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Legendary Half-Life YouTuber plans class-action lawsuit against Ubisoft for killing The Crew (www.pcgamesn.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Now also make it illegal to sell physical copies of games that need day 0 patches/downloads to make them work.

I still kick on my original nes every now and then. 20 years from now when you dig out your old copy of borderlands 3 and there's no longer a download available, you think you'll get to play through the game?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

. 20 years from now when you dig out your old copy of borderlands 3 and there's no longer a download available, you think you'll get to play through the game?

Yes, games often come with bugs, but a game that comes out unplayable or unbeatable on disk is extremely rare.

This is, of course, discounting the fact that as part of community preservation efforts, updates are preserved along with the games.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They aren't extremely rare at all, bro.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

There are extremely few games that are not playable or beatable without being patched. You can list the ones you know if you like