-Publisher Ubisoft will soon have to answer in court. The company is being sued by two players who bought the racing game and are now in trouble. Because Ubisoft turned off the game and shut down all servers.
In this case, this means that the title can no longer be played because there is no offline mode. The two plaintiffs also complain that it was not sufficiently communicated that it was not a purchase, but only the acquisition of a license for the game.
Ubisoft is now being sued over The Crew and it's about the buying/licensing issue
That's what it's about:You've probably noticed - in the wake of the anger surrounding thehas itInitiative Stop Killing Gamesfounded. In general, they want to take action against publishers simply letting older games die by turning off their servers when there are no longer any offline options for playing.
More on thisyou can read, among other things, here from the colleagues at GameStar+:
As a result, two people in the USA have now decided toagainst Ubisoft in courtto pull. The problem is that Ubisoft left consumers out in the cold by making it impossible to play The Crew - even though buyers thought the game was theirs.
Duped twice?According to the indictment, Ubisoft is said to have, firstly, not made it clear enough that it was not a game that was being sold, but only the license to play it. Even if a physical disc had been purchased. Secondly, it was not clear enough that the data on the disc was not the game, but just a key to play.
This violates California law.According to the plaintiffs, the two people would not have bought The Crew under these conditions if they had known that the servers could be shut down and the game would be completely unplayable.
More complainers?Attempts are currently being made to have this lawsuit recognized as a class action lawsuit. Then other affected parties could join the process and also demand compensation from Ubisoft. However, it is not yet clear whether this will work (via:Polygon).
This is how it continues now:Ubisoft has already announced that it will be adding online modes to The Crew 2 and The Crew Motorfest that will still work even after a server shutdown. Of course, that doesn't change the The Crew 1 problem.
Meanwhile, the Stop Killing Games movement is working to convince the EU to force game manufacturers to keep their games in a playable state over time. A corresponding oneThe petition currently has almost 380,000 supporters.
What do you think of this and do you think the lawsuit could be successful?
