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The Crew franchise has a troubled future after The Crew 1 delisting - GameScout (gamescout.co.uk)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Ubisoft is delisting The Crew 1 after nearly a decade, but even worse, existing owners will no longer be able to play as of March 2024.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Even people who bought it physically!?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

Well, it relies on servers to play it on, so I'm pretty sure that yes, even people who bought it physically will be locked out.

[–] Havald 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes. The game requires you to be online at all times even though it's mostly a single player game.

We need laws requiring companies to patch the game to be playable offline when they inevitably shut the servers down. This is unacceptable.

[–] Rose 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That wouldn't hurt, though the current ToS of all platforms like Ubisoft's or Steam do say that you only buy a subscription/license when you make a purchase. It's something I bring up when people refuse to pay for Game Pass and think it's any different.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

though the current ToS of all platforms like Ubisoft’s or Steam do say that you only buy a license when you make a purchas

It always been like that, even with physical games

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It requires a connection to the servers to play the single player.

So yes, even people who bought a physical version lose the ability to play the game.

Tl;dr: DRM sucks, buying does not imply owning.