Examiner: "Peripherals are a large part of both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 experience. Whether it be Microsoft's Kinect or Sony's Touchpad on the controller, both are frequently used by all sorts of titles on their respective platforms. Examiner spoke with Julian Gerighty, Creative Director on The Crew, and inquired as to whether or not Ubisoft's title would be utilizing any of them."
Plaintiffs bring up a new claim, too, in amended complaint.
***Replying to Ubisoft’s argument that the statute of limitations is up, the plaintiffs responded with their own photos of The Crew’s packaging, which states that the activation code for the game doesn’t expire until 2099; that’s an example of how Ubisoft “implied that [The Crew] would remain playable during this time and long thereafter,” per the amended complaint.***
I really hope this resonates with the judge on the two-sided talk Ubisoft has going on here. You can't have your cake and eat it as well, IMHO.
A few of more mishaps and Ubisoft won’t be around anymore anyway.
Assassin’s Creed and FarCry are keeping them alive right now, and it’s a shame. Tom Clancy games are at a minimum now, The Division had its run, Watch Dogs has come and gone, For Honor was something new-ish, their lacking in New IP, and their older franchises just aren’t getting the right love.
I hope the judge favors the consumers because it really sucks what thees companies are doing. I am sure these companies will simply change their user agreements to add these new "we don't own the games clauses"
Good thing i haven't bought a Ubisoft game since ac origins, and even that was a mistake 😆
Ubisoft faces a class action lawsuit over The Crew shutdown, raising key questions about digital game ownership.
The Outerhaven writes: With the closure of The Crew's online servers, Ubisoft has started removing access to the game from anyone who owns it on Ubisoft Connect.
Wait. I don't get it. I reported on something that I recently noticed. I did mention in my article that I wouldn't have noticed if I hadn't gone to play The Division 2. That said, if this was nearly a week ago, I wouldn't know, as NO ONE REPORTED ON IT! Not IGN. Not Gamespot. Not Kotaku. No one.
You got people here complaining that there are any real gaming journalists and game journalism sucks, but when someone is acting, doing something to make something known to the public about what a company is doing. What do you do? You poke fun at it. What is it that people want? Do you want to complain for the sake of it? Or do you actually want people to do something to make those who aren't in the know aware of the shady stuff that's happening and to sound the alarm?
It's the "oh well" setting in on digital users. They don't care they don't own their stuff for some odd reason. 🤷🏽.
Good for you! People sometimes just feel the need to show how little they actually have to say. Very respectful dressing down, btw, which is another thing we need more of.
I appreciate your article,
- "If this isn’t considered both a “WTF” moment and setting a dangerous precedent, I don’t know what else it would be"
- "it could also signal other publishers that removing games from our accounts would be okay"
- "Maybe those firmly against this digital future have a point after all"
- "This. Is. Fucked. Up."
As someone against an only-digital/streaming future for entertainment content (movies/TV shows/games/books), it feels like talking into a void about the points above on this website, or on Twitter, or with my friends, etc. People don't get it. I'm strongly contemplating whether this will be my last generation of PlayStation & Xbox consoles (I'm confident enough that Nintendo's next system will still support physical media and that their 1st-party games won't have online-required installation or usage restrictions).
He is one of the long running trolls of this site, he never says anything positive. Every single one of his posts are either incorrect or flat out stupid. Pay him no mind.
Replies(1)I see they're trying their best to surpass Activision Blizzard for being the most hated gaming company. Keep at it, Ubisoft, I believe!
The PS4 touchpad will be used to pull up the map and used to scroll around it, and i'm assuming by getting sounds coming from the speaker in the controller,
i guess voices and maybe turbo/supercharger sounds coming out of it?
i don't know, but i know one thing, hearing how each car handles different is what i was waiting on. Can't wait to try out the console beta in a few days. :-)
Unfortunately the 10% extra did nothing for Sunset Overdrive either.
I knew once MS diskinected(intentional) it from the package they would be sending it to an early grave....Myself and others also knew that the extra 10% would not be the holy grail (1080p@60fps) for the console.... as the deluded were led to believe .
"What happened for developers not using the Kinect is that there was a slight boost in CPU power that we got to take advantage of. This game really does push the limits when it comes to the number of enemies on screen, so it was useful for us to have more CPU juice to help with physics, navigation and AI. We’re running at 900p and 30 fps native. This is a game with a lot on the screen and we made the choice to be at 900 because we wanted to push the level of detail, action, the size of the city and the views you can experience as move around. What’s great about Sunset Overdrive is if you can see it, you can go there."
http://uk.ign.com/articles/...
@Software_Lover
The Crew ain't doin' it for me but ProjectCARS is.
Oh here we go again. The title of this article is going to cause a war between the diehard Ps4 and Xbox One fans. I'm getting really sick of this. Not the articles. But comments that start to come after.
The Xbox One is alrady being thrashed over the 1080P resolution and 60 FPS problems the system is having. I'm trying to figure out when 900P and 30 FPS beacame a bad thing?
The Ps4 50% more powerful. That is great and all. But multi-platform games (like The Crew) will be the same game and pretty much have the same gameplay on both consoles. Why is 1080P and 60FPS such a big deal. Is this all the supposed "next-gen" is about. Going by the countless fights over these subjects. It's starting to seem that way.
Why can't we just play games and leave it at that. It was never this bad during the 6th gen of gaming. When the heck did tue western market become so obsessed with graphics?
Makes sense. Every Xbox One does not have a Kinect anymore, but every PS4 comes with a controller that has the touchpad and speaker.
bummer 4 kinet