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submitted 3 months ago by swampwitch@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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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[-] ILikeTraaaains@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago

If they don’t sell the game but a long term rental license, then they should not say “we’ve sold 1234557890 copies of ”.

[-] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

The thing is with MMOs or online only games do you have a valid expectation of the game surviving forever?

[-] ace_of_based@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It was deliberate choice by them to make even the single player campaign online homie. It ain't an mmo, and it never should have been built like this.

Don't even play like that wasnt fucked up, ok? If your actual argument is "i think companies should get to do what they want" them say that, with your whole chest, not this Weak socratic-method-bootlick-bull...

Take that stand and defend it. Or you could also stfu

[-] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

It was deliberate choice by them to make even the single player campaign online homie.

As one would expect from an online racing game. Anyone buying it would know in advance that single player offline modes do not exist when they bought the game.

It ain’t an mmo, and it never should have been built like this.

It kind of was and it was intended to work as it did by the company that made it.

If your actual argument is “i think companies should get to do what they want”

My argument us that this is a game designed to be played online only. When you bought the game the packaging/materials do not talk about offline play so you shouldn’t expect it to work in a way it expressly isn’t designed to do. Adults should be aware of what things do when they buy them.

[-] ace_of_based@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It ain’t an mmo, and it never should have been built like this.

It kind of was and it was intended to work as it did by the company that made it.

Adults don't dance around semantics in debate when they're called out. I told you to stand up and this is your response? Mebbe you're not even hidin! Maybe it's the only way you can talk?

I guess you disagree, but I find your speech pattern embarrassing and tiring.

Be better eh? For me

[-] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

Your perspective seems to be you should get whatever you want regardless of the actual product you were sold and the terms of that sale. That’s not rational. You bought an online only game. If you wanted a single player offline mode to exist then you should have bought a game that had one.

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