May 27th, 2010 
Cliff Riseborough …but only because there’s not a better alternative.
Those were the words of Namco Bandai Partners VP Olivier Comte, speaking to CVG. He believes that, until an alternative that’s better for the customer and the company appears, the Ubisoft constant connection DRM system is the way to go.
"I will be very honest. I think it’s a good [approach] for one reason: I have no alternative today," he said. "Is the best one? Certainly not but as of today if I can make something else I’ll do it, but it’s better to do something than not do something.
"At the moment they are doing a good strategy," he said.
Comte has also said that the industry needs to get another system in place, one that can be effective while also giving the gamer a better experience.
"I’m convinced that whatever system you put in place you can be sure that two hours before putting it out it’ll be cracked in Russia. I think that the combat against piracy is very complicated because it’s very complicated to explain to a 12-year-old that drag and dropping a file on a PC is piracy – he was born with this."
What this might mean for upcoming Namco PC releases, like the newest Test Drive game and the sequel to The Witcher, only time will tell.
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