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Movies don't demand an unreasonable amount of money and time out of you the viewer, you buy your ticket and watch the film, maybe you buy the DVD, done end of story.
Ubisoft games demand a minimum of 70 dollars out of you and upwards of 60 hours all while blocking your progress with arbitrary experience checkpoints and pestering you about spending even more money for weapons, gear, mounts, etc. as if it were a free to play MMO like Fortnite, except you already dumped 70 dollars to play the damn thing.
Not sure where indie games have anything to do with Ubisoft.
I'm a huge fan but I still buy all games at the deepest discounts. There are also free trial periods, friend pass opportunities and giveaways of the games further down the line. Sure, most people fall for the tricks and buy the games right away and even pay for some microtransactions, but they don't have to, so there's no ostracizing the poor here.
They actually don't demand anything from you, just don't buy it if it's not for you. That was my entire point and I'm not sure how you missed it, don't tell people not to buy Ubisoft games if that's what they enjoy? You all can play whatever niche and indie games you enjoy and others can play the new AC, live and let live.
"Just don't buy it if you don't like it" can apply to absolutely anything a consumer criticizes. It's also extremely unhelpful.
Also, that's a really strange argument from someone who also said:
https://lemmy.world/comment/7920287
Again, I'm not saying people can't criticize Ubisoft or AC as a franchise. I take umbrage with people saying they shouldn't spend money on things they enjoy. I see you all over Lemmy and feel like you're pretty levelheaded, am I taking crazy pills here? That was all I said in response to a comment about how "we" shouldn't buy Ubisoft trash. Look at all the weird straw men that people have replied with. I thought this place was supposed to be better than reddit.