I'm happy he did actually say it

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This statement was made by Ubisoft's director of subscriptions, Phillipe Tremblay, who recently spoke to Gamesindustry.biz about the digital future and Ubisoft Plus specifically. Tremblay states that people eventually "got comfortable" with not owning their CD or DVD collections, and that a similar shift in attitude "needs to happen" in gamers.

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belated_frog_pants ,

"You will own nothing and like it"

Gooey0210 , (edited )

You can't steal something if you can't own it
Arrrr..

And really most of these AAa companies don't make any great games anymore, just cheap cash grabs, why would even care about them

ilco ,

I Rather pay more once. And actual own my games. Than get nickeld and dimed. And own noting..

unreasonabro ,

You start making your microtransactions actually micro - transactions too small to do with real money, ie things that cost less than a cent - and maybe we'll consider this, you raging fucktard. I might even pay you 2c extra so that I can have all the clothes in a game I really like - the actual value of digital "goods".

Retro_unlimited ,

If I don’t own it, I am not paying for it.

cybersandwich ,

Wut?

themurphy ,

If you don't own it when you buy, it's not stealing when you take it.

fushuan ,

Well, that's not really true isn't it? I'm not against stealing games from corporate devs, but imagine you decide to get a kick ass printer, those they use in companies. Those printers are usually leased, not bought, and the printer leasing company usually updates and upgrades it every X time. The company pays for the use of the printer, but they don't own it. The leasing company is very clear in what they are selling you, they are selling you a service. You still need to have a place to store the printer, you still need to pay for the ink used, you still need to have paper, just as a game needs storage space, a gpu and all the periferals.

Imagine if taking a printer from the leasing company makes them lose 0 money in material costs, since this is what happens with digital goods, they still lose money from you being able to use the printer without paying the lease, when you would originally not be able to use it if they didn't develop it. In that sense, what you stole is their revenue from the lease.

All of this to say that pirating IS stealing, and I still do it proudly. All of this to say, either they let me own it or I'm stealing it.

themurphy ,

I don't know if it's true or not, but it is what the comment OP was referring to.

unreasonabro ,

I'm playing an Ubisoft game right now; if a game is cheap enough on Steam I don't care who the publisher is. So I got Immortals Fenyx Rising in exchange for dirt.

It bears all the signs of a great creative team getting fucked over by exactly the sort of idiot who runs his mouth like that guy. There's even a demo level, explicitly called such in the game, for the now-cancelled sequel, how sad is that? The control scheme isn't completely ironed out and has some screwy behaviour in niche situations. There's a huge wait as you load the game while it checks the server for updates which will never come, duration of nearly a minute and sometimes longer, the sort of thing that a responsible company would remove when updates are no longer forthcoming (surely it's at most a few lines of code, and circumventable by one); and I haven't finished the game yet but it seems right now that the main story-giving NPC who hangs out at your base is just selling fuckin macrotransaction cosmetics. Tacky, and you can taste the dev team's resentment in being forced to include it.

uriel238 ,
@uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

I feel no need to own any further Ubisoft games. That's for sure.

Chakravanti ,

points a tall bookshelf in his house

Those are board game I got to quit playing video games. Bonus points here...drumroll....I own all of them.

arisunz ,
@arisunz@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Ubisoft execs need to "get comfortable" with eating shit.

kemsat ,

That’s cool. I’ve not played Far Cry since Primal, and have not played any Ubisoft games since Far Cry 4. So, I’m very used to not paying for or playing Ubisoft games.

CorrodedCranium ,
@CorrodedCranium@leminal.space avatar

Even if I pay for a Ubisoft game through a place like Steam I still download it elsewhere because I hate going through their launcher.

ashok36 ,

I have gamepass and it's fine. Large library, no penalty for choosing a stinker means I can experiment with games I wouldn't have before, and I can still buy games if I want. I think that's a reasonable middle ground that benefits everyone to some degree.

Dadifer ,

Until they remove a game you like from gamepass with no recourse and no explanation.

ashok36 ,

They've removed plenty of games. At least so far, there's always been notice a few weeks before they leave and the game remains in the store for purchase.

I've actually bought a few games on steam because I could try them on gamepass. No man's sky, last call bbs, and Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night come immediately to mind.

Dadifer ,

So maybe a good adjacent, but I wouldn't trust my primary games to them.

SubArcticTundra ,
@SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml avatar

"needs to happen" ...for what?

tonyn ,

It needs to happen in order to increase profits.

the_post_of_tom_joad ,

I've felt very comfortable not buying a single ubisoft game since rayman legends, a great game that i use my pirated copy to play because it works better than the DRMriddled version i paid for.

Generally i don't even bother to steal ubisoft games since i haven't played a good one (imo) since early early far cry or asscreed2

M500 ,

He better get used to not making money…

But who am I kidding gamers have 0 impulse control.

Either way I have enough retro games to last me a lifetime.

zaknenou OP ,
@zaknenou@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Either way I have enough retro games to last me a lifetime.

same tbh, there is a reason !patientgamers is up in the lemmy explorer

WeLoveCastingSpellz , (edited )

AAAAAA FUCK COPYRIGHT, FUCK INTELELCTUAL PROPERTY, FUCK CORPORATIONS

montar ,

While i would sate that in a slightly different way i do agree with you, also i recommend you to remove word these, it would enhance quality of this statement.

WeLoveCastingSpellz ,

THANK YOOU!

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