Full title: Ubisoft says you “cannot complain” it shut down The Crew because you never actually owned it, and you weren’t “deceived” by the lack of an offline version “to access a decade-old, discontinued video game”
Ubisoft’s lawyers have responded to a class action lawsuit over the shutdown of The Crew, arguing that it was always clear that you didn’t own the game and calling for a dismissal of the case outright.
The class action was filed in November 2024, and Ubisoft’s response came in February 2025, though it’s only come to the public’s attention now courtesy of Polygon. The full response from Ubisoft attorney Steven A. Marenberg picks apart the claims of plaintiffs Matthew Cassell and Alan Liu piece by piece, but the most common refrain is that The Crew’s box made clear both that the game required an internet connection and that Ubisoft retained the right to revoke access “to one or more specific online features” with a 30-day notice at its own discretion.
Give it another 5 years and Ubisoft will be dead, what was the last Ubisoft game without controversy/bad gameplay? I gotta go back 10 years or so
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown was well received.
Their “AAAA” output is pure slop, but the smaller games can be OK.
Their Mario + Rabbids games are also great.
I always assumed they were shit since they’re the only Nintendo branded games that go on sale for more than 10% off without a bundle.
I think it’s only Nintendo published games that basically never go on sale.
Rabbids is unusual because it’s got Mario in but it’s not by Nintendo.
Their whole policy on never having a sale makes me not want a Switch 2 at all.
They’re actually really nice, well-made X-COM lites. Great if you don’t want to immediately throw your kids to the Chryssalids.
Rabbids still kinda suck as a concept, but the games are good enough that I can look past it
Nah, they are published by Ubisoft, so they go on regular ubisoft style sales. They are pretty good games though. I haven’t played the second one yet, but first one was really well made and polished game.
https://gamerant.com/prince-of-persia-the-lost-crown-sales-numbers/
Yeah, well received but poorly marketed. I guess they are focusing on the wrong games.
It’s such a shame that game didn’t get lore attention. It’s one of the best metroidvanias I’ve ever played and has amazing combat.
Edit: Talking about Prince of Persia Lost Crowns, the Mario rabbids game was also fun but not as good.
When was the Mad Max game released?
Mad Max is WB.
Anno 1800?
Anno 1800 was an Epic exclusive (and Ubisoft’s Uplay) for a year on release. It was available for pre order on Steam. I believe people that bought it on Steam prior to the one year exclusivity deal still got it. It was a whole thing though. Definitely would call it a controversy.