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Ubisoft sued for shutting down The Crew (www.polygon.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by ampersandrew@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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I doubt anything comes of it, but here's hoping.

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[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks ago

Cries in MMOs from 20 years ago.

[-] Brumefey@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago

Last week I downloaded Dark Age of Camelot which I have not played nor paid for 20 years, and my character was still there. I was really not expecting them to keep the data for so long without any payment.

[-] Starbuncle@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 weeks ago

I understand why most companies wouldn't do that, but they should be forced to open-source online games that get shut down or otherwise made non-functional.

[-] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

At minimum they should provide copies of the software to anyone who paid a subscription, and then enterprising individuals would figure out how to get private servers running