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Penny Arcade - Comic - The Pittsburgh Stealers
Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.
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Also, just buy the normal edition. No more buying season passes and DLC sight unseen when we don't even know if the base game is good.
But this was a different "The Crew". One more relevant to Gabe's predilections.
https://www.engadget.com/ubisoft-is-deleting-the-crew-from-players-libraries-reminding-us-we-own-nothing-165328083.html?guccounter=1
Accurate C level representation along with this weeks ex blizzard wanker talking about how we should tip devs when bliz's practices have not been to pay devs in the first place, nor their game design choices aligning with their player base either.
God, those star wars games look nice... been hard to buy one since they kept jerking people around with the good battlefront games though. Just not touching that toxic brand of videogames with such high price and low morals though. And I know they'll blame it on steam being a monopoly while refusing to make a good store front thats not obnoxious and intrusive, while simultaneously suing them or something.
Coming to the merch store in Q4.
Question is, is there a second Fleshreaper cookie jar, or do you just spin this one around and the opposite side is the Fleshreaper?
Also, move that cookie jar back. It's entirely too close to the edge of that counter.
Yup, I see game, then I see Ubisoft or EA or Blizzard and my interest craters into the negatives. My filthy lucre will be spent anywhere else.
Also just don't "buy" the normal edition or anything else from them until they show a bit of consideration to the idea that you'd like to feel like you bought it from them.
Why go to that effort if it's dead and de-listed though? One possible reason: The Crew featured licensed music in its radio stations which included songs from a few moderate to big artists. Could they have patched the music out? Perhaps. but it probably wasn't worth the cost given the game is online only and was being shut down. But if people are continuing to use the software specifically on private servers, there is argument by the licensor to continue to seek fees and there you have a situation where they're going to purge-purge it out. Is this the reason why they did it? I don't know. But thinking about it critically it is a possible circumstance.
Can't say I have any plans on buying the new Star Wars game regardless of this situation.
He's got a website up at https://www.stopkillinggames.com/ and made a video explaining the campaign on his YouTube channel if anyone is interested in learning more
Most, if not all online service EULAs have a clause that grants the owners/providers the rights to shut down a software/service, and also the right to revoke or terminate use of the software/service at their discretion. This is why the EULA points to agreement to it via the act of installing/"using" it, not making the purchase. But the "right to use" is revocable. While the EU has ruled that EULAs are toilet paper when it comes to controlling the redistribution of software*, the right to use can be taken away. This absolutely affords them the right delete/disable the license.
The only thing that could be problematic for them would have been if they just abruptly shut it down. However, it seems that they did not do this:
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Amusingly they also mention here licensing constraints in their letter.
While it may give him a bump and probably make some lawyers money, it's something of a waste of time. Really, your best option is to not buy their products if you don't like how things like this play out.
edit: *Relevant part for reselling, also there are limits to that but not really applicable to like games because they're technically single seaters.
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Where "until we say you can't" probably doesn't count as limited period, and again just applies to distribution (digital resales, when?). But afaik the EU stuff really focuses on the right to make backups, fiddle with things to figure out how it works within reason... it's all provided you have a "right to use" the software.
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Well, southern Canada.
Yes, they have protected themselves with EULAs, but who gives a fuck. Legislation has been slow to catch-up/keep up with technology and software. Companies can get away with it because the laws allow them to. But they shouldn't be able to.
You could buy the sub for a month for $19, finish the game, and then cancel.
It exists with online dependencies on purpose though, specifically and exclusively to extort as much money from you as possible. It's not an unfortunate consequence.
That’s Ubisoft too