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The Crew franchise has a troubled future after The Crew 1 delisting - GameScout (gamescout.co.uk)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Ubisoft is delisting The Crew 1 after nearly a decade, but even worse, existing owners will no longer be able to play as of March 2024.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I recently re-installed The Crew 2 because I wanted to start a new character and start the story again from scratch. Unfortunately I'd forgotten that YOU CAN'T START AGAIN (Jackie Chan Confused Meme). Because of these ridiculous shenanigans of theirs your progress is inextricably tied to your online account. They have literally built a system that limits replayability. Bravo.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

@novamdomum @wave_walnut That's awful! 😔 yet another way to push you to the new game.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

It's hard to feel sympathy for people giving money to companies like Ubisoft, Epic and EA. It's not like them being assholes that constantly screw over their customers is a new thing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Even people who bought it physically!?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Well, it relies on servers to play it on, so I'm pretty sure that yes, even people who bought it physically will be locked out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It requires a connection to the servers to play the single player.

So yes, even people who bought a physical version lose the ability to play the game.

Tl;dr: DRM sucks, buying does not imply owning.