Sad to say that I don't remember exactly what game it was that got on my radar with Ubisoft but I can say it happened somewhere in between my Atari 400-Tandy 1000EX days and that, at the time, I thought they were different and cool. Now I hold them in the same regard as EA and Activision and this isn't a good thing. I also used to look up to those companies as well when it came to good single-player games. I'm not saying there haven't been exceptions but that's all those have been, exceptions.As long as I can play solo, It's OK.
Not being able to access DLCs however is an issue. They never told you that you are only leasing them and not actually buying them.
I'm sure it's someplace in that 27 page EULA you have to acceptThey never told you that you are only leasing them and not actually buying them.
Except EULA's are inadmissible in court, whether you agreed to them or not you cannot sign away your rights. If it said buy on the page, that's all that matters.I'm sure it's someplace in that 27 page EULA you have to accept
They are still not that bad, but there seems to be a lot of reactionary top down interference in their games.Sad to say that I don't remember exactly what game it was that got on my radar with Ubisoft but I can say it happened somewhere in between my Atari 400-Tandy 1000EX days and that, at the time, I thought they were different and cool. Now I hold them in the same regard as EA and Activision and this isn't a good thing. I also used to look up to those companies as well when it came to good single-player games. I'm not saying there haven't been exceptions but that's all those have been, exceptions.
Well, you can try taking lawyering up - might even get a class action out of it. Fairly sure Ubi will say yeah, it clearly says buying... a license, and it clearly says they can revoke it at any time.Except EULA's are inadmissible in court, whether you agreed to them or not you cannot sign away your rights. If it said buy on the page, that's all that matters.
Whether it is listed as a software product or a license to use a software product, buy means buy. There is no revoke option for something that you bought.Well, you can try taking lawyering up - might even get a class action out of it. Fairly sure Ubi will say yeah, it clearly says buying... a license, and it clearly says they can revoke it at any time.
You did buy. The license.product, buy means buy.
A permanent license is not just until it is convenient for ubisoft. We are using a ton of legacy software at work, and the developer has no choice but allow us to use it while we want to. Of course we would be dumber than dump to replace our permanent licenses for a subscription model, which is the only one they offer now. Especially since the software barely changed in 15 years. But I digress.You did buy. The license.
You still own that, for all that its worth after they shut off the servers, along with any physical packaging or media it may have happened to be distributed on.
But they never sold you the server, or guaranteed access to their servers, or made the claim that the license would do anything other than work with their specific server. In fact, I would be willing to bet the EULA even expressly forbids you from using your license to access any servers ~other than~ the official ones, that are now being shut down.
And if these were single player games, that would still be the case for this article.A permanent license is not just until it is convenient for ubisoft. We are using a ton of legacy software at work, and the developer has no choice but allow us to use it while we want to.
Have you read the article? Most of these are single player games. And you cannot access / install the DLCs without the servers.And if these were single player games, that would still be the case for this article.
You can still use the DLC.. the servers are just down, so .. good luck
Yes. Correct.And you cannot access / install the DLCs without the servers.
If ubisoft is smart they will release an update to make all of these single player games fully functional offline.Yes. Correct.
You never licensed or bought the servers, but you licensed a product that requires a server, for whatever reason, to function.
That is my point.
Now, why single player games ~require~ a server has been a point of contention for some time - and rightly so - just for instances like this. This was exactly what opponents of persistent online connections and/or accessible only via a digital storefront feared could happen.
But Ubisoft never did anything they didn't tell you they were going to do - it was transparent the entire way. You bought a license to some software. In the case of DLC, it requires the base game to function, and for multiplayer games it requires an online server to function, and it's only obtainable via their authorized download servers.
They never promised anything else, and people bought it anyway. Hope they enjoyed it while they could.
Well there's your problem right there.If ubisoft is smart