Ubisoft EULA demanding consumers destroy delisted games adds fuel to Stop Killing Games movement
Ubisoft EULA demanding consumers destroy delisted games adds fuel to Stop Killing Games movement
The EULA that accompanies delisted Ubisoft games requires players to destroy their purchases. Stop Killing Games is fighting to keep titles working after companies abandon them. A major representative for EU publishers opposes solutions like support for third-party servers.
Can’t delete a torrent. Just saying. Keep seeding, Lemmings!
"A torrent is never dead, it's just waiting for seeders"
Jesus Christ that’s like comic book super villain bad.
Almost at 1.3 million! Make sure to vote if you're eligible and haven't already, it's super important. Fuck these greedy companies.
This is why I've been boycotting Ubisoft for literal decades now. I refuse to even pirate their shit. Fuck them. They used to be cool company in the 90s, had bunch of cool franchises and then turned into this soulless greedy corporate bullshit just being absolute dicks to gamers and releasing all games with identical concept to Assassin's Creed and Far Cry, for 20 games in a row...
JFC, you know, I can see some problems arising from games/companies changing hands and shit going dark here and there on a game for a bit... but bullshit like this... this is the reason we can't have nice things.
You know, I was mildly ambivalent about Ubisoft recently (just burned out by their games and not wanting to buy them until I've slept for ages) but... Really? This is the hill they want to die on? Well that does say a lot about them, now doesn't it?
IANAL but wasn't that text just some "standard" legalese relating to the way they license software and it was basically unenforceable anyway? I know it's cool to pick on ubisoft for being a shit company, but BG3 had a similar requirement in the game's EULA:
Same for GOG iirc, but I'm too lazy to search.
It’s why no legitimate site is reporting this, because it’s nonsense rage bait.
This being "standard legalese" sounds fine to you?
That's saying that if YOU stop the agreement, you have to delete the game though.
I read it the same way you did. If you want to terminate the EULA, then they request you remove your copies of the game. In that snippet it says nothing about them arbitrary demand you delete all your copies.
Exactly this. And it's kind of logical actually, when you go crazy like writing Larian "fuck this shit I hate the game, you can shove it up your ass" it's no surprise you're fed up with the game and don't want to have it anymore. It's like when you literally destroyed diskette/CD/DVD back then in a rage (or fighting addiction).
It seems like the relevant section in the Ubisoft EULA says
"Upon termination for any reason, You must immediately uninstall the Product and destroy all copies of the Product in Your possession."
I read this wording of this to be stricter than the BG3 example you shared, because the BG3 one seems to be saying "if you don't agree to this EULA (or if you agree, but later terminate that agreement), then you must uninstall the game". Whereas the Ubisoft one seems to include Ubisoft terminating the agreement, rather than just the user. That's just my interpretation of these snippets though, as someone who is not a lawyer. It's possible that the BG3 EULA also includes other parts that would mean similar to what people are unhappy about on the Ubisoft EULA
afaik both are unenforceable since you can only read them after paying for the product.
I can't find it on GOG's but I wouldn't be surprised if it's in most EULAs. I've seen emails saying "confidential, if you are not the intended recipient of this email you must delete it." There's no way to enforce that. Ubisoft isn't coming to your house to review the contents of your drives. I'm guessing it's to stop some loophole like "you said I can't resell your game so instead I sold my hard drive (that has the game installed on it)".
Isn’t the conditions quite different, from your screenshot, you get to devices if you want to terminate. But in the other case, they decide.
Nice observation. Nonetheless it is wrong in any circumstance.
Eat merde, Ubisoft.
I am hyped for Anno 108. Thanks for making the wait easier guys by reminding me why i should not give you my money
Never buying Ubi again. Doesn't matter what the game is. Fukem.
Here I though offline mode for The Crew 2 was a small step in the right direction or an olive branch. This is what I get for being optimistic I guess lol
I'll believe it when I see it.
Classic Ubishit...
Poopysoft
Merde alors.
I'm going to keep boycotting ubisoft until they release Beyond Good and Evil 2. Then I'll boycott them because there's no way they don't turn it into an open world-climb towers to unlock the map-crafting-nonsense
We should destroy the gaming industry all together! We can make our own games!