The Crew Ubisoft incident (Publishers destroying their video games)

MarKhan · April 07, 2024, 08:53:17 PM

I wanted to bring some attention to somewhat old issue of publisher selling you an (online) game for an indefinite amount of time, only to take down servers some years afterwards so you couldn't play it anymore, some attempts to fix this issue, and why it may be very futile attempt since not enough people care, are not tech savvy enough to understand the issue or because people have attention span of a goldfish.

https://slashdot.org/story/24/01/16/1339228/ubisoft-wants-you-to-be-comfortable-not-owning-your-games

https://www.stopkillinggames.com/

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FatherlyNick - fuck putin · April 08, 2024, 02:18:43 PM

This campaign really took off. Pcgamer covered it, some politicians in eu too.
I think Verbatim watches Ross' stuff, wonder if he saw this?

Jono · April 08, 2024, 06:12:45 PM

Bonnie Ross while she was in charge of Halo tripped on the wire that led to the dusty Halo Xbox 360 server in some backroom at Microsoft HQ and unplugged it

Super Irish · April 26, 2024, 04:25:53 AM

It's crazy how long Ross Scott has been on about this.

The guy behind "Freeman's Mind" is pissed, long enough that he decided to do it himself instead of calling on for the support of others to take the lead on it.

https://www.youtube.com/@Accursed_Farms/search?query=dead%20game%20news

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FatherlyNick - fuck putin · May 23, 2024, 09:29:14 AM

Imagine UK parliament roasting Ubisoft / gaming industry for the shenanigans they were getting away with for years.