I can’t believe they double down on this. It seems ubisoft’s management actually thrives on gamers’ rage.
PSA: if you own the crew, consider taking action.
I own the crew, but honestly think it’s a shit game that’s not worth my attention.
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.
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
Especially if you live outside of the US!
For anyone who doesn’t think this is a problem, watch this video and join this campaign.
The Crew represent a real chance to change things globally (seriously, watch the video).
If buying is not owning, pirating is not stealing.
The problem is this game can’t even be pirated due to how it’s architected.
Digital “ownership”.
“Ubisoft is determined to take things one step further to stamp out any attempts to continue playing it past its expiry date.”
As if copies of a game on your computer is somehow more digital than the copy being on a disk or a chip that’s ROM.
Digital ownership, not storage. As in DRM, GaaS licensing and always-online launchers.
A ROM cartridge was physical ownership, if you had the cartridge, you could play.
A CD-key was also a form of physical ownership, install the game and type in the key from the case, you could play.
That should be “ownership” as actual ownership implies having control over a thing and no one who “purchased” this seems to have much control. Breaking the DRM and creating a self hosted sever is taking ownership of it. Don’t pretend CD keys were physical ownership either unless the key was entirely validated offline which admittedly older key schemes were.
you’re only allowed to have fun if we control it
When Nintendo eshop closed, I lost all my purchases. I tried contacting Nintendo to see if they could transfer my purchases to my switch account, but contacting Nintendo is like trying to contact god, you’re gonna get nowhere
Boycott this shit company
If you want to do something about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w70Xc9CStoE
If you want to do something about it just go play beam.ng or motor town or another racing game from a smaller dev.
Not the same thing at all. When the Crew is lost, a unique game and its world are lost with it. That’s like saying if you want to play something like Metal Gear Solid you can go play Hitman. They’re broadly the same genre, but a lot of unique art and experience is lost by just giving up and letting it go the easy way.
