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[–] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 49 points 2 years ago (2 children)

With Walmart pulling physical games from the shelves and not even selling them too? Yeah I'm already looking for a tricorne and a cutlass

[–] RampageDon@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The biggest part about that is that it seems to be Microsoft pushing that and not Walmart.

[–] odium@programming.dev 19 points 2 years ago

Makes sense, Walmart doesn't have much skin in the game.

[–] thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Buried mine in the back yard a decade ago. I thought I'd left that life behind me.

[reluctant feedley-deeing commences]

[–] Kerb@discuss.tchncs.de 39 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

im already very used to not owning ubisoft games

[–] xX_fnord_Xx@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I suppose one gets used to not paying for them after the first two-three downloads.

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago

Agreed

We should all be comfortable not owning or purchasing Ubisoft games

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago

"We want your money, but we'll do everything possible to discourage you from doing that"

Ok! 🏴‍☠️🦜

[–] thantik@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I'm okay with just not owning Ubisoft games. Why fucking pirate garbage anyhow? Nothing published by Ubisoft, EA, or Microsoft is worth owning.

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Nah, they have a lot of good IP, it's just they squander them and milk them until each is dead.

Maybe that's why they don't want people owning their games... Everyone would notice how the old ones are better.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago

I'd argue that the Anno series is worth having... but that's literally about it these days

[–] cottonmon@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Ubisoft seems like one of the shittiest game companies. They were one of the earliest companies that implemented Always-on DRM, requiring an app to open chests, trying to put ads when you paused the game, refusing to put games on Steam because they want more money, sexual assault/harassment allegations etc.

[–] example@reddthat.com 8 points 2 years ago (4 children)

requiring an app to open chests? what?

I'm glad I've been avoiding Ubisoft like the plague they are for all the other issues already.

[–] XTornado@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It was some special kind of exclusive bonus chest thingy, it wasn't as bad as he points it, it was like a bonus thingy you could ignore them. I honestly didn't care for it at all.

I think it was similar to the mini game ships thing on Black Flag, but on your phone and sending assassins instead of ships and maybe solving some puzzles, can't remember.

It made more sense as a phone app, because it was like on Black Flag you sent stuff and that would take x time and then you would get the results, so in a phone you would easily check the progress and maybe get a notification, instead of having to enter the game to check just that.

EDIT: It seems Black Flag also used an app, I played later and now it's a thing in-game I guessed that was the original version honestly.

[–] cottonmon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, in Assassin's Creed Unity.

[–] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

I am glad i stopped playing after black flag. Now i remember assassin's creed as a cool series.

[–] PixellatedDave@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah last ubi game I played was the original ac and I haven't touched them since.

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[–] yamanii@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Oh man, is that the companion app for black flag? I remember not being able to earn off game because you had to use it to command expeditions.

[–] XTornado@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Oh wait that was an app as well? Oh I didn't know that I just have played recently and the sending ships thingy is in-game now.

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[–] rwhitisissle@lemy.lol 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Eh, not really. Always Online DRM is going to be even more of a thing in the future than it is now. It'll be so baked into the application that any attempt at patching it will take so long that it'll exceed the normal lifetime of the game itself.

[–] yamanii@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

This denuvo is already taking almost a year per game, and several are using it.

[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

What they really mean is ligma

[–] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Funny seeing so many upset people and yet when another feather collecting game drops people will rush to buy platinum exclusive pre-release edition with booster packs for only 100€ and shell out additional money to fix some other problem Ubisoft purposely made to milk people. This is not the first time they had creative ideas on how to take more of people's money or to rob them of their games, and yet here they are one of the biggest game publishers and developers.

[–] Really_long_toes@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I say ubisoft can live without my munee

[–] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

OK dude, you can have all my Ubisoft games. Knock yourself out.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

is the image a screenshot from a game?

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

One Piece anime I think

But it sucks they cut the quote to make it sound like Ubisoft is telling people to stop wanting to own games (which gamers are, look at Steam’s and gamepass’s popularity)

The quote should say subscriptions like EA Play, Ubisoft +, and Gamepass will only be successful if people are comfortable not owning games

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[–] RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Ok, get used to me stealing your car.

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago

I honestly wonder, if there was a stock ticker for the used game market to analyze, anytime an article like the Ubisoft thing comes out, if it makes game resale prices spike.

[–] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

I'm a scallywag. Pinching your purse, that is my bag.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I agree. Let's break copyright

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