Topic: Ubisoft Uplay

[Xessive]

Well, looks like Ubisoft have hopped on the digital distribution platform bandwagon.

Just started up Ghost Recon on PC and Uplay updated to the new version, which apparently a standalone software piece very much like Steam and Origin.

It's an expansion on the previous stuff introduced in Uplay with a PC-centric interface.

Funky? Sure! Useful? Not so much.. It doesn't even detect all Ubisoft games, including the relatively recent ones. Anyway, it's worth a look.

[sirean_syan]

Frustrating, but understandable that they want to get into the digital distribution game on their own. What I don't want is five shitty programs to play games from five different publishers. It's looking more and more like that will need to happen.

[Xessive]

Frustrating, but understandable that they want to get into the digital distribution game on their own. What I don't want is five shitty programs to play games from five different publishers. It's looking more and more like that will need to happen.

Yep. That's the crux of the problem.

I remember not too long ago when PC games started coming with "launchers," little, redundant menus that come up when you double-clicked your game icon. People went out of their way to launch their games immediately and without having to jump through that extra, unnecessary hoop to get into the game. History is repeating itself with these measures, though they are more aggressively being forced on players by the publishers.

[MysterD]

Since I'm used to having tons of different client-programs and installers, in the options w/in the program or upon install w/ installer files, I usually put them all by what service it requires (most important to me) or where I bought them from (secondary - usually used if a service like Steam or Origin is NOT required).
This is not 100% the exact paths I use, but you get my drift...
It makes it SO MUCH easier, for me to know where I bought what; what game uses or requires what program; etc etc.
This also helps me not get patch types mixed-up (Steam version patches are usually different from Non-Steam versions) and other things...

Examples:
Steam-required or Steam-purchased games go in Steam folder (no choice in the matter, actually)
EA Origin-required, games bought from Origin, or EA games go in say C:\Program files (x86)\Origin Games
Amazon Download purchased games go to say C:\Program files (x86)\Amazon Download Games
Games bought from G4WL games go in say C:\Program files (x86)\G4WL Games
GreenManGaming games go in C:\Program files (x86)\GMG Games
Games bought from GOG games go in say C:\Program files (x86)\GOG Games
Retail games (usually w/ disc-check based DRM or NO DRM from retail) go in say C:\Program files (x86)\Retail Games
GameFly games go in say C:\Program files (x86)\GameFly Games