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[crazyriddler]

After shutting down The Crew's servers at the end of March, Ubisoft has reportedly started removing the open-world racer from owners' libraries and revoking their user license.

"You no longer have access to this game. Why not check the Store to pursue your adventures?"

Remember to get used to not owning the games, kids.

 

[DGrayson]

They should change the purchase button to say "Long Term Rental"

 

[dave_d]

At least on my account it lists it as an inactive game. To be fair, I got it for free some how and never actually played it.(Maybe Amazon Prime or something.)

 

[DirtyBast8rd]

Only buy dirt cheap in sales at rental prices. You won't feel as fucked.

 

[SportsFan581]

This was one of those games that had no offline mode at all?

I can't stand it when they do that. Even if many features have to be turned off, try to make them still functional. Maybe this was a favorite game for some people.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Either take a stand and not buy anymore UBI games, or eat this shit and enjoy it like the shit sandwich eater you are

Personally, I took the former.

 

[phant0m]

This was one of those games that had no offline mode at all?

I can't stand it when they do that. Even if many features have to be turned off, try to make them still functional. Maybe this was a favorite game for some people.

Yeah this is BS. If they want to shutdown a game like this they need to patch it to work offline or give existing owners a free upgrade to Crew 2.

I'm actually a big proponent of "digital future" and find the fearmongering tactics of "bUt WhAt If ThEy ReVoKe YoUr LiCeNsEs" to be largely disingenuous but here's Ubi proving them right.

I have plenty of Steam games no longer really playable because the servers are dead (it happens) but I can still install them.

There's no need for this, smh.

 

[Futaleufu]

Yeah this is BS. If they want to shutdown a game like this they need to patch it to work offline or give existing owners a free upgrade to Crew 2.

People who actually played TC1 moved on to TC2 years ago. Compared to TC2, TC1 barely has any content.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

People who actually played TC1 moved on to TC2 years ago. Compared to TC2, TC1 barely has any content.

TC 2 is nowhere near as good.

 

[Drew1440]

It's a lot more common than you think, especially for PC releases that require activation of which the servers no longer exist. Whats even worse is these are single player games that shouldn't need an Internet connection to play.




Adding more salt is that many PC releases are no longer physical, meaning the same thing could happen with Steam (and has already kinda happened as shown in the video, with certain games not working as Valve dropped support for older versions of Windows, with problematic games being replaced with remastered versions that lose content or have their own set of problems)

 

[Futaleufu]

TC 2 is nowhere near as good.

TC1 had no endgame, there was barely anything to do after completing the story. Upgrading cars was a PITA because you couldn't switch parts from other cars. TC2 fixed everything wrong with the endgame of TC1, has 9 seasons of additional content and the weekly summit events keep the game fresh.

 

[username12]

At least on my account it lists it as an inactive game. To be fair, I got it for free some how and never actually played it.(Maybe Amazon Prime or something.)

Ubisoft gave it away for free in 2016. I also have it but never played it.

 

[SportsFan581]

Interesting video @ D Drew1440 , thanks for sharing.

 

[ManaByte]

Someone on Reddit was able to get a PSN refund on it. And he bought it years ago.

 

[StereoVsn]

It's a lot more common than you think, especially for PC releases that require activation of which the servers no longer exist. Whats even worse is these are single player games that shouldn't need an Internet connection to play.




Adding more salt is that many PC releases are no longer physical, meaning the same thing could happen with Steam (and has already kinda happened as shown in the video, with certain games not working as Valve dropped support for older versions of Windows, with problematic games being replaced with remastered versions that lose content or have their own set of problems)

Yeah, just saw this video yesterday. Policies indicates are BS. Even Valve is full of it. If they don't want to support older OS, fine, then release downloadable of the games they aren't relying on modern Steamworks.

 

[SportsFan581]

Yeah, just saw this video yesterday. Policies indicates are BS. Even Valve is full of it. If they don't want to support older OS, fine, then release downloadable of the games they aren't relying on modern Steamworks.

This is one of the reasons why I'd like to see MS start to focus on getting windows games (from all stores) into VMs of some kind. That could go a long way in keeping things available down the road, as changing protocols/encryption types etc. would all be happening on the underlying OS before getting translated to the VM. Would probably open up option to save states (Xbox QR) as well, even if it were a manual option in the game bar.

 

[StereoVsn]

This is one of the reasons why I'd like to see MS start to focus on getting windows games (from all stores) into VMs of some kind. That could go a long way in keeping things available down the road, as changing protocols/encryption types etc. would all be happening on the underlying OS before getting translated to the VM. Would probably open up option to save states (Xbox QR) as well, even if it were a manual option in the game bar.

Or… they could strip DRM and publish DRM free games free a year or two from release.

 

[Solarstrike]

Can confirm. Game is greyed out on Ubisoft Connect. Motorfest is fantastic and leagues better anyway. Ubisoft should drop The Crew name and just call it Motorfest

 

[TexMex]

I understand the outrage in most situations and on paper it's scummy, but if this is an online only game, and the online has been shut off, why would anyone care?

 

[stn]

Everyone should ask for refunds. Big reason why I never purchase online-only games.

 

[Raven117]

Yeah this is BS. If they want to shutdown a game like this they need to patch it to work offline or give existing owners a free upgrade to Crew 2.

I'm actually a big proponent of "digital future" and find the fearmongering tactics of "bUt WhAt If ThEy ReVoKe YoUr LiCeNsEs" to be largely disingenuous but here's Ubi proving them right.

I have plenty of Steam games no longer really playable because the servers are dead (it happens) but I can still install them.

There's no need for this, smh.

You are incredibly naive.

 

[phant0m]

You are incredibly naive.

You are an incredibly cool guy. So very cool and smart!

 

[poppabk]

I understand the outrage in most situations and on paper it's scummy, but if this is an online only game, and the online has been shut off, why would anyone care?

So that in the future someone could possibly create a custom server and require a legally purchased copy of the game to use it.

 

[BlackTron]

Only buy dirt cheap in sales at rental prices. You won't feel as fucked.

Obviously the industry would crash if we all had this attitude, but I got there a long time ago. What will they do when too many people get sick of it, squeeze more MTX from free games?!

 

[Danjin44]

Only buy dirt cheap in sales at rental prices. You won't feel as fucked.

Or better solution I would avoid Ubisoft game including new Star Wars game they making meanwhile I buy game like Stellar Blade day one.

 

[stickkidsam]

Can we get a law requiring publishers/studios to release an offline patch for games if taken down? I mean what other product can you buy physically that can be made into a paperweight in a whim?

 

[bender]

It gets easier by the day to ignore Ubisoft titles.

 

[Raven117]

You are an incredibly cool guy. So very cool and smart!

Don't have to be a rocket scientist to know that big corporations are going to screw a person over when it behooves them… and when they can legally do it.