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Re: Assassin's Creed Syndicate won't install (DVD)

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From: PW
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 00:37
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On Sun, 13 Dec 2015 07:42:35 -0500, Tim O <timo56...@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>On Sat, 12 Dec 2015 19:57:05 -0700, PW
><emailad...@ifIremember.com> wrote:
>
>>I should have known better than to purchase another UPlay title.  $60
>>down the drain as I opened the software that I purchased from Amazon.
>>
>>The DVD spins and the UPlay logo appears but does not do a darn thing.
>>I could have donated the money to one of the charities that I help out
>>with. 
>>
>>I spent an hour Googling the problem and found nothing.  POS UPlay.
>>
>>-pw
>
>I've purchased all my Ubi games on STEAM, but just thinking about this
>something doesn't add up. UPlay isn't a disc protection scheme, its
>just a login thing, right?
>
>If the disc based games still come wtih a key, can you just add it to
>UPlay and d/l the game? Guess if you can't do it that way through
>UPlay you can still do through STEAM.
>
>There was a time I agreed with you on wanting the physical media, but
>I'm over it. I have a closet with about 400 game CD's/DVD's in it that
>I never touch.


*---

It stalls on "Initializing" Tim.  Never goes any where.

-pw
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