Ubisoft has confirmed that the company will no longer use its controversial "always-on" DRM policy for PC titles.
In reality, the company had scrapped the policy months ago, but did not make the news official until it was revealed in an interview with RockPaperShotgun.
Ubisoft worldwide director of online games Stephanie Perotti stated that Ubisoft has, since June last year, ended its "always-on DRM" for PC games. The DRM policy required PC games to always be connected to the Internet in order to load.
"We have listened to feedback, and since June last year our policy for all of PC games is that we only require a one-time online activation when you first install the game, and from then you are free to play the game offline," Perotti said.
What this means is that now Ubisoft-published PC games will only require a one-time online activation during installation. Moreover, the company will also eliminate limits on the number of times a game can be activated, as well as the number of PCs it can be installed on.
Ubisoft's newest decision on the DRM has arrived after CEO Yves Guillemot recently said that DRM was necessary due to the high piracy rates that went off the chart.
