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Ubisoft tells The Crew players they never actually owned the game (www.gamedeveloper.com)
submitted 4 hours ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/games@sh.itjust.works
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[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 2 points 18 minutes ago

Well thats okay. Someone pirating the game never actually stole it.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 21 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Guess I'll never own AC shadows or any game of theirs. If I must, I'll treat their games as rentals. And I never pay over 20 for a rental.

[–] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 13 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I'm sure they'll be just fine if we "get" their games for free, they need to get used to not owning my money. Regardless, buying every new Ubisoft game is kinda pointless. I try one every 3-4 years, not much changes in a year.

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 hours ago

Prince of Persia, the lost crown was fantastic. Honestly the only ubi game I've considered paying for since the early 2010s

[–] Album@lemmy.ca 15 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

It's been like this forever. You have a "license to play the game" same as the movies you buy are a license to play the content in a private setting

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

If a movie rescinds the license to play then you get your money back.

Like when Amazon pulled to license for people who purchased 1984.

https://www.npr.org/2009/07/24/106989048/amazons-1984-deletion-from-kindle-examined

[–] annette_runner@lemmy.world 7 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

They dont follow this policy anymore. The T&C clearly state that you dont own the digital media and are not entitled to access it.