Ubisoft has released a statement defending its decision to apply a set of anti-piracy tools to its PC titles from now on, following what it called "a lively discussion" over the technology.

The publisher admitted that the move was "controversial", but that the system - currently being trialled in the Settlers 7 beta - would "lower the impact of piracy" and allow the company to "concentrate further effort on the creation and expansion of our intellectual properties for the PC".

The platform has seen a general decline in core titles in the past few years as the next-gen console cycle has taken effect, and piracy blighting a number of key releases.

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