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Title: Ubisoft EULA demanding consumers destroy delisted games adds fuel to Stop Killing Games movement
Post by: Redaktion on July 07, 2025, 17:25:00
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.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Ubisoft-EULA-demanding-consumers-destroy-delisted-games-adds-fuel-to-Stop-Killing-Games-movement.1053106.0.html
Title: Re: Ubisoft EULA demanding consumers destroy delisted games adds fuel to Stop Killing Games movement
Post by: tslojr on July 08, 2025, 18:06:45
Y'all know Ubisoft hasn't updated their EULA in 2 and a half years, right?
Title: Re: Ubisoft EULA demanding consumers destroy delisted games adds fuel to Stop Killing Games movement
Post by: A on July 08, 2025, 21:14:11
Quote from: tslojr on July 08, 2025, 18:06:45Y'all know Ubisoft hasn't updated their EULA in 2 and a half years, right?

The irony of your statement is funny. Just like you not reading the article, people don't actually read EULAs either. The article says this.

Then when Ubisoft took down a game, people likely were pissed and went to read the EULA to check their rights. At the time, they saw that the EULA has crazy stuff in there like requiring you to delete the game you already paid for if they remove it.
Title: Re: Ubisoft EULA demanding consumers destroy delisted games adds fuel to Stop Killing Games movement
Post by: Mr Naldo on July 09, 2025, 14:09:34
It's as if they're not even trying to deal with video game piracy.
We bought the game, it's ours!!
Screw your legalise!!
This isn't Blockbuster video!
We don't pay to rent, we pay to OWN!!

I don't buy Ubisoft games anyway.
Now you've endured I never buy them in the future.
Title: Re: Ubisoft EULA demanding consumers destroy delisted games adds fuel to Stop Killing Games movement
Post by: Pigpennn on July 09, 2025, 14:11:35
Good job EULAs are rarely legally enforceable.
Title: Re: Ubisoft EULA demanding consumers destroy delisted games adds fuel to Stop Killing Games movement
Post by: Nobody Important on July 09, 2025, 16:51:44
So Ubisoft can ensure a safer gaming experience than me and my buds hosting a lan party?  It seems like there's greater risk to my safety when I am force to log in to some undisclosed cloud that logs all my data...  But hey, when governments are corrupt, they only listen to big money.
Title: Re: Ubisoft EULA demanding consumers destroy delisted games adds fuel to Stop Killing Games movement
Post by: Naott on July 09, 2025, 16:56:44
Quote from: Mr Naldo on Yesterday at 14:09:34It's as if they're not even trying to deal with video game piracy.
We bought the game, it's ours!!
Screw your legalise!!
This isn't Blockbuster video!
We don't pay to rent, we pay to OWN!!

I wish we actually owned things nowadays. We don't even actually own steam games anymore. How about we all go retro? It doesn't have to be in the 90's. If you have a DS, PSP, whatever, something that you actually own, and use it instead.

There isn't just greedy companies trying to make you own the license not the game itself, these are companies being anti-consumers with their high prices too and taking the ownership of your "license" because you did something that they don't like!
Title: Re: Ubisoft EULA demanding consumers destroy delisted games adds fuel to Stop Killing Games movement
Post by: K L on July 09, 2025, 18:34:43
Wowwww....

How come I'm just finding this out so late ?
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