Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced suffered a critical failure of its Offline Mode when a 1-hour Ubisoft Connect outage rendered the game unplayable on PC, despite its advertised offline capability. Over 15,000 players upvoted complaints on Steam Forums and Reddit, decrying the issue and the game's costly cosmetic microtransactions. This debacle highlights persistent problems with Ubisoft's PC ports and DRM implementation.
PlayStation faces mounting fears over new DRM issues that may restrict access to digital games. Players could lose game access without online verification.