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.

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[–] Waryle@jlai.lu 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You needlessly want to punish tens of thousands of people for the acts of a few hundred. It's cruel, pointless and very damaging, and your tirades from a high-school essay only support the shallowness and immaturity of your thinking. I won't waste any more time on you.

[–] Mallspice@lemm.ee 0 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

It’s not needless it’s necessary for the health of the global industry do you not listen? It’s cruel but not pointless at all. Their death would benefit billions. Not millions, billions. 20k workers, with French fucking unemployment benefits, is a small and laudable price to pay.

That said, keep it up. You sound like you have a bright future ahead of you sucking corporate dick and defending the actions of shitty executives and it’ll pay well, it’ll just cost you your soul, if that even matters to you. Bye.