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Full title: Ubisoft says you "cannot complain" it shut down The Crew because you never actually owned it, and you weren't "deceived" by the lack of an offline version "to access a decade-old, discontinued video game"

Ubisoft's lawyers have responded to a class action lawsuit over the shutdown of The Crew, arguing that it was always clear that you didn't own the game and calling for a dismissal of the case outright.

The class action was filed in November 2024, and Ubisoft's response came in February 2025, though it's only come to the public's attention now courtesy of Polygon. The full response from Ubisoft attorney Steven A. Marenberg picks apart the claims of plaintiffs Matthew Cassell and Alan Liu piece by piece, but the most common refrain is that The Crew's box made clear both that the game required an internet connection and that Ubisoft retained the right to revoke access "to one or more specific online features" with a 30-day notice at its own discretion.

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[–] base@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The best part is they havent made a compelling game in 10 years. So i wont buy a game of them ever again either way. Its an easy life tbh.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 10 points 1 month ago

That's one of the many reasons why I never bought it.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Fuck Ubisoft.

If you want a good open world racing game, well Motor Town: Behind The Wheel isn't strictly a racing game.. nor technically even focused on being a racing game, it is an open world driving job simulator and there are lots of sports cars and you can do lots of jobs where you are racing against a clock.

There is also multiplayer and a custom race system (as well as actual race tracks interspersed in the world).

The reason I really recommend it though is the driving feels better then just about any other game I have ever played, especially tire grip modelling. I don't know how to describe it other than it makes me uninterested in driving cars in most other games lol.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1369670/Motor_Town_Behind_The_Wheel/

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[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

To think this is the same company that has to use mythic quest show to promote its propaganda as good PR, guessing it's partiall Rob's machelennys fault for being so thirsty to stay in Hollywood spotlight he had to approach something like ubisoft.

[–] Slaxis@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Having watched all of Mythic Quest, I had no idea what you meant and looked it up - I didn’t realize there was any connection. How does the show promote Ubisoft?

[–] suite403@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

They made it apparently. But yea, I would never have guessed that if it wasn't mentioned and I looked it up.

https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/entertainment/film-tv/mythic-quest

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[–] Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

This is why I just pirate games from big developers. They’re fuckers so fuck them anyway.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Oooooooooh, fuck you Ubisoft.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I never actually "paid" them, so they "cannot complain" when I take my money back

[–] Reality_Suit@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

They could always release the source code.

[–] Rob299@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

All I want Ubisoft to do is make more Rayman games. Yet they doing things like this.

[–] SSNs4evr@leminal.space 5 points 1 month ago

The way of the future....VCRs went away. DVDRs went away, replaced with DVRs and membership streaming, where you can "buy" a movie on Amazon Prime, but if they lose the rights to the movie, so do you - oh well. Your Tesla will brick, if Elon gets mad at you, and your video games will stop working if "the man" unplugs the server. Oh, and dont get caught pulling out your old dusty VCR to record the Super Bowl to watch later....thats a copyright violation. The oligarchs want to make sure the plebes eventually own nothing. If the masters can take it all away, the peasants will do what they're told, be quiet about it, and smile when in sight of the masters.

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