Two words: Planned obsolescense. This is one of the more flagrant, obvious examples since people have dissected the code, but I promise you if we had access to iOS or Windows 11 source code we'd find the exact same type of bullshit, just less obvious and more insidious. Consumers to them are just meant to be treated like cattle. This is a small, but very important victory over them, as is Stop Killing Games. Also fuck Pirate Software and his gay fake voice.
On the other hand the dark engine had a similar bug that had to be fixed by the mysterious frenchman.
The Crew is a unique case because it is one of the good, unique Ubisoft games, kind of like the ones they were known for in the past. It is a crime they shut it down, same with XDefiant more recently altho I doubt that one will be resurrected.
When I buy a game, I expect it to be accessible and playable. Regardless if that is a month or years after the fact.
its not about promoting ubisoft, but that the map contained the entire united states. In ross's game dungeon review, he says as much, thats its really mediocre game in every single aspect EXCEPT the scale.
We grow closer to this with every passing year.
exactly. not sure why so many midwits rated dumb
To be fair, I couldn't tell for sure if you were trolling OR just being a massive, massive retard.
there is no reason why it cannot be both
Fixed it for you.
Like @Buzz Killington said it was almost certainly planned obsolescence. The Crew 2 was probably in pre-production shortly after the first one shipped so they knew all along it had a shelf life.
This is the same company that torpedoed their flagship franchise by shoehorning a black guy in as the main character and absolutely insisting he was a totally real historic figure.
They wanted people to buy The Crew 2.
People in vidya threads don't have much of a sense of humour, in my experience.
In 20 years from now, long after Ubisoft's dead and buried - I should still be able to pick up a second hand copy of a game they made 30 years ago and play it, if I so choose. They don't have to port it to the Playstation 8 or anything ridiculous, but they sure as fuck should not be allowed to put in some weird self-destruct timer for 2029 for no other reason then to try and fuck me.
What if the physical media itself decays?
Create digital backups, make new copies. Nothing lasts forever, but there's a difference between natural decay and planned obsolescence.
That's fine.
That's not deliberate. Stuff breaks. Not their fault (unless it was manufactured like dog shit).
I agree in theory, then you have to ask how they would skirt responsibility. Technicality, lack of funding, outdated software, lack of will. Things have changed since cartridges were standard for games. Now you have to account for copyright, loyalties and existing laws.