforce... Thanks Gawd!

thefitz2k6 — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 10:09:27 MDT

Yes your the only one who likes that crap. I do not want to pay for a game and then have my poor computer get screwed because of starforces lackluster codeing. Also as a pirater i love the fact that HOMM V won't have starforce...means the game will be able to be cracked sooner and on my machine much faster. I focus my dollers on my son and my ds...not overpriced PC games

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Ubisoft Ditches Starforce... Thanks Gawd!

Zoglog — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 09:33:51 MDT

Am I the only one who likes Starforce?

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Ubisoft Ditches Starforce... Thanks Gawd!

Draconis — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 09:05:15 MDT

Ubisoft made the right choice for themselves, and their customers in general. This is excellent news, so I hope more publishers follow suit and drop support for Starforce.

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Ubisoft Ditches Starforce... Thanks Gawd!

Justin42 — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 08:16:55 MDT

This is great news, on a variety of levels. Companies are hearing customer complaints, and as big names start ditching Starforce it might start a huge "abandon ship." Now I just wish Ubi would release patches to remove the Starforce protection from the games they've already released, so I could maybe buy them and play them without risking my PC.

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Ubisoft Ditches Starforce... Thanks Gawd!

PetiePal — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 07:50:42 MDT

Thank God is right....I'm so looking forward to HOMM V and Starforce may have made me think twice about getting it...

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