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Ubisoft is being sued over The Crew in a lawsuit that compares the server shutdown to a bumperless pinball machine (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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"Imagine you buy a pinball machine, and years later, you enter your den to go play it, only to discover that all the paddles are missing, the pinball and bumpers are gone, and the monitor that proudly displayed your unassailable high score is removed". As reported by Polygon, that's an argument put forth by a new lawsuit against Ubisoft, filed by two Californian players of The Crew. They're suing the company in a proposed class action lawsuit over shutting down the racing game's servers, rendering it unplayable.

Ubisoft pulled the ol’ snippy Johnson on The Crew’s server wires back in March, effectively killing the online-only game. The following month, it started disappearing from owner's Ubisoft Connect libraries. In response, YouTuber Ross Scott started a Stop Killing Games initiative, petitioning France's Directorate General For Competition, Consumer Affairs And Fraud Protection (DGCCRF) to investigate.

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[–] [email protected] 83 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I hope Ubisoft loses.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

I always hope that Ubisoft loses.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Stop Killing Games

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)

First off, I support both this campaign and linking to it. More awareness is always good.

However, as Ross himself posted, the problem with this comparison is that the "Stop Killing Games" campaign is aiming to end the tradition of simply turning off game servers. This Californian lawsuit, though not a bad thing, is very likely to simply change the labeling of games, which doesn't help the end goal of Stop Killing Games.

I want both to succeed and am not attempting to attack your post, just provide clarity.

For more context: https://youtu.be/sitLQg02Mn4

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (2 children)

IMO if every such game came with a large "Playable until [Date]" sticker, a lot more people would care about preserving them. And just the market pressure may save a lot of games.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

That seems like an optimistic but reasonable take.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I'd also probably care a lot less about buying them.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I feel like Ubisoft is like a European EA. But somehow worse.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 4 months ago

"Why is EA the most hated American game company? Because Ubisoft is based in France."

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Ubisoft pulled the ol’ snippy Johnson

They... Circumcised it?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

The oldie judges need some analogies they can relate to, nothing wrong with that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I still fondly remember how Spellbreak just dropped the tools to run dedicated servers when they shut down. I don't think forcing companies to run servers forever is tenable, and slapping an expiration date on the games is less helpful than it seems. Would be nice to enforce distributing those tools on shutdown, but that seems like a difficult fight considering what right to repair looks like.