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[AHA-Lambda]

Hmm, this is kind of cool. You use your uPlay points to buy discounts for actual games.

Where is this page?

All I get is an option for a 20% off voucher in exchange for 100 uplay units

 

[Angel_DvA]

Got the same thing, can't access any Ubiwebsite, WTH ?

 

[forrest]

Can we change our username?

 

[NewFresh]

Ah, shit.

I'm getting really tired of having Steam, Battle.net, UPlay, Origin and GoG all taking up mind-space on my desktop. Sometimes I literally can't find a game because I've forgotten what platform it's for.

Compared this to just putting a disc in a PS4... Le sigh

Nothing on Desura?

 

[SomTervo]

Nothing on Desura?

Wassat?

Can we change our username?

Yeah, IIRC go to Account (possibly on the web), and then you'll see your avatar in a circle and username right above it. You can click on a pencil icon next to your name and change it. Did this for Rainbow Six Siege beta.

 

[WeTeHa]

Haha, I just signed in and I'm already level 31

 

[forrest]

Wassat?



Yeah, IIRC go to Account (possibly on the web), and then you'll see your avatar in a circle and username right above it. You can click on a pencil icon next to your name and change it. Did this for Rainbow Six Siege beta.

Awesome, I'll check it out. The last few times I attempted to, the option wasn't available.

 

[rhandino]

Hmm, this is kind of cool. You use your uPlay points to buy discounts for actual games.

I play a ton of Ubi games so this is awesome... let me check it out =3

 

[Hasney]

Can we change our username?

Nope. And since I had the gall to use their old shop because I had a "free" copy of Brotherhood with my gfx card (can only ever download once), I'm ShopUbi4934828 or some bollocks.

EDIT: Seeing someone else reply to you, looks like it's just me. Even that method doesn't work. Probably something with the old store transfer.

 

[Kaleinc]

uPlay uClub
uSuck uFuck

Nah, last one should be fuckU

 

[SmokedMeat]

Honestly just sounds like a renaming from the ubisoft account stuff they already do, and that's been around since early 360 and ps3 games.

https://uplay.ubi.com/#!/en-GB/

Exactly. UBI Soft already offered these things with UPlay. Sounds like a simple renaming.

I haven't fired up any of my UPlay games on PC yet, but I had no issues with this stuff on consoles. I liked how it was one account that took in everything you had played, so I was easily able to unlock things like Altair's outfit in Prince of Persia.

 

[nel e nel]

they already kinda do this with uPlay... i vaguely remember elephant skins or something for Far Cry 4

and weapon unlocks, extra parkour levels and skins in some of the AssCreed games, songs from soundtracks, wallpapers, etc etc.

 

[Doctor Ironic]

"You like Ubisoft games too!? We should start a club. How do you feel about season passes?" "I'M FOR 'EM"

 

[gabagool]

I don't think this is a club I want to join.

 

[rhandino]

uPlay uClub
uSuck uFuck

Nah, last one should be fuckU

Seriously?

 

[Strangelove77]

I dunno. Feels like the old Uplay to me.

 

[Green Yoshi]

Unlock exclusive benefits such as extra game content, limited edition goodies, or discounts in the shop
Compete with your friends and stand out amongst the crowd

This means you have to be a member of the Ubisoft Club if you want to use the digital bonus content of collector's editions?

 

[AndyD]

Hmm, still can't have it connect to my PSN account for some reason. Says try again later and it's been that way for ages. It has my Steam/Uplay game progress, but nothing from years of Ubisoft games on PS consoles.

 

[darthsontin]

Where is this page?

All I get is an option for a 20% off voucher in exchange for 100 uplay units

This is the US link. You can also get there by clicking "Shop Rewards" at the top.

Seems like a cool step in the right direction if it gets more selection.

 

[Pez]

Interesting to see that it's for 20%.

Retailers take 30%, so Ubi is still making 10% more off of any sales here.

 

[Last Baron]

So what's the point of levels? Epeen?

 

[AHA-Lambda]

This is the US link. You can also get there by clicking "Shop Rewards" at the top.

Seems like a cool step in the right direction if it gets more selection.

Urgh, is this cos ok from the UK then?

Such BS >_>

 

[BumblebeeCody]

Platinum Games is an incredible developer. We should all buy their games.

 

[AndyD]

So what's the point of levels? Epeen?

Could have new rewards for higher levels. Much like AC games sometimes have rewards if you played previous AC games.

 

[EvB]

Has anybody told Ubi that they didn't make Dragon Age?

 

[Lima]

This means you have to be a member of the Ubisoft Club if you want to use the digital bonus content of collector's editions?

If you have ever played a Ubisoft game in the last 10 years or so you have a Uplay account which is now Ubisoft Club. Don't see the issue.

 

[Kuldar]

If you have ever played a Ubisoft game in the last 10 years or so you have a Uplay account which is now Ubisoft Club. Don't see the issue.

Yeah it's funny to see people discovering what Ubisoft do since few years. Looks like rebranding the reward system was a good way to have people talk about it.

 

[dex3108]

Has anybody told Ubi that they didn't make Dragon Age?

Ubisoft and EA have agreement to sell and promote each other games on their stores.

 

[EvB]

Ubisoft and EA have agreement to sell and promote each other games on their stores.

Ah I see, to combat the monopoly of steam?

 

[dex3108]

Ah I see, to combat the monopoly of steam?

Not really it is just business decision, Ubi is still selling their games on Steam. Ubisoft also works with Square Enix on some projects etc.

 

[Green Yoshi]

If you have ever played a Ubisoft game in the last 10 years or so you have a Uplay account which is now Ubisoft Club. Don't see the issue.

Yes, I have one on PC. But I think on PS3 I entered my Child of Light bonus code in the Playstation Store. Perhaps I'm mistaken.

 

[Fuz]

PC gaming would be better off if everyone just put all their games on Steam and didn't require their own shitty clients.

Can't disagree more. Why steam and not another "service"? Why should steam be a monopoly? Why should I be forced to install an useless, unwanted piece of software on my PC?
PC gaming would be better off if everyone just sold their games withouth relying on a third party client.

 

[crazyrabbits]

Can't disagree more. Why steam and not another "service"? Why should steam be a monopoly? Why should I be forced to install an useless, unwanted piece of software on my PC?
PC gaming would be better off if everyone just sold their games withouth relying on a third party client.

Unfortunately, DRM is always going to be seen as a necessity by paranoid publishers who rely on controlling their product. It's symptomatic of larger problems with the industry, but that's another discussion altogether.

I don't disagree that Steam shouldn't be a monopoly, but frankly, nobody's done it better than Valve. They've had a good decade or so to refine Steam, and have been rightly (and deservedly) raked over the coals by people when they made design/function decisions that were widely disliked by its userbase.

As I said on the video itself, Ubisoft revamping their client to ripoff Steam isn't going to help the inherent problems they have already have, in terms of functionality and ease-of-use. Dual forms of DRM being used whenever you try to use the Steam versions of Ubi games, being at the mercy of Ubi's servers whenever you try to play a game, the emphasis on cookie-cutter sequels that all play the same and are rapidly discounted soon after release... the list goes on.

I tried to use their online portal earlier today, and it's still garbage. Filled with seldomly-updated social media feeds, with a bunch of achievements I received for apparently playing games I never even activated, alongside rewards that can't be activated at the moment.

 

[Shining Sunshine]

The first rule of Ubisoft club...

...costs $10 to find out.

 

[eerik9000]

I'm okay with this. Fractured but Whole is the only You-bee-eye-soft game I will buy in the foreseeable future anyway. (Unravel is EA, right???)

 

[Caayn]

Hmm, this is kind of cool. You use your uPlay points to buy discounts for actual games.

That's pretty cool.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

JOIN THE UBISOFT FUN CLUB.

 

[KAP151]

And the Youtube comments are spot on.

 

[toddhunter]

PC gaming would be better off if everyone just put all their games on Steam and didn't require their own shitty clients.

This is an incredibly wrong way of thinking.

Keeping EA and Ubisoft games off of steam is exactly why PC gaming has been thriving in the past few years. If we can get rid of Activision too, then then sky is the limit for the platform.

 

[DownGrader]

PC gaming would be better off if everyone just put all their games on Steam and didn't require their own shitty clients.

It would be far better if all clients would be fully optional and you could just install and run the game by itself if you want (GOG).

Unprecedented partnersh... oh, wait, that's another one.

 

[Roshin]

Bless them for trying, but my reality is that I have Steam backlog that will (literally) last me for the rest of my life. I don't care enough to join another service like this.

 

[clay_ghost]

Site is not optimise for mobile at all..

 

[Yoday]

I am so confused as to why this thread is all about Steam vs Uplay. This is on all platforms and it is just a leveling and rewards hub for Ubisoft games. This has nothing to do with the Uplay store.

 

[Lucifon]

Still can't access the site here in the UK, just says the beta is now over.

Anyone able to?

 

[crazyrabbits]

Keeping EA and Ubisoft games off of steam is exactly why PC gaming has been thriving in the past few years. If we can get rid of Activision too, then then sky is the limit for the platform.

Sorry, I'm confused. What does having less publishers on a unified platform have to do with whether or not PC gaming is thriving? And why would removing Activision or any other major publisher cause Steam to be even bigger than it is when it already controls a dominant share of the market?

I am so confused as to why this thread is all about Steam vs Uplay. This is on all platforms and it is just a leveling and rewards hub for Ubisoft games. This has nothing to do with the Uplay store.

People are knocking this because it's a ripoff of Steam's badge system. The arguments about UPlay's value arose from it.

 

[Braag]

This is an incredibly wrong way of thinking.

Keeping EA and Ubisoft games off of steam is exactly why PC gaming has been thriving in the past few years. If we can get rid of Activision too, then then sky is the limit for the platform.

You can have competition without publishers pulling their games from Steam.
A lot of gamers prefer to have 1 library where all their games are stored in.
Right now I have 5 or 6 different clients installed on my PC and I feel like more clients from different publishers will be on the way.
It feels annoying having to launch a different client each time you want to play a different game.
I hope this doesn't mean Ubisoft will pull their games from steam like EA did cause I really don't like the ubistore.
I can even tolerate uplay cause I don't really need to use it once I launch a game from Steam it opens up automatically and runs the game so I barely notice it.
But making it a requirment if you even want to buy their games is going to alienate a lot of potential customers.

 

[toddhunter]

But making it a requirment if you even want to buy their games is going to alienate a lot of potential customers.

Exactly. It is nice to see Ubisoft stepping up to keep Ubisoft games out of the hands of gamers.

There is more they can be doing, but every little bit helps.

 

[Fuz]

Unfortunately, DRM is always going to be seen as a necessity by paranoid publishers who rely on controlling their product. It's symptomatic of larger problems with the industry, but that's another discussion altogether.

Not really true, look at GOG. They also have a client I'm fine with because it's completely optional and not mandatory (even if they fucked up badly their store interface to accomodate it, not really fine with that...).
Also, I wonder why what you says happens. There are studies that shows that DRM does absolutely nothing to prevent piracy, and the piracy problem is actually way overrated.

 

[Fdkn]

"Extra in-game content". They are gonna slice games into more pieces now. Already really tired of hearing playstation / gamestop exclusive in-game content.

Uplay points have been giving rewards in games for years. I think this is just the same thing

 

[crazyrabbits]

Not really true, look at GOG. They also have a client I'm fine with because it's completely optional and not mandatory (even if they fucked up badly their store interface to accomodate it, not really fine with that...).
Also, I wonder why what you says happens. There are studies that shows that DRM does absolutely nothing to prevent piracy, and the piracy problem is actually way overrated.

A lot of publishers want to control their own games on their own platform, and we've seen this borne out by EA, Ubi and CDPR. Although GOG is the exception to the rule in terms of DRM usage, it's still a platform that was set up by them to get more of a profit percentage because they own the storefront and client related to it.

I'm not arguing about piracy - I am well aware of the fact that its impact is overblown/exaggerated, and have argued as such in the past. What I'm talking about is the rise of publisher-specific DRM platforms and the various methods that have been used to control their products, to the detriment of the user experience as a whole.

Publishers are fighting to get a bigger and bigger share of the pie, which is why most people believe that EA split from Steam to push Origin - they wanted a bigger piece of the pie, even if the userbase for the client was nowhere near Steam itself. This is where the conversation in this thread is coming from - Ubi has attempted to overhaul its user experience, but did so by copying elements from Steam while failing to solve the very-real problems in their backend and with their own DRM client.