I've bought Ubisoft games for years - mainly due to the fact that my son loves the Rayman series on the Wii. The simple fact is we have a soft-modded Wii as it was bought in the US before we moved to Europe.
Enter "The Adventures of TinTin" which has new DRM that blocks the loading of Region-Code avoiding methods.
Why? Why are gamers still restricted from playing perfectly legal games, just because they've moved?
Well I am voting with my feet and returning the game and vowing to never buy another Ubisoft game!
Are we surprised when our congressman make statements, speeches, or effect policy without knowing the facts? I used to work for a publisher so let's break down all those jobs lost.
Authors. Yes mostly American or Western, but more often than you think factual research is being body shopped overseas. But it's not like they lose out.
Typesetters. Guess what? Modern typesetting for book printing is another industry dominated by India.
Printers. Think books are printed in the US? Think again. Made in China. Though personally I have no clue about the paper.
Design. While this is hit and miss, more and more work is finding their way overseas.
Editors/proofreaders. Depending on the topic/sector, this is either entirely overseas or still here at home. But like with authors, it's not like iPad books don't need spell checking right?
The only thing he may have a point on is newspaper publishing. That is still entirely local. But saying the iPad is killing the newspaper industry is like saying the guy who jumped off the building was killed by those dangerous sidewalks.
Methinks some NYT executive got entranced by those insipid Accenture ads you see at the airport and thought "Hell ya, who says you can't be big AND nimble"...
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Not just on PC games
I've bought Ubisoft games for years - mainly due to the fact that my son loves the Rayman series on the Wii. The simple fact is we have a soft-modded Wii as it was bought in the US before we moved to Europe.
Enter "The Adventures of TinTin" which has new DRM that blocks the loading of Region-Code avoiding methods.
Why? Why are gamers still restricted from playing perfectly legal games, just because they've moved?
Well I am voting with my feet and returning the game and vowing to never buy another Ubisoft game!
So there :)
All those American jobs
Are we surprised when our congressman make statements, speeches, or effect policy without knowing the facts? I used to work for a publisher so let's break down all those jobs lost.
Authors. Yes mostly American or Western, but more often than you think factual research is being body shopped overseas. But it's not like they lose out.
Typesetters. Guess what? Modern typesetting for book printing is another industry dominated by India.
Printers. Think books are printed in the US? Think again. Made in China. Though personally I have no clue about the paper.
Design. While this is hit and miss, more and more work is finding their way overseas.
Editors/proofreaders. Depending on the topic/sector, this is either entirely overseas or still here at home. But like with authors, it's not like iPad books don't need spell checking right?
The only thing he may have a point on is newspaper publishing. That is still entirely local. But saying the iPad is killing the newspaper industry is like saying the guy who jumped off the building was killed by those dangerous sidewalks.
Are you kidding?
This has "consultants" written all over it.
Methinks some NYT executive got entranced by those insipid Accenture ads you see at the airport and thought "Hell ya, who says you can't be big AND nimble"...