
It appears as though the DS version of Michael Jackson: The Experience DS is one of those games. Users who grabbed the title illegally are reporting that there are two game-breaking features that are triggered if a copy is detected as being illegitimate: one is that important on-screen prompts are missing, and the other is that a vuvuzela plays over the top of all of MJ’s hits.
You can hear an example in the clip below. Well played, Ubisoft. Well played. Maybe you can even start doing this to PC games, instead of just pissing off your paying customers!
[via Tiny Cartridge]


















Simon
Saturday, December 4, 2010 at 12:29 PMBest Billie Jean remix!
RufusLives
Saturday, December 4, 2010 at 1:03 PMNow THIS is good copy protection!
Cerzel
Saturday, December 4, 2010 at 4:45 PMThis is a far greater deterrent to piracy than any form of DRM ever created.
Weresmurf
Saturday, December 4, 2010 at 4:56 PMYou idiots this isn’t copy protection, this is the South African version!!!!
bobsquiggles
Saturday, December 4, 2010 at 10:21 PMExcellent, love it
DansDans
Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 9:28 AMCan someone explain WTF was going on that video? All i saw was a completely out of focus DS and some could hear some slight grumbling sound.
Renee Oflynn
Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 9:31 PMThe slight grumbling noise was the vuvuzela. There were also no prompts on either of the screens