Well, the Ubisoft exec needs to get used to people pirating games if they cannot be owned.
this post was submitted on 23 Jan 2024
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If purchase isn't ownership, then piracy isn't theft
People still play Ubisoft games?
Don’t give Ubisoft money for their games and they will change their tune or close up shop soon enough.
Ppl who care about this and ppl who give Ubisoft money live in an unconnected Venn diagram.
Alright, I was only gently pointing it out because what he actually said is still a pretty bad take, but at this point it's just annoying.
No, he didn't say that.
He said that gaming subscriptions won't take off UNTIL gamers get used to not owning their games. Wihch... yeah, it checks out.
The all-subscription future already sucks, can we at least limit our outrage to the actual problem? I swear, I have no idea why gaming industry people ever talk to anybody. Nothing good ever comes of it.
The problem is gamers don't care about context. They just care about circlejerking each other to seem cool. It's why most of the comments in relation to this are some variation of "people still buy Ubisoft games".
It's not about being right it's about looking cool.
In fairness, the headlines written around this were generally atrocious, save a few (shout out to IGN and the original reporter, which may or may not have been techradar). Sure, in most of those you could read a more complete quote inside, but... staying at the headline isn't just a gamer thing. Clickbait is dangerous for a reason.
And also in fairness, the point he's making is still not great. I mean, he's the guy in charge of their subscription service, so I wouldn't expect him to be too negative on the idea, but he's still saying that it's a future that will come. Not that all models will coexist, but that a Netflix future for gaming is coming.
But yeah, gamers can be hostile without justification and often default to treating every relationship with the people making the games as an antagonistic or competitive one, which is a bummer. In that context, letting this guy talk was clearly a mistake.
Yup. This shit is getting old. Context people. Context.
I’m honestly quite fine with not owning any Ubisoft games, so me and this exec are on the same page of being happy not owning Ubisoft games it seems like
Well I'm already used to not owning Ubisoft games, because I think the last one I bought was AC Odyssey...
It's odd as well, because out of the Big Three, I always considered Ubisoft to be the least scummy of them.
Ubisoft is master of Europe/Canada. Only the pirate fleet stands before them. ~~Oceans~~ Video game DRMs are now battlefields.
Anybody know the name of the game in the image?
Not sure if serious or not but in case you are... It's a frame from the anime One Piece.
Oh sorry, I really thought it looked like a game lmao. Shame, I would’ve played it.
It's a frame from the original One Piece op
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He's going to be surprised at just how many people are OK not owning Ubisoft games...
Arcade games 2: but now every game is Double Dragon III
It's interesting to see that subscriptions are forced upon users everywhere.
I only game on mobile in games that are basically f2p. When I like something in that game or want to do a monthly pass I pay for that, once. I have deliberately no payment option what so ever linked to the mobile account as I don't trust Google not to sneak in an unwanted payment. (Or a game fritzing out and doing a payment for me)
Yes, games are entertainment and just like TV/streaming, a subscription could be useful for die-hard gamers, but I see digital content being 'sold' for buyers to 'own' and then the bought items being removed to much. Corporate greed is spiraling out of control.
I don't trust Google not to sneak in an unwanted payment. (Or a game fritzing out and doing a payment for me)
This doesn't happen. You can just admit you don't trust yourself not to spend more money.
I already had games tell me I couldn't spend when I didn't order anything, so I'm good this way. No payment method linked to my account without a clear intent to spend that exact moment. Link paypal, spend, unlink paypal works perfectly. (or else when I have cash, buy a giftcard when the amount is close enough to what I want to spend.
