Ubisoft revoking licenses for The Crew, preventing owners who paid for the game from installing it.
Ubisoft revoking licenses for The Crew, preventing owners who paid for the game from installing it.
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This is almost certainly a direct attack against the stopkillingames movement, they are probably trying to make it harder for people to come up with an offline patch. I checked my Ubisoft account and sure enough “You no longer have access to this title”
Reminder this the company that said: “players should get comfortable with not owning our games.”
This is what they meant. That eventually, every game you buy, will be shut down and forcefully ripped from your hands. Think about that when you buy the upcoming Star Wars Outlaws singleplayer game that requires a constant internet connection.
This is why people pirate
Ubisoft has been struggling well before they decided to destroy their brand and I think Ubisoft may go the way of Interplay in the 2000s.
Their stock price is in freefall because of long term problems, its been leaked they are looking for a buyout but cant find anyone interested last year, internal issues have been known for many years.
Now the fear of losing your games isnt just a thing from finance bros who realize Ubisoft and their online store may not survive the next 10 years if they cant find a buyer. I doubt they will, its better to wait until bankruptcy and buy the valuable parts without buying the whole company.
Everyone now fears licenses being taken away.
This is theft
Someone will probably upload the game to an abandonware site
We need to boycott with our wallet to prevent that from happening in the future
*you wouldn’t steal a car…*
Ubisoft: hold my beer
Ubisoft may not learn anything even after their fall.
At this point I just wish to see their demise since is clear they don’t give 2 rat asses for us at all.
Not sure why anybody is still buying Ubisoft games
when you thought you saw everything on the gaming industry UBISOFT is always on the vanguard showing new ways to screw and give the middle finger to the gamers
#fuckubisoft
I will no longer buy anything from this awful company. What a shitshow.
I can’t wait for Star Wars Outlaws to flop. Ubisoft is scumb
If we’re bitching about Ubisoft now, it might be time for me to tell people that Ubisoft’s “cloud sync” for all their old games doesn’t work. If you ever want to re-download games where the servers have been deactivated (Assassin’s Creed 1, 2, Brotherhood, Revelations, 3, Splinter Cell Conviction), your saves will not download to your computer and you’ll get the Failed to Synchronise Cloud Saves error.
I reinstalled Splinter Cell Conviction the other day and got access to the Insurgency Pack DLC which I never paid for back in the day, but previous saves in the cloud refused to sync. Luckily I had a local copy of my saves.
Another Ubisoft article that reinforces my decision to boycott them like 20 years ago.
That’s “best” worst business strategy I’ve ever heard of. Double charging the same user for the same game. Thank you unregulated capitalism!
Yeah, I won’t be buying anything from Ubisoft ever again. Their games have been in total freefall for years anyways, so not a big loss. Used to be my favorite publisher a loooong time ago. Damn shame the greed took over.
Looks like Ubisoft needs to head in a new direction. I’m thinking they need to clean house at the top level. All C-level and vice president need to go.
Should be illegal
Ubisoft is making that Star Wars Outlaws game, right?
I look forward to not buying it now.
Fuck Ubisoft. Talk about not reading the room. Talk about fucking tone deaf. This company is absolute blight on the industry. I’m sad for the talented developers they have, but their management is absolutely kneecapping their chances for success.
Don’t buy their shitty Star Wars game!!!
It’s already hard enough to play **Anno 1800** offline for the PS5. I’m so glad I have the physical disk incase something like this happens to such a great game!
Are they also sending out refunds?
I had already decided long ago to never give Ubisoft another cent. Not ever.
I’m glad they’ve decided to continue encouraging piracy though. It’s hilarious how they keep shooting themselves in the foot then blaming anything besides themselves for the situations they create. Ubisoft management are collectively a belligerent 4 year old.
Well I’m taking back my decision to buy Star Wars Outlaws. Get fucked Ubisoft
I wont ever buy another Ubisoft game again.
Yeah don’t think that‘s legal
Imagine you buy a tv, then one day you come back to it being gone with a note saying ‘Your tv privileges have been revoked’
Okay then we just won’t buy anymore Ubisoft games. 🙂
If buying isn’t owning, then piracy isn’t stealing.
If you own a copy of this game and you live in the EU, go to stopkillinggames.com and follow the instructions if you wanna help stop this.
This just guaranteed I won’t be buying their new star wars game. It was already iffy with their recent “AAAA” flop and the price tag, but yeah I’m 100% un-sold now.
Fuck live service games
Just bought the Fractured but Whole south park game on PC because I enjoyed it a few years ago on switch. The next day I try to launch and Ubisoft “can’t verify my ownership”
Bro check my fucking steam library
Refunded
Ubisoft future business model “5 year game lease, 10 year game lease”
The gaming industry is being destroyed by corporate greed and the need for ever increasing share prices.
One day capitalism will fall. I can’t wait for the day that companies make things to benefit or entertain people again. The return of intrinsic motivation can’t return quick enough.
wtf ?!!!! how in the world justice let this happens ?! WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFF that IS FUCKING STEALING !
Imagine that LG barged into your home and just took your television away. Legally. Because of a button you pressed agreeing to just that, the first time you turned the set on.
Or your car. Or your shoes. Or your stove. Because you don’t own what you buy, it’s just a ‘license’ to temporarily use what you paid full price for.
This has to end. This needs a legal action to end this practice forever.
Best to keep sailing the high seas mateys.
When you sell a license and then revoke it you owe the licence holder some money.
I’ve been wanting to buy Black Flag when I have some free time to play. Guess I’ll just start sailing the high seas as the game intended.
this is so fucked and so cringe
They killed the servers for HoMM6, so not only are the special starting bonuses you can have gone, the dynasty weapons and quest rewards found in the SINGLE PLAYER CAMPAIGNS ARE GONE TOO. Fuck Ubisoft.
Hopefully they will be held accountable for such moves.
This is why I pirate Ubisoft games lol
https://youtu.be/w70Xc9CStoE?si=zUM8jD7IgdxlKsRl
The battle lines are being drawn!
Every single person who buys an Activision, Bethesda, EA, and Ubisoft game absolutely and unequivocally deserves this fate.
It our fault for bending over. Well, not mine, cause I didn’t. Arr…
If buying isn’t owning then pirating isn’t stealing.