The PC Platform Is Important to Assassin's Creed, Ubisoft Says

Despite the fact that it has been treated as a secondary platform, the PC is still quite important to the Assassin's Creed franchise, at least according to the publisher of the series, Ubisoft.

Assassin's Creed hasn't really found a great home on the PC, as both the first and second titles have reached the platform many months after they already achieved critical success on consoles like the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360.

Now, with Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, things are pretty much the same, as Ubisoft still hasn't announced an official date for the PC version, despite the fact that Brotherhood already broke sales records on consoles back in November of last year.

Don't think Ubisoft is neglecting the PC, however, as the company has just released a few more details about Brotherhood on that platform, and emphasized how important it is for the whole franchise.

"Definitely, PC is still an important platform for the franchise," Ubisoft UK marketing boss Murray Pannell told CVG. "The PC version is still on track, looking good and we're looking forward to showing some concrete details on that format soon."

It's hard to take Ubisoft's statements seriously, as Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood on the PC will no doubt be bundled with the company's extremely restrictive digital rights management (DRM) software, which requires players to be online at all times if they want to play the game, even its single player mode.

Fans were hoping that the protection system would soon be scrapped after reports that Assassin's Creed 2 and Splinter Cell: Conviction were seeing their restrictions loosened, requiring only an online check at the start of the application.

Sadly, that won't happen, as Ubisoft fired back, saying that the DRM software will be used with full restrictions on games with a high piracy rate.

Seeing as how Brotherhood became the fastest selling Ubisoft game of all time and how it won over console owners, you can bet that the French company wants to secure the PC version at any cost, even if it means persecuting the legal gamers.