Ubisoft removing access to older Assassin creed games from peoples account (other games too)

[ZZZZZ]

Ubisoft finally did it!! The next step in gaming! They remove your access to play certain features you actually paid for. Reason is that their online-drm is going offline

Multiplayer function is deavctivated and the DLCs getting their access removed, means they cant be played anymore after the announced date on the shopsite (1. september)

The games were on sale during summer sale just to get a nice announcement a week later

Only a matter of time till other publishers will follow


here a list of games where you lose access of already bought DLCs

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
Far Cry 3
Assassin's Creed 3
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
Assassin's Creed Liberation HD
Driver: San Francisco
Silent Hunter 5
Anno 2070

[JellyPuff]

Messaggio originale di Nostradamus Shannon:

Only multi-player is being shutdown single player is still playable.

From their store-pages:

Notice: Please note this title will not be accessible following September 1st, 2022 

They're both already de-listed from the store and can no longer be purchased. That means starting with Sep 1st, existing owners will no longer be able to install those games or access DLC related to those games.

[WhiteKitt]

Just logged in to check

All my Assassin Games are still there. Origin being my all Time fav :)

[nullpo]

Messaggio originale di fbx2 Ravenclan EU :

Just logged in to check

All my Assassin Games are still there. Origin being my all Time fav :)

here a list of games where you lose access of already bought DLCs

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
Far Cry 3
Assassin's Creed 3
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
Assassin's Creed Liberation HD
Driver: San Francisco
Silent Hunter 5
Anno 2070
Only liberations got the access removed.

[Zero, Dark Knight]

Ubisoft is doing Ubisoft like treating customers poorly, disrespecting gamers and developers who made games, and not caring about public commentary?

People have been warning about this for years and people laughed at them / ignored them / said it would never happen.

as for the actual issue, we can't do anything about it, gamers and game developers don't have a big enough influence or consistency to punish companies for behaving poorly.
A new 2 minute trailer of Assassin's Creed <Newest Game In Development Here>.

[Uncle Sam]

Messaggio originale di Lora Grim:

These old games should be removed completely, to be honest. They don't make money anymore, so what's the point of them? Just get rid of them.
These companies are way too generous with their services, wasting all this money hosting content that doesn't generate any money.
The live service games are definitely a step in the right direction. Those can be pulled from service completely once they outlive their usefulness.
Hopefully Ubisoft continues the live service trend.

Nice copypasta, fellow whale. Long live to gaming corporations greed

[Uncle Sam]

Messaggio originale di lightwo:

Boycott this company. They don't even bother patching the games to work offline, even though it is bound to happen that their ♥♥♥♥♥♥ services as a whole go down someday.

I deleted my Ubisoft account a year or so ago. You can do it, too.

Ditto.

[Devsman]

Messaggio originale di Zero, Dark Knight:

Assassin's Creed <Newest Game In Development Here>.

Betcha it's somewhere in Europe.

[Copperfield [SAC]]

so if they shut down the crew 2 servers, I won't be able to play the game at all?! as your computer always must be connected to internet

[Brian9824]

According to ubisoft release and developers its only online content and multiplayer, SP remains unaffected. So basically the same thing when the servers go down for every game.

[Devsman]

Liberation?

Damn bro, that one was fire.

[{ИЯm} Keith]

This is Darkspore all over again.
EA and Ubisoft have been ♥♥♥♥♥ for a long time.

I never actually got time to play 2070 more than about 20 minutes.

[Morkonan]

Messaggio originale di Lazy Dog:

Here's the list of games that use Ubishaft Connect DRM, in case anybody wants to check it
https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/The_big_list_of_third-party_DRM_on_Steam#Ubisoft_Connect

I don't own a single one of those games so idk how they will be affected by this.

Thanks for that link!

I own the "pre-borked" version of Anno 1404. I bought it before Ubi jumped in and forced a change to make it use third-party login. And, Steam allowed me to keep my original purchase as it was when I purchased it, for which I am thankful... It's a great game. But, Ubi is a distasteful publisher...

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I've noticed the reaction to what Ubi has done has started to gain a bit of momentum on social media. I don't know if this is just going to be another typical "two weeks of outrage and then silence" or not, though.

[Brian9824]

Sigh, please read https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/help/gameplay/article/decommissioning-of-online-services-september-2022/000102396

unsubbing to all these threads as no one is reading

[Morkonan]

Messaggio originale di brian9824:

Sigh, please read https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/help/gameplay/article/decommissioning-of-online-services-september-2022/000102396

unsubbing to all these threads as no one is reading

Curious, but while I appreciate the link, are you implying there's something of significance there relevant to what others are saying?

From that link, there's also another full list:

https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/help/article/multiplayer-and-online-services-availability-in-ubisoft-games/000064576

From what I gather, Ubi is "adding" titles to a process they've been steadily going through for a long time.

I guess the significance is that they've now reached titles that are more popular or that have more online features and assets than some others?

[Jencansee]

Messaggio originale di Castyles:

Good thing I don't play any of their games.

Still. It's gonna give lots of ideas to the big bad out there i.e. Capcom, Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, Electronic Arts, Activision, Konami, Tecmo...

We're ♥♥♥♥♥♥.

Couple months ago Rockstar Games did the same thing (technically they haven't voided our access yet but unlisted old games that people will have no choice but to buy a new one), I'm talking about GTA trilogy, they hid the most iconic games of all - SA, VC and third.