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Ubisoft’s CEO fights back against Stop Killing Games initiative

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  • A arcterus

    Truly so shocked. Anyway, pretty obvious since the biggest reason these companies refuse to even release the server component (as opposed to making the game playable offline) is that they can then either “remaster” the game and release it again in like a decade or just release it again with maybe a couple features added and call it v2.0.

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    ren@reddthat.com
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    Nintendo is doing exactly that (pulling games from stores, letting them die). Now that they have more invasive DRM in their latest console, they might even take a more active approach like Ubisoft wegen it comes to live service games. Let’s just “sunset” Mario kart world live service and brick it in a couple of years?

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    • A arcterus

      Truly so shocked. Anyway, pretty obvious since the biggest reason these companies refuse to even release the server component (as opposed to making the game playable offline) is that they can then either “remaster” the game and release it again in like a decade or just release it again with maybe a couple features added and call it v2.0.

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      whelk@retrolemmy.com
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      “And now, available for a limited time from within the Disney vault!”

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      • whelk@retrolemmy.comW whelk@retrolemmy.com

        “And now, available for a limited time from within the Disney vault!”

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        scrollone@feddit.it
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        #15

        They were really selling VHS cassettes as the definitive format you would keep and treasure for the rest of your life.

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        • alessandro@lemmy.caA alessandro@lemmy.ca
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          0xtero@beehaw.org
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          #16

          He should probably concentrate making games people want to play instead. Ubisoft is down the drain.

          The Stop Killing Games demands are not hard to meet, unless you’re a greedy little shitgoblin.

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          • Q quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world

            Microsoft killed delisted Forza Horizons 4 when their licensing deals expired. They’re not any better in that regard.

            Edit: killed -> delisted

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            murrayl@lemmy.world
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            #17

            No they didn’t. It was delisted from stores. The game still works if you own it, or even if you go out today and buy a used physical copy. Same goes for all of the delisted FH games.

            Delistings are not what SKG is about and I wish people would stop pretending it is.

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            • Q quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world

              Microsoft killed delisted Forza Horizons 4 when their licensing deals expired. They’re not any better in that regard.

              Edit: killed -> delisted

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              firebingo@lemmy.zip
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              You at least can still play the old Horizon games. Just not buy them. The Crew is unplayable and was forcibly removed from people’s accounts. Do still agree screw Microsoft though.

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              • U unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de

                Idk if Microsoft Studios is the better choice here lol

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                drcobaltjedi@programming.dev
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                All the old delisted forza horizon games are still playable. Can’t say that about the crew.

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                • D drcobaltjedi@programming.dev

                  All the old delisted forza horizon games are still playable. Can’t say that about the crew.

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                  apotheotic (she/her)
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                  #20

                  Sure but Microsoft are active participants in genocide

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                    Dr. Moose
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                    He’s so old. No wonder Ubisoft is so close to bankrupcy.

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                    • 0xtero@beehaw.org0 0xtero@beehaw.org

                      He should probably concentrate making games people want to play instead. Ubisoft is down the drain.

                      The Stop Killing Games demands are not hard to meet, unless you’re a greedy little shitgoblin.

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                      isoprenoid@programming.dev
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                      Ubisoft Entertainment SA (UBI) Stock Price & News - Google Finance

                      Get the latest Ubisoft Entertainment SA (UBI) real-time quote, historical performance, charts, and other financial information to help you make more informed trading and investment decisions.

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                      You’re right, they aren’t doing so well looking at this 5 year window.

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                        monkdervierte@lemmy.zip
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                        #23

                        Goat fights back against banning-goats-from-gardener-jobs.

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                        • I isoprenoid@programming.dev

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                          You’re right, they aren’t doing so well looking at this 5 year window.

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                          monkdervierte@lemmy.zip
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                          That’s about stock market tho, a entirely different kind of game.

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                            almacca@aussie.zone
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                            I don’t care what this guy has to say. I’m not even going to click on that link because it’ll just make me angry. Fuck off, Yves. Get your own house in order.

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                              You call that complaining? It was a bunch of vague non-answers meant to not really directly answer any of the shareholder questions

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                                ugo@feddit.it
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                                Wait what? Ubisoft “customers should get used to not owning games” ubisoft? That ubisoft? Color me shocked.

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                                  rustyfish@lemmy.world
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                                  Guillemot told shareholders that Ubisoft works hard to ensure games stay playable, saying the company offers “a lot of support” and services to keep games accessible “24/7.” However, he stated that “support can’t last forever.”

                                  Ah, the same BS again and again.

                                  Little real life hack:

                                  • Someone says that.

                                  • Say: That’s not what it’s about.

                                  • Leave them standing and refuse to talk to them like they refuse to understand or act like they don’t understand what SKG is about.

                                  Think about it. They either don’t understand it but still expect to be taken seriously or they actively try to hurt the movement and don’t argue in good faith. So why bother?

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                                  • R ren@reddthat.com

                                    Nintendo is doing exactly that (pulling games from stores, letting them die). Now that they have more invasive DRM in their latest console, they might even take a more active approach like Ubisoft wegen it comes to live service games. Let’s just “sunset” Mario kart world live service and brick it in a couple of years?

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                                    Rikudou_Sage
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                                    What kind of aggressive DRM? Wouldn’t the same kind of hack as usual work? As in, hack the hardware, every game becomes playable?

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                                      abettertomorrow@sh.itjust.works
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                                      And then we kill Ubisoft. Murder by no purchases.

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                                      • A abettertomorrow@sh.itjust.works

                                        And then we kill Ubisoft. Murder by no purchases.

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                                        nevrome@lemmy.ca
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                                        We wish but they’ll never go away. Die hard fans and whales are going to buy the games no matter what plus all the microtransactions included.

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                                          nthavoc@lemmy.today
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                                          Greedy old man attempting to persuade other ignorant old men in whatever body of government that somehow videos games are finite and expire when we clearly have original Pacman and Pong arcade cabinets still in existence and completely functional. That whole “we can only provide service for so long” is a bullshit argument. I hope the EU puts him and other assholes like him in their place. “Woe is me” dev excuses are getting really old.

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