Ubisoft Wants Gamers To Destroy All Copies of A Game Once It Goes Offline
Ubisoft Wants Gamers To Destroy All Copies of A Game Once It Goes Offline
Ubisoft makes changes to its EULA, which states that gamers must destroy all copies of the game once it is offline.
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Full disclosure: didn't read the full article. But im 0% surprised they're floundering, and desperately trying to squeeze every penny they can out of players.
Yet another example of why im avoiding AAA studios where I can
Its uh... shockingly brazen:
You and UBISOFT (or its licensors) may terminate this EULA, at any time, for any reason.
This EULA will terminate automatically if You fail to comply with any of the terms and conditions of this EULA.
Upon termination for any reason, You must immediately uninstall the Product and destroy all copies of the Product in Your possession.
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Yeah, but if they terminate the EULA, doesn't that mean we're no longer bound by it and don't have to uninstall the game?
EULAs, like any contract... have to actually be reasonable legal contracts.
This is the literal foundational mechanism of capitalism... the government enforces and adjuticates and regulates contracts.
You can't just have a person sign a contract with fucking ludicrous nonsense like this in it and not expect a judge in any kind of halfway functioning society to not laugh it out of court.
Yet, let's watch it happen.
Courts, at least around here, are real big on choking down corpo dick.
I'm not optimistic about their behavior, no matter what they should do.
Safest course is to just steal everything, since it's no less stealing than giving them your money in the long run, but you get to have a game and play itvand it even works offline.
I'm going to make more backup copies of Prince of Persia out of spite.
You wouldn't dare