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Steam isn't the guilty party in this nonsensical bullshit, Ubisoft is. Steam allows you to list titles with zero DRM, zero Steamworks integration, or zero onlin
by scrollaway 4y ago
Steam isn't the guilty party in this nonsensical bullshit, Ubisoft is. Steam allows you to list titles with zero DRM, zero Steamworks integration, or zero online components just fine.
- PeterisP 4y agoI paid my money to Steam for a particular product, if they want to revoke it, they can refund my money. If Steam is legally required to do that, their contracts with developers will inevitably have the same clauses about refunds if you disable the product.
- falcolas 4y agoSteam also gave you a clear notice that there was additional third party DRM on the product before you licensed it. They are also not the ones who are shutting it down.
- jdbernard 4y agoRight, but Ubisoft's actions here still undermine trust in Steam. It sucks because it's not Steam's faint, but I think OP is right. This may ultimately be training people to distrust platforms like Steam and return to piracy.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 4y agoYes and no. Ultimately, I primarily blame Ubisoft ( and I do not buy anything that bears their name ), but I am not going to pretend that a platform that sells me something is completely off the hook. They have a lot of market power. They could have put their weight behind it and put Ubi in their place. They chose the path of least resistance. So they might not be the guilty party, but they are sure not innocent. They are taking the cut of the money. It better be going towards protecting me. If they are not protecting me from bad actors then why am I using Steam?
- djur 4y agoValve could use their market power to prevent this kind of rug-pulling behavior by publishers. Customers expect Valve to ensure that the software they provide is free of viruses, spyware, and harmful defects; this seems like a similar type of defective and/or malicious software that they should prohibit from sale.
- getSood666 4y ago
- stubish 4y agoValve don't have the market power with the big players you think. Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft all sell a subscription service and their games & DLC directly. Epic have a competing store, and pumped in enough money that people have gotten used to having their owned games in multiple wallets. The small and medium players are who Valve has power over, and even they get to choose between Valve's large cut or accepting a bribe from Epic for exclusivity. I see a remarkable change from when your game was on Steam or it didn't exist.
- dijit 4y agoI worked for 6 years at Ubisoft. Valve has enormous power and uses it often, even at one point de-listing our entire catalog without warning because we had an additional asset in a game which was granted based on region. (and we got blamed in the media for it). Ubisoft games are still on Steam despite this, though the big publishers despise this amount of power, and sometimes valve does come across as bullying when you’re on the receiving end.