Ubisoft Exec Says Gamers Need to Get ‘Comfortable’ Not Owning Their Games for Subscriptions to Take Off::An executive at Assassin’s Creed maker Ubisoft has said gamers will need to get “comfortable” not owning their games before video game subscriptions truly take off.
I dunno man, I get a pretty solid sense of pride and accomplishment after pirating a thing, so I think I’ll stick with that.
The hard work of crackers is admirable, they are the unsung heroes! Take from the rich and give to the poor!
Every time I pirate a ubisoft game I regret it, I never play more than maybe an hour with them and then I have to seed them to get > 1.0 ratio (private site rules). So I just stopped pirating them lol.
Honestly had slight hopes for Avatar because the art team really outdid themselves, but I knew in the back of my head that the actual game would be shit.
The fact that some people are ok with, “subscriptions taking off” in this very post is troubling.
The future, where you own nothing, pay a subscription for everything.
The only games I’m comfortable with having a subscription. Is a game like WoW where they are supporting a large server farm/infrastructure for the game.
Thing is that it has been shown that the cost doesn’t add up. Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2 are both games you only pay the cost of the box, no on going subscriptions and they are able to continue running the servers and infrastructure just fine. 15$/mo just doesn’t make sense.
It made sense in 2006 when the technology was new and the concept was novel, in 2023 where server upkeep costs are astronomically low if present at all and cloud technology is the norm, the only thing justifying it is “We’ve been doing it this way for years”
Honestly the only reason why consoles have subscription fees for online services is because Xbox Live Gold proved that people were dumb enough to full for this bullshit, so Sony and Nintendo just stooped down to Microsoft’s level for the free payday.
I could say that about Destiny 2 but I still feel dirty about giving any sort of money to Bungie
I’ll be perfectly honest.
I love and strongly prefer physical media games.
However, I also love Game Pass at least as a concept.
I’ve had it for several years now thanks to Live Gold conversion and VPN…
That said, regardless how much “value” it may provide, I will NEVER pay full price for it… I just don’t feel like it’s worth the price they’re asking to me personally.
It’s great for trying out the occasional game I’d never have bought or played otherwise though… And sometimes it introduces me to games that I feel like are worth buying that I hadn’t heard of anywhere else.
For example, I bought Aragami 2 because I tried it on Game Pass and enjoyed it but I wasn’t finished with it yet when rumors appeared that it was leaving the service.
I also played and thoroughly enjoyed Cocoon and High on Life thanks to Game Pass and feel like they’re both worth buying at the right price.
I personally don’t enjoy watching YouTubers and I rarely read reviews so I wouldn’t have known much about most of those if I didn’t have the chance to try them.
It’s almost like it’s replaced the demos that used to be so common but we can play the whole game now if we want.
Editing to add:
Also, fuck this Ubisoft exec… Subscription models should NEVER become the default way that we are expected to “consume” games (or any other entertainment really for that matter) and it’s arrogant as hell for this prick to presume that we’ll all just be okay with it.
Holy shit are you me?
Damn… You’re also commenting on a thread about shit going on in Georgia and separately about DRSing GME?
Maybe?!? 😂
Remember kids, if buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t theft.
And if corporations decide they can charge a fee when we DON’T play, then we can decide to NOT pay when we play! The only way to make them feel their greed is to wave the ol’ Jolly Roger!
I’ve seen this saying going around and while I do like it, something about it bugs me. These corpos want to treat everything as a service. If you acquire content from a service via illegal means you are indeed still stealing, no?
You’re either selling a service or a product, you don’t get to lay claim to both, and you don’t get to walk with peoples money by using linguistic tricks
No: I didn’t take it from them since they never owned my copy. The Supreme Court said piracy isn’t stealing. The corporations lose NOTHING through piracy.
I am quite comfortable with not owning any ubisoft games. It’s a kind of comfort that comes easily when one doesn’t pay ubisoft any money for anything.
After the bore fest which was division, which I pre-ordered, I finally uninstalled Ubisoft launcher, the name of which is can’t be bothered to recall. Someone gave me a free game code for division 2, I still could not bother to reinstall the unnamed launcher.
I bought the Division 2 for like $3 USD and I still felt like it wasn’t worth it
Even better: enjoy their games but don’t give them a nickel!
Ubisoft exec, you should get comfortable sucking our collective dicks
I don’t know what planet he’s on but we already don’t really own our games. Hell if Steam goes down I’m going to lose access to pretty much everything.
The problem is more that I don’t trust Ubisoft to not change the terms of the agreement halfway through. I can totally see them pulling a rockstar and getting rid of an old version of the game if they decide they want to do an HD release.
Steam has a clause where if they shut down you will have access to all of your games still.
Kind of, not really
There will be lawsuits around it when it happens that will prevent it
Laughs in yo ho.
One can also laugh in GOG. Sometimes.
Or Epic. Sometimes
The worst part is Rockstar admitted the HD Remakes were shit, and fired the company responsible, but still didn’t restore the good versions (Thank God I got those while I could)
Fuck there were rumors that company was gonna remake Max Payne next, made me grab the fucking Steam version while I could… best god damn advertising for the original Max Payne possible.
But yeah, I dread the day Gaben dies and his successor says “Let’s make this a publicly traded company!”
And if anyone needed to know whether these companies are run by entitled idiots, this is the proof.
We show them with our wallets how out of touch they are! It’s to the high seas, yarr!! 🏴☠️
There may be enough of a super fan base to keep their titles alive even if they never innovate again.
Gamers says CEOs need to get comfortable not having a subscription model for their sales to take off.
One more reason why it’s morally acceptable and necessary to torrent Ubisoft games
Ubisoft executives need to get comfortable being unemployed.
Comfortable not owning what?
“Sing it with me now, YOU ARE A PIRATE…”
If I don’t own the games I bought them piracy isn’t stealing. It goes both ways fuckers.
Once again we see how piracy is justified! These corporations can only see their greed when it hits their bottom line!
This slogan needs to be adopted by everyone really… The future seems to be “You will own nothing and like it!”
Well, the present needs to tell that future “If buying isn’t owning, then piracy isn’t stealing!”
Fuck Ubisoft executives.
Subscriptions are taking off, just not Ubisoft subscriptions because most of their games are derivative shit.
And personally I don’t have an objection with the concept of subscription as an option. It’s no worse than streaming music or videos, or renting a DVD / VHS back when. But whatever the service is will have to have a LOT of content, not just back catalogue but new stuff too with fair & reasonable terms for people to want to subscribe. If Ubisoft wants to ever see its stuff streamed it will have to be as part of some other, better service than the one they offer that’s for sure.
I mean I’ll buy a new Rayman game if they release one that isn’t a phone game, but I’m not paying a subscription for it.
Shit ever wonder why Captain Laserhawk seems to be a Furry Story taking place in a world more closely resembling Cyberpunk 2077 than Blood Dragon? Because Ubisoft doesn’t have any IPs anyone cares about other than Rayman (which they do nothing with) and the three people who still think Beyond Good & Evil 2 will actually come out someday, or not be a repeat of DNF 2011 if it does…
That said don’t mistake that for me talking shit about Captain Laserhawk, that show is fucking amazing.
I think even implementing such an option allows companies to get more aggressive in their pricing, arguing that if you don’t like the price, you can pay subscription (which obviously also accumulates to astronomical numbers, it’s just that monthly payment doesn’t seem equally scary)
Gamepass just got Farcry 6 and AC: Valhalla and both games are exactly as you said, derivative shit, but it surprised me because I know ubi has their own sub. I wonder if they are abandoning it already.
The first Assassin’s Creed was kinda cool, but everything else has pretty much just been the first game in a different setting, played one ya play them all.
Absolutely and it’s so lazy a series. While some entries did raise the bar a little bit in terms of world building or graphics, they are still the same crap in a new skin. There is a side by side comparison between the first game and the latest on YouTube and while there are changes you’d be forgiven for not knowing there was a 16 year gap between the two games. Even some of the same bugs remain such as feet clipping into the horse during mount / dismount because they couldn’t be bothered to fix the animation.
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I would be surprised if their sub service was not a failure. In fairness the service has hundreds of games but most in the last 5 years has been garbage and beyond that, where is the value? As a consumer I might as well buy old games on GOG, Steam or wherever at my discretion rather than be locked in to a sub that costs the same and have nothing to show for it afterwards.
These services need thousands of games, across a range of publishers. Even better if they support downloads or streaming as options. So basically I don’t see subs working unless it is large platform owner who can incentivize publishers and thousands of titles to partake in it.
I’m already VERY comfortable not having any Ubisoft games! ☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️
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