Conspiracy theorist mode activated:
I think Ubisoft wants to kill their PC division entirely. I didn't think so at first (investing millions in new DRM isn't a sign of giving up), but I get the feeling that vast stretches of Ubisoft staffers just want it gone.
The DRM, the lackadaisical effort at a PC port, the antagonistic customer service, the disinformation, intolerable forum "moderation" (Ubisoft representatives lying, editing their own posts, deleting their own disinformation only to add more) ... well.
Let the Corporate Machine crush trivialities like "fairness" and "reason" beneath the diamond-encrusted heel of blind greed.
If they want it gone, why not just get rid of it? Why waste time and money on forcing the fulfillment of their own prophesy of the "death of PC Gaming"?
Are they really so intent at proving to themselves that it isn't worth it? They say they're no longer putting much faith into PC games, because of low sales, then add things that
could only ever make people refuse to buy their products. It's like complaining that nobody is using buses, then making all buses out of rust, uncomfortable seats and the smell of piss.