• zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com
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    20 hours ago

    I for one appreciate Ubisoft.

    If they hadn’t fucked up so hard, their talent wouldn’t have quit/got fired in order to give us expedition 33

  • bassgirl09@lemmy.world
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    Sounds like someone is upset that they cannot appease their shareholders by selling uninteresting video games riddled with microtransactions and cash grabs. I think that its time their leadership revisit the Agile Manifesto.

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    I mean, I just take it in the tone of voice people use to congratulate communities for positive community impact.

    “Look at how clean this river is now! So many members of the community showed up to contribute, and I’m proud of you all! You did this!”

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    Well have they considered making something I have any interest in buying? I appreciate this is a personality defect of mine where I don’t just blindly purchase things, but because I’m apparently morally reprehensible, I have no intention of changing, so they’re going to have to make the effort instead.

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      What’s funny is this dude essentially argues the opposite. He’s a dude that got upset some publication said killing fascists was fun. Gets angry at any female characters that don’t exist purely to fulfill his fantasies. He’s pro gruel.

  • Zexks@lemmy.world
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    Haven’t gotten anything from ubusoft since they gave me a free version of splinter cell with my video card 13 years ago. Still haven’t played it.

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      On the plus side, I have removed myself as a problem for them. You’re welcome, Ubisoft!

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    Reminder:

    https://www.ign.com/articles/ubisoft-exec-says-gamers-need-to-get-comfortable-not-owning-their-games-for-subscriptions-to-take-off

    “One of the things we saw is that gamers are used to, a little bit like DVD, having and owning their games. That’s the consumer shift that needs to happen. They got comfortable not owning their CD collection or DVD collection. That’s a transformation that’s been a bit slower to happen [in games].”

    I’m totally OK not owning Ubisoft games… but not in the way they would prefer… Where I hand them money and still don’t own anything.

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      I don’t know what planets he’s on but I still have all my DVDs if I choose to stream stuff as well that’s my choice but is all the streaming services went down I’ve still got all my Star Trek shows.

      Anyway what’s he talking about steam exists and is wildly popular so that movement has already happened. What they’re trying to push is live service games.

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        I’ve been digitizing my spouse’s massive dvd collection and hosting them in the house on jellyfin. All the convenience, none of the cost.

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        A wise someone once said that if you can’t own anything, you can’t pirate anything.

        Hoist the Jolly Roger!

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          I might do that anyway. I bought watchdogs on steam, and it was was really fun, but getting bitched at every time UPlay hiccupped or their servers went down in a singleplayer game was enough to make me never touch their shit again.

          That and Watchdogs2 being infected with Denuvo. Ugh…

    • TwinTitans@lemmy.world
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      Yeah. It’s almost like video games are a totally different market from movies or music. 🤦🏻‍♂️

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    I was so close to buy the subscription for Trackmania but the shit they always pull and pulled lately makes me reluctant to give them a cent.

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    Again.

    Continue to spit in my face, blame me for your shitty games and your questionable attitude, it’s totally going to help you!