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Ubisoft sued for shutting down The Crew
Submitted 5 days ago by N00b22@lemmy.ml to gaming@beehaw.org
https://www.polygon.com/gaming/476979/ubisoft-the-crew-shut-down-lawsuit-class-action
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Boomkop3@reddthat.com 3 days ago
Letstakealook@lemm.ee 5 days ago
While I agree in principle with the lawsuit, it is interesting that this is the game that people are suing over. I heard the hype and downloaded the crew 2 and it was complete dogshit of a game. I don’t mean from the perspective of finish, just the that the game, as intended, sucked ass. This isn’t the only ubisoft game like this, I don’t know how they manage to generate so much hype and fanfare around these tuberculosis vomit games over and over again.
onlooker@lemmy.ml 5 days ago
The quality of the game isn’t why The Crew makes a good target. It’s because it’s made by Ubisoft, which is based in France. And France has some pretty strict consumer protection laws. Were this, say, EA, which is based in the US, the lawsuit would be a non-starter. In adddition to that, France is a part of EU, which means Ubisoft has to comply with EU law in addition to the aforementioned French laws. So if this goes through, they will have to fight this on at least two fronts. The Crew is also a singleplayer game with an online component, which shouldn’t be necessary for the game to function, but here we are.
So to sum up: the lawsuit is not because people are super passionate for The Crew (though some probably are), but because if you’re going to make an example of a game, your best shot is suing a company which is located in a country with good customer protection laws. The Crew just happened to fit that bill.
Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
I’ve never played The Crew nor The Crew 2, but I hate this guilt-by-association type of argument with every fiber of my heart.
Not because it defends Ubisoft (in this case), but because it completely accepts the asshole’s premise that the successor of a product is necessarily a valid substitute for the product itself, and the latter is not worth keeping around - it’s like eating an apple that has been cooked in an oven at 300°C for 5 hours, then arguing that apples are bad for your health.
See:
- Overwatch vs Overwatch 2
- Halo CE/2/3/W/ODST/R vs Halo 4/5/I (idk about H:W2)
- Halo: CE vs Halo: CEA (yes I’m listing Halo twice, sue me)
- Risk Of Rain vs Risk Of Rain 2 (both are very good games, but they are completely different from each other)
- Helldivers vs Helldivers 2 (same as above)
seliaste@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
The crew is nothing like the crew 2. I have very very fond memories of the crew 1 which was an awesome game
ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 5 days ago
Reminder to sign Ross Scott’s StopKillingGames EU petition (which carries legal weight if it reaches 1 million) if you’re an EU Citizen! Ubisoft killing The Crew is what kicked the whole thing off.