Ubisoft requires you to sign in just to play a demo...

WeebLife@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world – 173 points –

Good thing it was only 8 gigs. But still..

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Isn’t this how they impose usage limits per person on the demo? That seems fairly understandable

There's no need to sign into any account for a demo, they can use a time limit like the re2 remake did. Or just make the demo end at a certain point.

It is not. It is a demo. The company demonstrates the game to you. You're free to play it as long as you want so that you can make an informed decision afterwards.

Okay, but that hasn't been true basically forever. The 15-minute (less?) Resident evil 2 demo comes to mind. I remember Rollercoaster Tycoon being a timed demo too.

Timed demos have been around forever even if you don't like the concept.

And most of them didn't have online only restrictions.

Yeah, but the other guy seems just to be mad about the timed demo thing. The online thing is different