ylai@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agoUbisoft is stripping people's licences for The Crew weeks after its shutdown, nearly squandering hopes of fan servers and acting as a stark reminder of how volatile digital ownership iswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkUbisoft is stripping people's licences for The Crew weeks after its shutdown, nearly squandering hopes of fan servers and acting as a stark reminder of how volatile digital ownership iswww.pcgamer.comylai@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square22fedilinkcross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.works
minus-squareCannonGoBoom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoPSA: if you own the crew, consider taking action. https://www.stopkillinggames.com
minus-squareranoss@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoEspecially if you live outside of the US!
minus-squareMango@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoI own the crew, but honestly think it’s a shit game that’s not worth my attention.
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoThe idea is that since the company is French and France has excellent consumer protection, The Crew is the best example of this practice to fight It’s not about whether the game is good, it’s about Ubisoft being French
minus-squareEinar@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoIt’s not about this particular game. It’s about setting a precedent for games you do care about.
minus-squareMango@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoThe games I care about will be preserved no matter how the publishers of them flail about
minus-squareEinar@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-26 months agoNot in this case, seeing that progress is stored online. Who says that the game you care about tomorrow won’t do this next? Why be against an action/not care about something that can only benefit players now and in the long term?
minus-squareMango@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoThe games I care about all already have backup options. They’re all the kinds of games that attract people like me who will just fix them right away.
PSA: if you own the crew, consider taking action.
https://www.stopkillinggames.com
Especially if you live outside of the US!
I own the crew, but honestly think it’s a shit game that’s not worth my attention.
The idea is that since the company is French and France has excellent consumer protection, The Crew is the best example of this practice to fight
It’s not about whether the game is good, it’s about Ubisoft being French
It’s not about this particular game.
It’s about setting a precedent for games you do care about.
The games I care about will be preserved no matter how the publishers of them flail about
Not in this case, seeing that progress is stored online.
Who says that the game you care about tomorrow won’t do this next? Why be against an action/not care about something that can only benefit players now and in the long term?
The games I care about all already have backup options. They’re all the kinds of games that attract people like me who will just fix them right away.