Ubisoft steal The Crew from players' libraries after shutting down servers & revoking license

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@YongYea
@YongYea 15 днів тому
- Thank you Yeelight for sponsoring today's video! Use my link and use the code YongYea to get 10% off! yeelightfun.pxf.io/9goA9e - Ubisoft: "It's about feeling comfortable with not owning your game." Also Ubisoft: PATREON: www.patreon.com/yongyea TWITTER: twitter.com/yongyea INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/yong_yea TIKTOK: www.tiktok.com/@yongyea TOP PATRONS [BIG BOSS] - Devon B - gergely oggolder - Jonathan Ball [BOSS] - Charlie Galvin - Gerardo Andrade - Marketing aag - Michael Redmond [LEGENDARY] - azalea - dirt
@Red_MOON187
@Red_MOON187 15 днів тому
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@hugacarlos3322
@hugacarlos3322 15 днів тому
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@marbles8641
@marbles8641 15 днів тому
Surprised you didn't highlight Funimation/CrunchyRoll's merger going on right now where people are losing their entire libraries of digital content due to licensing issues. For some series (the popular ones) they are told they have to buy them again, and for the less popular, well now the buy is SOL. This is complete and utter bullshit, hell it's a mix of all farm animals shit if you ask me... this should be illegal, period. We need consumer rights and protection.
@Andrewflynn16
@Andrewflynn16 15 днів тому
I do hope that you do a Video soon on the latest change UKposts has just implemented as an “improvement” as of 20 od minutes ago. Always news in tech as it seems
@marbles8641
@marbles8641 15 днів тому
@@Andrewflynn16 What happened now?
@levelbasegaming5740
@levelbasegaming5740 15 днів тому
Ubisoft needs to feel comfortable with players NOT BUYING their games.
@anthonyfernandez82
@anthonyfernandez82 15 днів тому
But they do.... Same with EA and Activi$ion......... They get away with it
@anthonyfernandez82
@anthonyfernandez82 15 днів тому
THEY CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT
@georgewatts6790
@georgewatts6790 15 днів тому
Boycott Ubisoft
@ito2789
@ito2789 15 днів тому
Indeed
@wrathfirex
@wrathfirex 15 днів тому
Agreed. I didn't get the assassin's creed games post odyssey
@Reacher_2215
@Reacher_2215 15 днів тому
If buying games from Ubisoft isn't ownership, then pirating their games isn't stealing. Checkmate.
@Adhgnis
@Adhgnis 15 днів тому
Right on the money 😂
@_pizzaboy9631
@_pizzaboy9631 15 днів тому
I've been doing it for years with AC
@t1czer
@t1czer 15 днів тому
Ubisoft must start being comfortable with not owning their games.
@Reacher_2215
@Reacher_2215 15 днів тому
​@@Adhgnis emulators like PCSX2 and PSP jailbreaking are the future of gaming
@seliamila1005
@seliamila1005 15 днів тому
right? I PAID for it, I should own the copy
@GlycerinZ
@GlycerinZ 14 днів тому
"We understand pirating games may be disappointing for Ubisoft who enjoys our money, but it has become a necessity"
@S4msungHD666
@S4msungHD666 14 днів тому
Good luck pirating always online games... If you play on non Nintendo 8/9th gen console you don't own any of your games. Sony/Microsoft can shutdown download server and even physical games need download to work. Sony did this even on 7th generation
@robertreckeweg8533
@robertreckeweg8533 14 днів тому
Honestly for years I was strictly against pirating, now with over inflated retro prices and games permanently vanishing, I say pirating is fair play, besides if I buy a game on ebay, I'm not supporting the publisher or developers, I'm supporting some random guy somewhere in the world
@markthompson1520
@markthompson1520 14 днів тому
​@S4msungHD666 That's why you can mod games, and make your own server. Did you not watch the whole video?
@S4msungHD666
@S4msungHD666 14 днів тому
@@markthompson1520 based on your comment you're clearly a console player. So not really :^)
@paule4566
@paule4566 13 днів тому
Ubisoft: “We’re not stealing from customers if they never owned the game.”
@HollyGameShow
@HollyGameShow 14 днів тому
1 - do not give Ubisoft more money 2 - if you want play a Ubi game pirate it 3 - do not give Ubisoft more money
@AtomicEy
@AtomicEy 13 днів тому
every time i hear a PC Gamer promoting pirating. -1 respect
@MickHaggs
@MickHaggs 13 днів тому
@@AtomicEy bootlicking a massive company who steals from its own customers? That's a paddlin'
@thefundude1
@thefundude1 13 днів тому
@@AtomicEy you prefer giving an anti-consumer company your money?
@dibel3669
@dibel3669 12 днів тому
​@@AtomicEyhaving your respect is an insult 🍷🗿
@RODFLOP
@RODFLOP 12 днів тому
​@@AtomicEy seeing you who justifies stealing from paying costumers and promoting a legit outright scam is an absolute joke😂💀
@t1czer
@t1czer 15 днів тому
If I paid for a product and someone takes it away... Isn't that theft? Ubisoft should pay all the players back. Make it a refund.
@sophieedel6324
@sophieedel6324 15 днів тому
You paid for a service, namely access to a product. It's shady, it's manipulative, but it gets kinda tiring having to explain this every year and yet people continue being shocked when they realize you don't own the games you "buy" from Ubisoft, Steam or Epic. All of them mention black on white in their EULA that you buy access to a service, you are basically renting the games. If you want to own the game, buy it DRM-free like from GOG.
@igodreamer7096
@igodreamer7096 15 днів тому
I guess Europe just don't have laws
@giakhanhho6642
@giakhanhho6642 15 днів тому
@@DeviIInADress Even if you have physical disk, you can not even play the game (and future games from Ubisoft) due to always-online status, making physical rules useless
@jesseteixeira6284
@jesseteixeira6284 15 днів тому
Not in the US. Because our justice system is bought and sold, and we decided that the absurd EULAs most companies make you sign to play shit are valid despite the total INSANITY of some of the clauses they love to shove in there.
@riddif
@riddif 15 днів тому
@@DeviIInADress That souldn't be the case AT ALL. If the game need online to play, MAKE THE GAME OFFLINE before they pull out the server. Throw the library into other platform service such as steam, so that people can still access the game. Digital Game still need to be INSTALLED to the device, it's not a CLOUD game. IT's just a sorry excuse to stripping people already bought product.
@declanrenault6720
@declanrenault6720 15 днів тому
Just a reminder to not buy the new Star Wars game, not buying Ubisoft is boycotting Ubisoft.
@MalikATL
@MalikATL 15 днів тому
As a Star War fan I wasn't even going to buy it anyways
@dannyrivera8300
@dannyrivera8300 15 днів тому
Jokes on you it's the 4th top pre order on the PS Store & it's going to sell with or without your boycott lol
@declanrenault6720
@declanrenault6720 15 днів тому
@@dannyrivera8300 just shows how dumb people are
@onup1475
@onup1475 15 днів тому
​@@dannyrivera8300 I'm not going to believe it until I see the official numbers. Regardless I'm definitely not buying it.
@dannyrivera8300
@dannyrivera8300 15 днів тому
@@onup1475 I mean its not that hard to find go to the PlayStation store and it tells you the top pre orders in the store I think it's two versions of sea of thieves than stellar Blade and then star wars outlaws is at #4
@Accursed_Farms
@Accursed_Farms 14 днів тому
Thanks a bunch for the mention! I can't say how this will turn out, but at the very least, I think at least half a dozen governments are going to be forced to examine the legality of killing games that have been sold one way or another, something I'm pretty sure the industry does not want. The more attention this gets, the better!
@sunlightcrusader
@sunlightcrusader 12 днів тому
I wish you good luck with the case!
@gabriel_the_salubri
@gabriel_the_salubri 11 днів тому
I'm cheering for you Ross!
@johnnyjoestar1080
@johnnyjoestar1080 11 днів тому
Been a big fan since the Machinima days, I’m real happy you’re finally pushing this campaign off the ground! Fingers crossed something great comes outta all this!
@SuperEarther
@SuperEarther 13 днів тому
i just reported ubisoft to consumer advice in the uk, labelling this move as a online scam
@zarand2554
@zarand2554 6 днів тому
Hopefully across the pond they do something! Over here in the US the government could care less.
@SuperEarther
@SuperEarther 6 днів тому
@@zarand2554 hope so too. i did write to them and got a email saying "we dont share our actions" :(
@krazycharlie
@krazycharlie 15 днів тому
Ross from Accursed Farms accurately stated: "The fact that you have to resort to illegal means to access the games you legally own is pure insanity".
@CookyMonzta
@CookyMonzta 14 днів тому
Not only to _access,_ but to _preserve_ these games. Didn't Epic Games just wipe their _Unreal_ *games* collection (and references to their legacy collection) clean from their Web site? 🤔
@gabrote42
@gabrote42 14 днів тому
I was just about to plug that in the comments. So true. I hope he collabs with Yong and Some Ordinary Gamers
@Tweetymorris5
@Tweetymorris5 14 днів тому
@@CookyMonzta Yep! Unreal was my childhood, and it's still playable online to this day (if you can find a copy). But now you can't legally purchase it from any retailer. It's like they want absolutely nothing to do with any of the games. Imagine if Unreal was like games made nowadays, it would be gone forever. So I wouldn't be surprised they're absolutely not above destroying their own history.
@cadjebushey6524
@cadjebushey6524 14 днів тому
​@@CookyMonztaEA did it when they removed Battlefield 1942, Vietnam, 2, 2142 and Bad company 2 off of Origin. Unless these bastards can make a quick buck off them, EA would be more than happy to let their old games become lost media. 😤
@CookyMonzta
@CookyMonzta 14 днів тому
@@cadjebushey6524 Well, I imagine it's only a matter of time before they themselves become lost media. Soon enough, one of those AAA companies will bite the dust.
@jacobh1833
@jacobh1833 15 днів тому
Blacklisted Ubisoft on steam, not worth the trouble.
@spyder5876
@spyder5876 15 днів тому
You won't miss anything.
@Planag7
@Planag7 15 днів тому
Only took this right? Not the sexual assaults and abuses
@sirbonobo3907
@sirbonobo3907 15 днів тому
No one guves a fuck about that Shit. If Out cant defend Ouraelf aß a String Female nowadays than dont cry Afterwards. So why should WE Care at all?
@mangofrugtmos
@mangofrugtmos 15 днів тому
Same.
@LM-nb7rj
@LM-nb7rj 15 днів тому
Same, I don't want their cookie cutter slop showing up on my storefront 🤢
@user-pn4py6vr4n
@user-pn4py6vr4n 14 днів тому
Under Australian Consumer Law, this might actually be illegal. Improperly interfering with someone's use of a product or service is illegal. I'd love to see a test case.
@danielaponte4054
@danielaponte4054 5 днів тому
In most cases companies just leave the country
@crimsonshadow1140
@crimsonshadow1140 5 днів тому
case in point valve still refuses to sell us the steam deck here in australia because they’re salty about our consumer rights laws
@S3pra
@S3pra 4 дні тому
@@danielaponte4054Steam ended up introducing refunds globally as a result of Australia
@jonathanabgrall6075
@jonathanabgrall6075 15 днів тому
"People need to become comfortable living in pods, they have to understand that its for their own good that we gracefully stack them up like that so they can be close to their workplace that makes us rich." - Urban Development executive living in a gated mansion. "People need to be comfortable eating the bugs, they have to understand that its for their own good that we "encourage" them to eat such highly nutritious and tasty food". - CEO of the corporation who now owns every grocery store who gets his filet mignons cooked by his personal chef every night" "People need to be comfortable with us continuously overtaxing fuel, we do that so they look at better alternatives such as electric cars we can remotely shut down". - Automotive company CEO who flies on his Private Jet on a weekly basis "Being "happy" of owning nothing" is just the first step. Hopefully people won't wake up too late.
@toshineon
@toshineon 14 днів тому
Considering that history sure hasn't been kind towards people abusing the common folks to line their own pockets and grab more power, I'm sure it'll all work out. How bloody the solution will be is directly related to how far it goes.
@Doublemoses
@Doublemoses 15 днів тому
I'm very comfortable not owning any Ubisoft games.
@kraftp
@kraftp 14 днів тому
Last Ubisoft game I bought was probably far cry 3
@SaraphDarklaw
@SaraphDarklaw 14 днів тому
I think the last one I bought was rainbow six vegas 2.
@MichaelSmith-ej8qw
@MichaelSmith-ej8qw 20 годин тому
D.A.
@cftyler5041
@cftyler5041 15 днів тому
The fact that we are even having this conversation is wild.
@igodreamer7096
@igodreamer7096 15 днів тому
Dystopic reality reached us faster that we could realized it. Damn, hell
@StrigidaeStrigiformes-sv6mj
@StrigidaeStrigiformes-sv6mj 15 днів тому
I remember warning gamers about this back in 2008. I was mocked and called poor. It's only going to get worse until we stop buying these games. Unfortunately. People have dehumanized themselves by transitioning from being customers, to being consumers, to vecoming thralls. To be honest I regard ubispft gamers the same as tesla or iphone owners.
@eunaosouobatman9684
@eunaosouobatman9684 15 днів тому
Agree
@matteste
@matteste 15 днів тому
@@igodreamer7096 And as we see even in this comment section, there are common people defending and even embracing this crap.
@SideQuestStories
@SideQuestStories 15 днів тому
Lazy people keep buying from evil companies then are surprised
@henrytimms6881
@henrytimms6881 14 днів тому
Companies these days clearly want us to pirate there stuff. If they didn’t, they wouldn’t make these stupid decisions.
@TheNameIsSR
@TheNameIsSR 14 днів тому
If locking people out of their digital purchases isn't theft, then so isn't piracy...
@paule4566
@paule4566 13 днів тому
Ubisoft: “We’re not stealing from customers if they never owned the game.”
@ThesocialmuteHD
@ThesocialmuteHD 3 дні тому
@@paule4566we’re not stealing from suppliers if the game doesn’t exist anymore
@Lajos_Kelemen
@Lajos_Kelemen 15 днів тому
That’s literal robbery How tf is this even legal?
@george2p
@george2p 15 днів тому
Because most keep buying, defending or just turning a blind eye. If these changes weren't profitable, they wouldn't keep pushing for anti-consumer decisions.
@AdamKirbyMusic
@AdamKirbyMusic 15 днів тому
Because buried dozens of pages in the EULA you agreed to when you bought or installed the game, you don't own the game, you bought a revocable license to play it for an indeterminate amount of time. Obviously this type of "purchase" should be illegal, and hell maybe is in some countries but it's going to take aggressive legislation to stop Ubisoft from doing this.
@kylexile87
@kylexile87 15 днів тому
@@AdamKirbyMusicI feel like if this was actually pushed in a court case that these companies would lose. It’s just never happened. Especially when you buy a physical game or even digitally the EULA isn’t even brought up until you start the game up. So it’s not something that’s even mentioned until after you’ve purchased the product, which makes no sense. As someone that works in Supply Chain as a buyer there is absolutely no way there’s any real legal standing on an EULA when it’s not even accepted at the time of purchase.
@AdamKirbyMusic
@AdamKirbyMusic 15 днів тому
@@kylexile87 I wouldn't be surprised if tons of software EULAs were legally unenforceable. But these giant corporations bank on individuals not wanting to spend the time and money to slug it out in court with a huge company.
@OriginalUnjustifier
@OriginalUnjustifier 15 днів тому
@@AdamKirbyMusic I think a contract that boils down to "we can decide to steal back our product which we received payment for, for 'ANY' reason" is probably unenforceable.
@GLegend
@GLegend 15 днів тому
The truth is, the crew is gone for both disc owners AND digital owners. Buying it as a disc doesn’t exempt you from losing a game if the company doesn’t want to support it anymore. This isn’t a digital media problem… this is an “always online” problem
@blushingralseiuwu2222
@blushingralseiuwu2222 14 днів тому
Even when the company can't support it anymore, people should be free to make their own private servers. It happen every time an online game having EoS, and the Crew have offline stuff too.
@brianm.595
@brianm.595 14 днів тому
Physical disks are sadly a lost cause. Many of them don't even have the full game on them anymore. They basically just have a glorified Downloader on the disk.
@vithor4340
@vithor4340 14 днів тому
its both in this case, but its a damn well good example of how digital games are dangerous, this could happen with any digital game because that's how they work, the fact that physical owners cant play anymore is because of a pure online service, which yes, is yet another bad problem of this industry
@Saltience
@Saltience 14 днів тому
@@vithor4340 *always online game a digital game can be digitally preserved just like any old file. an always online game only exists in the company's servers; they have a monopoly on those underlying files that make the game.
@devincurrie4145
@devincurrie4145 14 днів тому
Yep I'm avoiding games that requires online play even on physical media. If the physical media box says "online optional", then can purchase at discretion.
@ToiletGrenade
@ToiletGrenade 14 днів тому
This is so blatantly fraud it's sickening, but I can indeed say i'm very comfortable with never owning another Ubisoft game ever again.
@ranchman693
@ranchman693 13 днів тому
With books in the US, When a book is out of print and unable to be bought it's legal to make your own copy because it doesn't disturb the market. Video games should be the same.
@lyoko348
@lyoko348 15 днів тому
We are BUYING games, not renting them. If they want to steal from players and call it "fair", then we can do the same in return. Fair's fair, right Ubisoft?
@IcicleFerret
@IcicleFerret 15 днів тому
Correction, you are buying *access* to an experience. Just like buying a license to an operating system, or a ticket to a concert, the nouveau game model sees games as a service, not a good. Like a theme park, you are buying an "unlimited access" pass, good for as long as that theme park is open.
@spyder5876
@spyder5876 15 днів тому
If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing.
@AfutureV
@AfutureV 15 днів тому
If you agree to a game's terms, it is fair to have them applied to you. If you consider those terms unfair, why agree to them?
@razgriz1ne1ne48
@razgriz1ne1ne48 15 днів тому
​@AfutureV have you seen Ubisofts terms of service stuff? It's like 5-10× longer than most others and the part that says "you're buying Yada Yada not own once taken down" bit is like 3 sentences long ..... out of 700 .... whats more ingregious is Ubisoft can let you bypass reading by going straight to "I accept" without reading it .... at least others you have to scroll down before that option is available
@OriginalUnjustifier
@OriginalUnjustifier 15 днів тому
@@IcicleFerret Flawed analogy, because they aren't selling you an experience no matter how much they'd like to claim such, they are selling you a license to software. Just because the server infrastructure goes down and they have decided to cease support for their product does not entitle them to remove your license which was bought and paid for legitimately, whether it be a video game launcher, a word processer, an accounting program, or WHATEVER ELSE it may function as, even if without a connection to a server the software is rendered functionally inoperable. This is important on more than just a pedantic level because of a concept known as 'Legal Precedent', if Ubisoft is allowed to do this, the entire concept of 'digital goods' dies with them, as a 'good' that can be revoked on a sellers whim is no 'good' at all.
@Ben-Rogue
@Ben-Rogue 15 днів тому
The "server infrastructure" excuse doesn't hold up if they patch in an off-line mode, and the "licensing constraints" only prevent them from continuing to sell the game
@TyrantWesker
@TyrantWesker 15 днів тому
Not to mention, as Ross says in his video, it's trivial for them to implement these fail-safes during development if they know it has to be there, as opposed to going in and patching it down the line.
@igodreamer7096
@igodreamer7096 15 днів тому
It's always about THEM, never about the gamers. You know, the people who buy it their stuff
@krazycharlie
@krazycharlie 15 днів тому
At least Polyphony Digital had the decency to patch GT Sport to make it playable offline before shutting the servers down.
@VenomusDragon-gx8xt
@VenomusDragon-gx8xt 15 днів тому
No, license constraints would also force them to take the music in it out. It's completely dependent on the license that was signed.
@eunaosouobatman9684
@eunaosouobatman9684 15 днів тому
Agree
@ShadowWalker2006
@ShadowWalker2006 15 днів тому
Companies like Ubisoft want every game to be like Fifa where they sell you the same game every year and make the old one obsolete. Those companies want an infinite money glitch and start to cry when they don't get it ... I say let them cry
@AegixDrakan
@AegixDrakan 15 днів тому
This is what you get in an Investor Economy. Where the entire thing exists so that the people who make investing their full time job can make more and more money every 3 months. :( Infinity Money Glitch is what our entire economy runs on right now. :(
@ttred7621
@ttred7621 День тому
@@AegixDrakan I swear that’s the heart of it all. The worst part of the system is, is that these investors don’t even know how shitty they are, because they only see the dollar sign.
@videoboy16
@videoboy16 15 днів тому
Ubisoft’s logic: If people are playing our old, shut-down, non-monetized games, then they aren’t playing our new, heavily-monetized games. Solution: Delete our old games so people are forced to buy our new games.
@gamerkingdom1442
@gamerkingdom1442 15 днів тому
So, not only are they shutting down the servers of the game, making a dead weight, there are REMOVING the game from the player’s library, AFTER THEY BOUGHT IT!? UBISOFT SHOULD GET COMFORTABLE TO BEING THE MOST HATED GAMING COMPANY…..
@GeorgeMonet
@GeorgeMonet 15 днів тому
That is actual theft.
@ravenger5672
@ravenger5672 15 днів тому
@@GeorgeMonetIt’s actually what all players agree to in the terms of service. They laid it all out, they can terminate your license and access to this game and it’s servers whenever they like, without warning. That’s what everyone agrees to before they show that in-game store that used to be the main menu. Maybe just don’t play any of these games, and whether they’re “free” or not, don’t give them any money?
@Arctic_Wolf1
@Arctic_Wolf1 15 днів тому
@@ravenger5672 Terms of service are not the end all be all of law. The company should have an end of life plan involving a update that makes the game ether offline, pear-to-pear connectivity, or give players the ability to host there own servers. The only reason this is an issue right now is because legislation is always decades behind the issue, hopefully with what Ross of accursed farms is doing will force legislation through, forbidding company from stealing a product that was rightfully sold with no warning outside a terms of service, that the game is gonna shut down at a random date.
@ravenger5672
@ravenger5672 15 днів тому
@@Arctic_Wolf1 Yes, I’ve been following Accursed Farms for years and totally agree with what Ross is fighting for. I pray some legislation can be drawn up to defend consumers from these predatory practices. Though this is plainly wrong. The terms of service agreement IS legally binding, and for all intents and purposes it is the end all be all of law. Unless some legislation is written making these terms of service agreements illegitimate, they are and will continue to be legally binding. It’s signing a contract written up by their legal team.
@mix3k818
@mix3k818 15 днів тому
EA was comfortable being the most hated for a long time. Sure didn't stop them from being slimy for years straight.
@Thialas
@Thialas 15 днів тому
They need to be sued. Or countries in the EU need to step up and force these kind of shitty companies to keep up the servers. If buying isn't owning, then piracy isn't theft.
@kyaksachan502
@kyaksachan502 15 днів тому
It's insane how we need EU to do most of the heavy lifting regarding antitrust.
@sechran
@sechran 15 днів тому
The EU coming down on this crap is the best hope we have for this to not happen again. The backlash won't be enough.
@commentinglife6175
@commentinglife6175 15 днів тому
@@kyaksachan502 Thing is, pretty sure this is actually illegal in the US under false advertising laws. We have discussed what the term "milk" means but we somehow think the word "buy" or "purchase" means "renting?" Nope! Unfortunately, I think it requires a government official to charge them with a crime for misleading the public to get that into a courtroom.
@DragonLover2489
@DragonLover2489 15 днів тому
EU AU NA they all need to step up band together about this shit
@AfutureV
@AfutureV 15 днів тому
I hope governments get involved, I hope game companies win, and then I hope this will finally make people read the terms they agree to. I am pro consumer, but I also think there should be the bare minimum standard that a consumer should do their due diligence. Games have been explicitly sold as revocable licenses for a long time, especially live services. Game companies mislead nobody when they explicitly told them the terms and the customers accepted.
@Rokashy
@Rokashy 14 днів тому
The fact that there have been no lawsuits for false advertising (regarding content/quality of games and their ownership) is wild
@3adgamd3r
@3adgamd3r 9 днів тому
Oh that’s easy, most people don’t have the kinda money or time you’d need for a drag out lawsuit that a megacorp like Ubisoft would most certainly drag out
@boydeo
@boydeo 14 днів тому
Ubisoft is speedrunning to be the worst gaming company ever.
@SteelBerserkChannel
@SteelBerserkChannel 15 днів тому
"You will own nothing and be happy for it" That phrase is starting to be shoved down our throats more and more as time goes on
@reloadedspade176
@reloadedspade176 15 днів тому
I like the sound of “If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing” much better tbh
@Moon_Presence
@Moon_Presence 15 днів тому
Yet. No one is doing anything at all about it. It's almost as if you idiots complaining on UKposts isn't doing anything. GASP omg omg
@Banizar
@Banizar 15 днів тому
The same people are trying to ban backyard gardens too, in the name of climate change.
@dapperstache7747
@dapperstache7747 15 днів тому
@@reloadedspade176 Not particularly. The latter is focused around a niche thing -- namely media, while the former is becoming absolute and ubiquitous.
@2bitnerd
@2bitnerd 14 днів тому
By Yong. This is not new info to the rest of us.
@berkkarsi
@berkkarsi 15 днів тому
As someone who bought the Ultimate Edition of The Crew, it is absolutely disgusting not only that my game doesn't work offline despite all of the content of the game being on the disc, but the fact that it gets removed from my own library.
@gabrote42
@gabrote42 14 днів тому
Go to stop killing games, the website. You might be able to help with the case and petitions they are building against Ubisoft for this very event, organized by the channel Accursed Farms
@B1acKBMWW
@B1acKBMWW 14 днів тому
Bro I was driving on the crew 1 everyday smoking to Spotify and driving through traffic from Miami to anywhere west taking highway... Sad bro saddd
@gabrote42
@gabrote42 14 днів тому
Look at Accursed Farms and follow his instructions on the page shown in the middle of the video
@Hadeto_AngelRust
@Hadeto_AngelRust 13 днів тому
devil's advocate here, you really bought a Ubisoft game, and a Deluxe/Ultimate Edition at that.
@finalout9305
@finalout9305 12 днів тому
@@Hadeto_AngelRust To be fair, Ubisoft 10 years ago wasn't as bad as they are now.
@yasureyabetcha
@yasureyabetcha 12 днів тому
I am never buying anything from Ubisoft again. I mean, I rarely do anyways, but now I've deleted their launcher and will never buy a game from Ubisoft again. Even if they reverse this decision. This is the same as if a car company stole back your car after you drove it for a few years. What the f???
@largol33t12
@largol33t12 10 днів тому
This is EXACTLY why they're getting rid of disc based games. I've had a purchased game taken from me that I bought off the Sony Playstation marketplace. Fortunately it only cost me $10. I learned the hard way to NEVER buy downloaded games. And this was FIVE years ago....
@snailmail2000
@snailmail2000 15 днів тому
At this point, UbiSoft, among other companies, are just *asking* to be boycotted.
@NuchiAsaki
@NuchiAsaki 15 днів тому
It's a shame gamers aren't capable of granting that wish.
@Moon_Presence
@Moon_Presence 15 днів тому
Hahaha. NONE of these companies will ever be boycotted.
@RusticRonnie
@RusticRonnie 15 днів тому
@@Moon_Presencethey will, but not intentionally. Ubisoft is losing market share and sales naturally just by people losing interest
@HanDaimond
@HanDaimond 15 днів тому
That's the simple solution, just stop buying Ubisoft games; a shame there's tons of stupid people who keep giving them money.
@XpWhister04
@XpWhister04 10 днів тому
Even better… Bankrupted, bought out, have their IPs sold off
@bstoker9468
@bstoker9468 15 днів тому
Accursed Farms is leading global legal action against ubisoft for this btw
@CommanderShepard341
@CommanderShepard341 15 днів тому
That's probably why they took away the licenses, because Ubusoft doesn't want the players to use their copies as proof of purchase to be used against them in the suit
@Refloni
@Refloni 14 днів тому
@@CommanderShepard341 They can't delete your email receipt if you still have it
@noob-zx4cv
@noob-zx4cv 10 днів тому
@@CommanderShepard341 ...and yet, that pretty much shows a smoking gun tier evidence that could be used against them, since it outright proves that they've revoked access to the game you bought. You can almost imagine the French government smelling blood in the water right now...
@piotr7805
@piotr7805 14 днів тому
I'm honestly happy those corporate maggots show their true colors. There are so many indie and AA developers who deserve the spotlight and support, that is being siphoned by the corrupted entities like Ubisoft.
@ThaPimpminista
@ThaPimpminista 14 днів тому
And this is why I rarely buy anything digital, and flat out refused to buy any game that always requires an Internet connection to play.
@axllaw427
@axllaw427 15 днів тому
This is truly the beginning of the "You'll own nothing and be happy" movement
@countzero1136
@countzero1136 14 днів тому
Yeah they can fuck right off
@BananaMana69
@BananaMana69 13 днів тому
You never owned a single game you ever bought, you only ever owned a liscense to play it.
@diodamke1007
@diodamke1007 13 днів тому
@@BananaMana69 Bro I've got discs and cartridges I bought 15 years ago I can still pop in and play any time I want. Whatever the EULA might say, that IS full ownership for all intents and purposes. Same with games I've downloaded off GoG. Piss off with this propaganda.
@BananaMana69
@BananaMana69 13 днів тому
@@diodamke1007 Propaganda? Truth is never propaganda dude, my opinion is not stated whatsoever in the initial comment. I am actually for the practice of seeling games to be changed so that consumers actually DO own a copy of the games they buy. The only way that could ever happen is if more people are aware that you purchase licenses you dont actually buy copies of games and so thats why i made the comment. If every gamer knew they had never actually bought a copy of games they thought they did and their thousands of dollars spent on liscense could be wasted as the liscense could be legally revoked at any time i think it just might change.
@diodamke1007
@diodamke1007 13 днів тому
@@BananaMana69 Fair enough, my point was just that it never really mattered whether you technically bought a game or just a license in the past. When you're sold a disc or cartridge that will just work when you put it in the system, that doesn't need to connect to any kind of server to authenticate and that you can freely re-sell to others, then in real-world terms you fully own that game whatever the law might say. So to say you've never owned your games can sound like revisionism, the kind of thing someone might say to try to convince you nothing's changed or gotten worse, when it clearly has. I get that's not your intent, but yeah.
@darkwaters2501
@darkwaters2501 15 днів тому
And rember, you can still set Steam to block showing you content in the store for most big scumbag publishers of your choice. Ubisoft has been blocked on my account for over a decade now. Glad to see I was right in doing so!
@sophieedel6324
@sophieedel6324 15 днів тому
Steam is just as bad as Ubisoft. You don't own games from Steam and Steam uses a DRM wrapper.
@abhi.dx2345
@abhi.dx2345 15 днів тому
​@@sophieedel6324yeah but atleast steam doesn't revoke your license for no reason, unlike Ubisoft. And also steam is one of the most consumer friendly company out there
@sophieedel6324
@sophieedel6324 15 днів тому
@@abhi.dx2345 Steam (Valve) had to be dragged before a courtroom in Australia before they were willing to offer game refunds. Steam is not consumer friendly at all.
@sophieedel6324
@sophieedel6324 15 днів тому
@@abhi.dx2345 Valve had to be dragged in front of a courtroom and had to be forced by a court decision before they were willing to offer refunds. Steam is not a consumer friendly platform at all, in fact it's full of DRM taking away game ownership.
@sophieedel6324
@sophieedel6324 15 днів тому
@@abhi.dx2345 Steam had to be dragged before an Australian court before they offered refunds.
@paulchjjjg1279
@paulchjjjg1279 2 дні тому
I have about 6000 hours in the crew. Send them taking my game that I paid for is unacceptable. I have already filed a complaint with the BBB and I urge everyone to do the same. It’s the only way that we will ever keep our content that we pay for.
@VolatileVix
@VolatileVix 14 днів тому
I' stopped buying Ubisoft games years ago, this company is the worst. So many companies these days are completely ruined by their greedy top management that don't give a shart about their client base.
@eunaosouobatman9684
@eunaosouobatman9684 15 днів тому
Ubisoft needs to be held accountable WTF
@sophieedel6324
@sophieedel6324 15 днів тому
They never sold you any property, Ubisoft and Steam are very clear that they sell access to games as a service, and that they can revoke this access at any point.
@eunaosouobatman9684
@eunaosouobatman9684 15 днів тому
@@sophieedel6324 so it becomes okay? I think this sets a very bad example, other companies are very predatory and they like to see how much they can push the envelope on gamers and how far they can go without backlash, i think the backlash by these same gamers is completely justified
@honkberfkin6394
@honkberfkin6394 15 днів тому
Why defend them?@@sophieedel6324
@partyboy1076
@partyboy1076 15 днів тому
Next time read the EULA before you click agree . It states they can remove the game any time they want . So technically it the buyer fault for not being informed but again a scum bag move from bigger cooperations to make long paragraphs of statements knowing 99% of buyers would never read .
@H3LLGHA5T
@H3LLGHA5T 15 днів тому
@@partyboy1076 why doesn't the EULA pop up in an understandable format when you hit the buy button then? Pretty sure if someone actually sued game companies over this they'd win in the EU, because EULAs are often so complex you need a lawyer to understand which makes them null and void in the EU.
@megaman37456
@megaman37456 15 днів тому
Honestly people need to sue, screw the TOS, we have laws that should be preventing this.
@devbyrd6127
@devbyrd6127 15 днів тому
Let’s be honest here, what would you expect the government to do? They took forever to even address the loot box backlash. I’m not opposed to legislation but with TOS and EULA of the video games themselves and and platform holders it’s really hard to see them even trying to make laws about that
@evaone4286
@evaone4286 15 днів тому
We also had laws which kept migrants/invaders from entering in the country illegally but you know...
@Slim-Boss
@Slim-Boss 15 днів тому
You cant sue lol. Read that fine print you scroll through when you buy these games. It clearly states this......
@Mann344
@Mann344 15 днів тому
@@Slim-Boss ToS's and EULAs are not legally binding. If they steal access to your games away from you, that is still theft, regardless of whether a document said so or not.
@DeafEnder
@DeafEnder 15 днів тому
​@@Slim-Boss most terms of service is usually bs anyway and the reason they persist is because the corporations bury pertinent information under a bunch of pointless legalese, and because they know how prohibitively expensive it would be to attempt litigation.
@liamdell6319
@liamdell6319 14 днів тому
If buying isn't owning, Piracy isn't Stealing.
@Roxor128
@Roxor128 14 днів тому
s/buying/paying/ Remember, if you pay and get ownership, you bought it. If you don't, you just paid for it.
@iliketurtles559
@iliketurtles559 14 днів тому
Ubisoft can't go a month without messing something up.
@dutchsailor6620
@dutchsailor6620 2 дні тому
Even their logo looks like a turd.
@Korricat
@Korricat 15 днів тому
At the same time UKposts is hard advertising a new Ubisoft game. I'm not buying, I'm not paying.
@_Cetarial
@_Cetarial 14 днів тому
Targeted ads, ever heard of them?
@Korricat
@Korricat 14 днів тому
@@_Cetarial Yeah, they do not work
@daddyr1841
@daddyr1841 13 днів тому
​@Korricat Ahh I remeber so soo many years ago whenever adds popped up in school topics and we worked on em I always argued they never worked on me and I think it's dumb and weird anyways teachers would always say nu uh they work on you, you don't even know, I'm glad my mom made sure I wasn't a consumer goon lord haha
@allthenamesiwantedweretaken
@allthenamesiwantedweretaken 15 днів тому
The Age of Piracy has returned, lads. WE MUST SAIL LIKE IT'S 1650 AGAIN 🏴☠
@NuchiAsaki
@NuchiAsaki 15 днів тому
Spend your time and money on games made by people who respect you instead.
@dibel3669
@dibel3669 12 днів тому
​@@NuchiAsakiyes, and I'm finna pirate every AC game under the sun 😭
@NuchiAsaki
@NuchiAsaki 12 днів тому
@@dibel3669 That is the opposite of what I suggested.
@dibel3669
@dibel3669 12 днів тому
@@NuchiAsaki how so? I'm buying games I like and not supporting bad companies ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@NuchiAsaki
@NuchiAsaki 12 днів тому
@@dibel3669 You're spending your time on games made by people that don't respect you instead of those that do.
@countzero1136
@countzero1136 14 днів тому
If buying does equate to owning, then piracy does not equate to stealing. I want physical copies of everything and I require all my stuff to work offline at all times. Skip on ANY part of that and it's an immediate deal breaker. There's more than enough old games on physical media to entertain me for several lifetimes. Live service games are a total scam and should always be avoided like the plague
@Roxor128
@Roxor128 14 днів тому
You mean "if PAYING does not equate to owning". Buying is when paying gets you ownership.
@zayuhpadilla3526
@zayuhpadilla3526 14 днів тому
I remember when you first posted the video about this and I thought would be crazy if something like this ever happened and here we are today! Glad your speaking out about this Bullshit man!
@InJeffable
@InJeffable 15 днів тому
2:50 And one day, they'll steal The Crew 2 and The Crew Motorfest from their customers. This won't end until they face either a severe boycott or a law that prevents this kind of thing.
@Overlord598
@Overlord598 15 днів тому
And gamers will act surprised again lmao
@gabrote42
@gabrote42 14 днів тому
Accursed Farms is doing taht litigation right now, but they need ownerw of The Crew for their petitions. Go to their channel if you can.
@S4msungHD666
@S4msungHD666 14 днів тому
If you play on non Nintendo 8th gen console you don't own any of your games. Sony/Microsoft can shutdown download server and even physical games need download to work. Sony did this even on 7th generation
@gabrote42
@gabrote42 14 днів тому
@@S4msungHD666 I got it, no need to copypaste 5 times. I wrote my comments manually
@maximvsdread1610
@maximvsdread1610 15 днів тому
The Pirates are already cracking it as we watch this video. It will be available for download and installation shortly.
@thequestion8697
@thequestion8697 14 днів тому
I feel like this is genuinely just stealing from people who bought this game. This is super scummy and Ubisoft should be held accountable.
@BrokenRecordProductions
@BrokenRecordProductions 9 днів тому
Imagine you bought a couch and you had it for for years, then that same store broke in to your house and took “their” couch back. I don’t know about you, but I’d be furious.
@mcjibbo6100
@mcjibbo6100 15 днів тому
People HAVE TO take legal action against them. You literally PAID for a product and they taking it away. That has to be illegal It's literally THIEVERY.
@gabrote42
@gabrote42 14 днів тому
The channel Accursed Farms are doing that right now. They need help of any owners of The Crew. If you own it, go to the channel and watch the video instructing you in how to help
@Talon97
@Talon97 14 днів тому
No it's NOT illegal. No it's NOT thievery. You (the customer) didn't read the terms of service. You are mostly to blame as you chose this digital future for the sake of "convenience".
@JourneysADRIFT
@JourneysADRIFT 14 днів тому
Illegal? 😂 Someone didn't read the license agreement. You don't own shit anymore.
@gabrote42
@gabrote42 14 днів тому
@@Talon97 You know that there are rights you cannot be made to give up in a contract, right? And even if that wasn't the case, it can be _made_ illegal, with govt petitions and such
@nandain007
@nandain007 14 днів тому
whats the problem? The Crew is an Online game, so Ubisoft are fully right to pull/revoke the license from players who bought (Actually Renting it). That's the consequence of all of Paid Online Only games
@Boss_Fight_Wiki_muki_twitch
@Boss_Fight_Wiki_muki_twitch 15 днів тому
Prince of Persia Lost Crown was gonna be the 1st Ubisoft game i've bought in over a decade, then that corpo brass said consumers needs to get used to not owning our games... well... that kept my "no Ubisoft games" streak going.
@alexanderli8820
@alexanderli8820 14 днів тому
Just pirate. If purchasing doesn’t equal ownership, piracy doesn’t equal theft
@Mr.Eminem
@Mr.Eminem 13 днів тому
​@@alexanderli8820 based
@leaf16nut
@leaf16nut 8 днів тому
It’s one thing to shut down servers for an online only game; they’re costly, very few people are playing, it’s no longer financially feasible to keep them running - that makes sense. But if there’s an offline mode, you should be able to continue playing it, and you definitely shouldn’t have your games stolen from you.. Either force developers create an offline mode that can run forever after servers shut down, or make the game ‘abandonware’ and let players do what they want with the game.
@tonypond3970
@tonypond3970 14 днів тому
Remember if buying isn't owning, then piracy isnt stealing
@Alchemist1995
@Alchemist1995 15 днів тому
How to incentivize people to pirate your games 101 with Ubisoft....
@happyspaceinvader508
@happyspaceinvader508 14 днів тому
Not really; they’ve engineered their games to require dialling home to the mothership… so acquiring the installer illegally won’t help you.
@austinreed7343
@austinreed7343 14 днів тому
@@happyspaceinvader508 And are they even worth pirating?
@So1
@So1 7 днів тому
@@happyspaceinvader508 Not like thats stopped anyone before. they always find a way
@deryckbrown7834
@deryckbrown7834 15 днів тому
Wonder how they'd feel if their car dealer/manufacturer took away their expensive ride and said "You need to get comfortable not owning your car."
@anjangakuan5959
@anjangakuan5959 14 днів тому
10 years down the line, that may be true for EV cars
@S386LWBNM
@S386LWBNM 14 днів тому
Doesn't Ferrari basically do this already? Wonder if any of them own a Ferrari.
@deryckbrown7834
@deryckbrown7834 14 днів тому
@S386LWBNM I hear that some tractor companies in the US do this too, you can't buy them outright. Dystopian as fuck...
@S386LWBNM
@S386LWBNM 14 днів тому
@@deryckbrown7834 John Deer is who you're thinking of.
@deryckbrown7834
@deryckbrown7834 14 днів тому
@@S386LWBNM That's the one! Thank you.
@Romanticoutlaw
@Romanticoutlaw 10 днів тому
I am desperate for this to get litigated as theft and for them to be held criminally liable
@Factorum...
@Factorum... 20 годин тому
It's worse than Nintendo not preserving old games, and shutting down anyone who streams or uploads old games powered by emulators.
@TCOCreationStudios
@TCOCreationStudios 15 днів тому
It's like that old quote "Buying is not owning, so pirately isn't stealing." I think that's how it goes. Ubisoft should be ashamed and should have just left the game online and left that stability and server responsibilities to its Crew Community. The future of gaming is going through a very dark time and one day these game publishers are gonna learn the hard way.
@Roxor128
@Roxor128 14 днів тому
"Paying", not "buying". Buying gets you ownership, payment may or may not.
@mrelf1
@mrelf1 15 днів тому
"If buying isn't owning, then pirating isn't stealing."
@Featuring_Dinty_From_Beef_Stew
@Featuring_Dinty_From_Beef_Stew 9 днів тому
Ubisoft noticed they were no long called the worst video game company and decided to take back that title.
@K-G-S_66
@K-G-S_66 12 днів тому
I really appreciate you being our voice I'm type a guy Who loves single player games collectables And I love to collect games just like every gamer out there Since their business practices It's hard to do what we love to do We payed for our game it's our priority They never ever Told us that one day they'll shut it down
@DarkstarArchangel
@DarkstarArchangel 15 днів тому
It's a good thing you are giving a shout out to the Bossman Ross Scott, he is the true crusader of the fight of keeping our products and how we should be given back either our product or our money.
@gabrote42
@gabrote42 14 днів тому
So true
@knowledgeseeker4614
@knowledgeseeker4614 15 днів тому
Ubisoft has no shame.
@crapshot321
@crapshot321 14 днів тому
If Ubisoft is not interested in preserving game history or letting me own a purchase, then I am not interested in giving them any money.
@hunter-arbe8845
@hunter-arbe8845 12 днів тому
They just keep proving why pirating is the best option after already buying the game
@johnnguyen993
@johnnguyen993 15 днів тому
never touch the Ubisoft ever again
@megarhombus7532
@megarhombus7532 15 днів тому
EA: "I'm the most hated gaming company." Ubisoft: "Gamers shouldn't feel comfortable owning their games." EA: "You're clearly the more terrible company."
@RusticRonnie
@RusticRonnie 15 днів тому
EA also believes this though
@ATAndreiThomas
@ATAndreiThomas 13 днів тому
Ubisoft needs to go bankrupt
@ShadyFurball1
@ShadyFurball1 14 днів тому
I wish games journalists did more. Rather than cover Ubisofts latest releases, refuse to and republish the fact that they stole the crew licence from users. Or at the very least have massive disclaimers at the start of anything stating that this is a Ubisoft product... They are known for stealing your licences and refuse to tackle all the sexual crimes and allegations that their company is rife with. Buy this product at your own risk.
@BluesElwoo2
@BluesElwoo2 15 днів тому
If Ubisoft can steal your games, then I think stealing their games is alright.
@2bitnerd
@2bitnerd 14 днів тому
Don't blindly believe what Yong is telling you here. You didn't buy the game, you bought a license. Ubisoft did nothing wrong. Piracy is a crime.
@GlycerinZ
@GlycerinZ 14 днів тому
@@2bitnerd its not OK to just yank a game from players who paid for it.
@super95bleifrei13
@super95bleifrei13 14 днів тому
cl0wn​@@2bitnerd
@kraftp
@kraftp 14 днів тому
@@2bitnerdyea let's defend this rich corporation....
@Alorso_
@Alorso_ 14 днів тому
@@2bitnerd This mindset is why we can't have nice things in this world, you're saying that if you bought something a corporation has a right to take away something from you? Think about what kind of presedent that sets in the long run
@harrisonlichtenberg3162
@harrisonlichtenberg3162 15 днів тому
You'd think an American company would try this shit first, but no. Despite the EU having more consumer protections, it's a French company that's pioneering most of this crap
@devbyrd6127
@devbyrd6127 15 днів тому
Ubisoft will still try it because they profit from so many IPs. You wouldn’t see this from an indie dev where every sale matters. No matter what they say someone will always buy AC, Far Cry, etc.
@sophieedel6324
@sophieedel6324 15 днів тому
What are you even talking about "pioneering". Tons of developers have revoked access to games in the in the past. This isn't the first developer to do this, not by a long shot.
@RusticRonnie
@RusticRonnie 15 днів тому
@@devbyrd6127I have never bought any if those games. So thats not true
@GrumpyDerg
@GrumpyDerg 15 днів тому
@@RusticRonnie Then you are not one of the millions of other "someones" who did. Doesn't mean the statement isn't true as a whole. :P
@austinreed7343
@austinreed7343 14 днів тому
Ever wonder why all those meme statements have a FRENCH accent?
@KROMERES
@KROMERES 9 днів тому
Let's put these executives on a subscription service for access to their own houses. Realistically I'm fairly certain they got us in those long ass licensing agreements that they make us scroll and sign before we can play the game we BOUGHT!
@jiggygino2855
@jiggygino2855 14 днів тому
And this is why I will never purchase an online only game. Especially a single player one that shouldn't require a connection.
@ra6765
@ra6765 15 днів тому
They wont stop until their profits reach 0 or even in thr negatives. We need everyone, and I mean EVERYONE including the most casual gamers and the clueless to completely stop buying their games for them to stop. Which is straight up impossible.
@comradeinternet467
@comradeinternet467 15 днів тому
Governments need to be made to take action. Show this video and related videos to whoever your local politicians are.
@JackFoxtrotEDM
@JackFoxtrotEDM 15 днів тому
@@comradeinternet467You'd be better off sending Ross's video and the campaign website to as many people as you can.
@Alorso_
@Alorso_ 14 днів тому
Things will have to get much worse until there will be actual change, eventually it will get a point where people hit a breaking point, but until that happens remember to vote with your wallet as much as you can
@gabrote42
@gabrote42 14 днів тому
​@@comradeinternet467 Accursed farms is doing that. Help them
@dafyddthomas7299
@dafyddthomas7299 5 днів тому
Their Share price has been tumbling since dizzy peaks of 80 Euro now down in the 20 Euro now, Ubisoft used to produce excellent games back in the Amiga / Atari days before many say getting too big for their boots
@ayyyyoman
@ayyyyoman 15 днів тому
It all goes back to what Gabe said when Valve started Steam. It's a service issue. People are comfortable with buying these 'licenses' to games on Steam because the majority trusts the service to have their back. Ubishit, on the other hand, is proving time and again that they WON'T have the players' back and best interests on THEIR OWN PLATFORM, REGARDING THEIR OWN GAMES. So yeah, at the end of the day, people will just continue to lose faith and, subsequently, interest in Ubishit's service and products. They want to treat it like it's just business, the market will follow-through in kind. Really bad timing for them too considering they're going all in with multiple AC games, that AC Nexus platform, their new Star Wars game etc. Gonna be fun seeing Ubi sink hard.
@Exton_Z1
@Exton_Z1 14 днів тому
Bungie does same thing with Destiny 2
@My1xT
@My1xT 12 днів тому
physical requiring an online connection once can have legitimate uses and also be done in a good manner, like with Witcher 3 where only copies made before release need a launch patch in order to stop leakers, however, this file can be downloaded and stored and applied manually
@benn8793
@benn8793 9 днів тому
Good video. I can't believe that there are actually people who still defend this nonsense. It's not that we want Ubisoft (or any other developer using these kind of practices) to keep the servers running forever. It's about ensuring that the game lives on through, for example, an offline patch. But it would be even better if the entire game wasn't tied to any servers to begin with. Especially for single-player games or games that can theoretically be played alone. Is that so difficult to understand?
@Mugman896
@Mugman896 15 днів тому
subscription based gaming shouldn’t ever be the norm, I don’t wanna have to keep up with 10 different subscriptions just to play my games. We already have subscription fatigue from all these streaming services just to watch movies/tv shows. We don’t need another 50 more “game” streaming services popping up
@NuchiAsaki
@NuchiAsaki 15 днів тому
Stop paying, start creating.
@blumoon131
@blumoon131 15 днів тому
Also, Letting you own what is now an unplayable waste of digital space? Ubisoft finally got their NFTs up and running 🙄
@GrumpyDerg
@GrumpyDerg 15 днів тому
"It's in the game licenses?!" "Always have been! *click*"
@Restricted-Services
@Restricted-Services 14 днів тому
Since when did the tos and agreements ever held up in a court of law, more so then not?​@@GrumpyDerg Anyways if players actually read the tos and agreements pages they would not even click agree.
@GrumpyDerg
@GrumpyDerg 14 днів тому
@@Restricted-Services I don't have the statistics to answer that, but something tells me if those agreements wouldn't hold up in court most of the time, companies wouldn't spend the exorbitant fees of their legal teams to craft (and re-craft) those agreements almost every damn month and just leave them as is with a carefully positioned "You accept that this is a private company and you have no power here" on page 27 to defend themselves with. :P And yes, even the length of those agreements alone would turn one away from clicking Agree. That's why they are brought up at the worst possible time (for the "consumer") rather than, say, at the time of purchase... :\
@liquidanimosity
@liquidanimosity 14 днів тому
Like some people have said here, I have already stopped buying Ubisoft games. For a couple of reasons. 1. Some of their games can be good but they are never great. 2. I always felt the open worlds Ubisoft make have exploited my OCD and I was playing out of habit rather than enjoyment. 3. A lot of their games are too samey and lack any novel ideas or mechanics. 4. I always felt like I was manipulated to buy a gold edition and I always have buyers regret. Then I end up thinking I would have felt happier if I waited for the price to go down but I can be impatient. To be honest I have worried about the future and direction of gaming for years but recently I have been enjoying a lot more indie games. I love some of the mechanics and ideas explored. I now know gaming will be fine. Not AAA gaming (hate that term) but creators who love games will continue to make great content. Support your indie devs, ignore the publishers who ruin what we love.
@KratostheThird
@KratostheThird 10 днів тому
Excellent comment, and I agree entirely.
@Caesar2001
@Caesar2001 12 днів тому
Ubisoft hasn't shipped a good game in a decade
@Heathenpride83
@Heathenpride83 15 днів тому
Ubisoft should start to feel comfortable with the idea, that nobody will buy their crap anymore. Actually, I'm starting to move away from gaming altogther. I'm almost 41 years old. I'm playing video games for about 35 years. This is not acceptable for me. But they make it easier for me by being assholes and creating shitty gaming experiences. I don't want that. I don't need that. I don't spent my hard earned money on that.
@EvilOdysseus
@EvilOdysseus 15 днів тому
I stick with the older games. Around 2015 is where games started to shift drastically. I've got a big enough library of nostagia to keep my interest piqued for a long time.
@Jadefox32
@Jadefox32 15 днів тому
majority of my Steam library are offline games, the ones I worry about are my CA (total war) titles and 2ks XCOM 2.
@les121476
@les121476 15 днів тому
I'm 47 I'm right there with ya Sold all my consoles and pc's Bought a boat
@RusticRonnie
@RusticRonnie 15 днів тому
@@les121476fishing is just lootboxs though
@dopesickdog
@dopesickdog 13 днів тому
i like telling people in this position about Magic DosBox - you can emulate MS DOS games on Android and find hundreds of titles as free abandonware. Tons of hidden gems. and if your phone/computer can download a 50 megabyte ROM, it's more than powerful enough to run it :)
@timothystevenhoward
@timothystevenhoward 15 днів тому
This is really nothing new. Adobe has been doing this since 2014. Any legit retail license key (often sold for $300-$500) that has not been activated has been revoked. In fact, if you are holding the actual retail software in your physical hands (like actually holding one of their license key boxes) Adobe support will tell you with a straight face that that purchase is considered "Counterfeit" and should be destroyed. And support encourages you to snitch and tell them what retailer sold the item to you to, I presume send their FLEET of lawyers onto the retailer for selling "fake" licenses. Licenses which worked mere months prior to them deciding its no longer legal to use. And yet we still think we own what we buy.
@RusticRonnie
@RusticRonnie 15 днів тому
And now afinty was purchased by Canva so we are literally fucked when it comes to good photo editing software… and no GIMP sucks
@melodyseverything6999
@melodyseverything6999 15 днів тому
How does that work? If you have the boxed version, when you install it, does it "check in" with the Adobe website? If that's the case, that is just awful!
@2bitnerd
@2bitnerd 14 днів тому
​@melodyseverything6999 yes it does.
@moddrew546
@moddrew546 14 днів тому
"You can always pirate Adobe products" "It's morally correct" -whoever created that sage meme
@enderkatze6129
@enderkatze6129 14 днів тому
Adobe is so goofy because they're so obviously insanely terrible and scummy, yet For some reason noone is ever moving away from their shitty products. Why do i need to submit my Job application as a PDF For christ's Sake?!
@TheOnlyTaps
@TheOnlyTaps 14 днів тому
Great watch as always and this is once again another reason why physical media need not die. But people online always get mad at us for not wanting an all digital library future
@PokerPlayerJames
@PokerPlayerJames 6 днів тому
Companies: "You wouldn't steal a car!" Also Companies: "Hey, we no longer make that vehicle model so we'll be seizing your car."
@kaiikiller4777
@kaiikiller4777 15 днів тому
Going forward I will pirate Ubisoft games seeing as things I buy from them are simply stolen from me in return.
@tarwod1098
@tarwod1098 15 днів тому
Not long ago Google shut down Stadia. It was only a service, no physical copies. They refunded every single purchase made by customers to avoid massive backlash. So it is possible to get companies to at least give back the money. Of course this doesn’t help with preservation
@corn5341
@corn5341 14 днів тому
Man, this was one of my favorite games and I re-bought it for PC right before they announced that the servers were shutting down and I was so sad
@sparkyspace
@sparkyspace 11 годин тому
My first thought on hearing what they are doing is to start a class action lawsuit it’s not impossible to put even the biggest games on a physical drive and sell it in that form it’s just cheaper for the company not to
@breexthehedgehog6131
@breexthehedgehog6131 15 днів тому
If this dosen't scream "SUE ME SUE ME SUE ME SUE ME SUE ME" by ubisoft idk what does
@enriquealvarez6145
@enriquealvarez6145 15 днів тому
Well go ahead and sue them we're all waiting
@S4msungHD666
@S4msungHD666 15 днів тому
Will you sue taxi drivers for not letting you keep the car even thought you paid them? 😂 Next time read tos and eula before spending money... Be stupid get got
@GrumpyDerg
@GrumpyDerg 15 днів тому
​@@S4msungHD666 If it said that you were buying or purchasing the taxi cab rather than catching a ride or renting it, then it should be scrutinized - yes. That said, I doubt there's anything one can legally do about it at the moment. Judges aren't there to keep your rights and liberty intact - they are there to determine outcomes based on written law.
@Youngson113
@Youngson113 14 днів тому
​@@S4msungHD666yeah dude cab fare is totally comparable to the price of a car
@adamtajhassam9188
@adamtajhassam9188 10 днів тому
@@enriquealvarez6145 we need to sue them asa community nation not 1 person.
@thedatatreader
@thedatatreader 15 днів тому
Ubisoft has an absolute skill with bad optics. Is it possible to look worse than reassuring people against something they fear you might do, then immediately doing it anyway in full view of everyone?
@vallejomach6721
@vallejomach6721 14 днів тому
French are mostly communists...so, checks out.
@AngryShooter
@AngryShooter 14 днів тому
"Please accept not owning any game, trust us with provide you access and with maintaining the service for ever, you will love it!" Immediately proceeds to shut down services and delete games at the slightest hint that said games are not being as active as their shareholders and bank accounts would like.
@oldmanfunky4909
@oldmanfunky4909 День тому
We all need to stand together and fight their forced licensing agreements. Game companies get to force us into horrible agreements to play their games. We need politicians to make laws that give us the end users rights of protection.
@KlingonCaptain
@KlingonCaptain 15 днів тому
UKposts won't let me like this video. It just keeps saying, "Resource has been exhausted."
@ponzfantasmical5715
@ponzfantasmical5715 15 днів тому
UKposts was broken for a bit for mobile users. People couldn't like videos or see their subscriptions. I think it's all fixed now.
@gabrote42
@gabrote42 14 днів тому
This got fixed. Come like now
@johnny88j9
@johnny88j9 15 днів тому
After they removed games from Steam before this, I long gave up buying shitty Ubisoft. They rely on parents and little kids with no clue half the time now.
@TheNicaragua1979
@TheNicaragua1979 10 днів тому
I was a grate policeman in that game. Enforcing the low, screwing outlow players missions was my favorite feature.😁
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