Topic: Uniloc's newest DRM scheme to be in Football Manager 2009 (soccer)

[MysterD]

The new Football Manager 2009 (soccer) game is going to be using Uniloc's new DRM scheme.

Basically, it's like Securom Internet Edition (SIE) in the sense that you have to activate it and that you have limited number of installs with revokes being allowed.

But supposedly, (unlike SIE) there are no black-lists, no hidden drivers installed, or anything else of that nature with Uniloc's new DRM scheme.

Football Manager 2009 Copy-Protection Details

            Electronic Theatre has recently received new details on SEGA and Sports Interactive’s PC and Mac Football Manager 2009 copy-protection system. The new system, developedElectronic Theatre Image by Uniloc, will reduce software piracy opportunities by making it impossible to deactivate the copy protection on the game until midnight on the night before the intended launch date of 14th November, 2008. Prior to this time, installation and activation of the game will not be possible.

Football Manager has suffered heavily to counterfeiting in the past, often necessitating bringing the release date forward at the last minute. By partnering with Uniloc, SEGA are not only taking steps to review and upgrade their copy protection, but also insure that there will be no benefit to the consumer to source unofficial product ahead of the street date. We have been told that this will be communicated to every retailer stocking the product prior to launch.

The details of Uniloc and Football Manager 2009 received this afternoon are included below:
     

About Uniloc Copy Protection

 

Uniloc’s software works in much the same was as traditional DRM protections, the user is given a number of personal licences tied to their activation key and can use these as required to activate/deactivate their game.  SEGA have worked hard with Uniloc to ensure that the user experience is the best it has ever been with copy protection and a huge leap forward is the removal of the ‘disc in the drive’ requirement of previous years.

 

We have listened to customer feedback and have chosen Uniloc as a result. There are no hidden surprises with Uniloc, the protection software is completely removed if you choose to on uninstall and there are no blacklists, or hidden drivers stopping other applications from running.

 

About Football Manager 2009

 

Football Manager™ 2009 is set to feature a vast array of all new features including, for the first time ever, a full 3D view of the world famous Football Manager™ match engine. Football Manager™ Handheld 2009 for Sony PSP is also set for release on the same day and sees the debut of a 2D match engine for the handheld franchise.

 

Football Managerä 2009 for PC and Apple Macintosh, and Football Managerä Handheld 2009 for Sony PSP are both set for release on November 14th.

 

For further information please go to www.sigames.com or www.footballmanager.com.
   

ManPac

12/11/08

[Xessive]

Really? On a football manager game? Who the heck is pirating those?

[MysterD]

Really? On a football manager game? Who the heck is pirating those?

I dunno and don't really care.

My point is that I think it's important that people are informed of what the hell this Uniloc DRM thing is and what it does that we actually know of, so far -- whether you wind up liking it's DRM scheme, hating it, or are somewhere in the middle on the fence with it. Especially if say more dev's and publishers decide to latch onto it (instead of Securom), which could possibly happen -- you never know.

It sounds like it could be more acceptable than SIE -- since it doesn't have black-lists, forced drivers, and whatnot. That part is good, for a DRM. But, we dunno yet if it has any other issues with it, yet.

Though, eh -- I's rather still NOT deal w/ activations, de-activations, re-activations, and revokes.