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really reaching for a story here. ubisoft are shutting down an online game that has been running for 10 years which flopped, wasn't very good, and which zero pe

really reaching for a story here. ubisoft are shutting down an online game that has been running for 10 years which flopped, wasn't very good, and which zero people actually care about. with all the disgusting things ubisoft actually do, we don't need to be making things up to get angry about.

gentleman11 3y ago
There was a recent advertising push for this, wasn’t there? I saw a ton of ads for this recently
- dangus 3y ago
  There’s a newer game in the franchise that recently came out.
beretguy 3y ago
You are probably trolling and I should not waste my time replying to you, but I have nothing better to do right now so I’ll let myself fall for it. 1. > which flopped, wasn't very good, and which zero people actually care about Speak for yourself. 2. > wasn’t very good That game has the entire map of USA. It’s a driving game with one of the biggest maps in existence. I think it takes about an hour of real world time to drive from SF to NY. I feel myself silly having to explain this to you. 3. > has been running for 10 years How about people of the future who would want to play this game? How about all the hard work developers put into developing this game? All their work is gone and nobody will experience their creation? Using the same logic: should we burn all paintings ever made after 10 years because enough people looked at them?
- dangus 3y ago
  I don’t think you should assume that person is trolling. It’s reasonable to expect online games to eventually cease operations. This game in particular had a mediocre metacritic score and had under 100 concurrent players on average if you check Steam statistics. If you want to extend the logic to art then you’d have to compare multiplayer games to performance art. A multiplayer game without a player base basically isn’t a game just like a piece of performance art is ephemeral.
  - beretguy 3y ago
    > It’s reasonable to expect online games to eventually cease operations. I know that online-only games will stop working at some point. This is not the problem. The problem is that Ubisoft didn’t let people know that game relies on a server they don’t control and they didn’t give us shut down date of March 2024 all the way back in 2014 when they released the game.
    - dangus 3y ago
      They did let people know that it relies on a server. Every online game has the disclaimer that the services may be terminated. Large game companies have their bases covered there. Step back and think about how ridiculous this ask is. Most new businesses don’t even last 10 years never mind guaranteeing a service being rendered for a decade. Imagine if Netflix was to predict a shutdown date for their DVD service the day they started offering it. This was a free multiplayer server being run for a 6/10 game that was averaging less than 50 players a day on Steam. Maybe it would be nice of them to provide a dedicated server on their way out but they don’t really have any moral or legal obligation to do so.
  - beretguy 3y ago
    > A multiplayer game without a player base Ever heard of LAN parties? Ever heard of people hosting their own servers to play with their friends?
    - dangus 3y ago
      Yes, but that’s not really how all muliplayer games function anymore. Some do - particularly survival games like Minecraft. But many live service games like Fortnite aren’t something that can be easily be operated that way. It’s possible someone may make a custom online server for this game but probably not considering its mediocrity and small player base.

gentleman11 3y ago

There was a recent advertising push for this, wasn’t there? I saw a ton of ads for this recently

dangus 3y ago
There’s a newer game in the franchise that recently came out.

beretguy 3y ago

You are probably trolling and I should not waste my time replying to you, but I have nothing better to do right now so I’ll let myself fall for it. 1. > which flopped, wasn't very good, and which zero people actually care about Speak for yourself. 2. > wasn’t very good That game has the entire map of USA. It’s a driving game with one of the biggest maps in existence. I think it takes about an hour of real world time to drive from SF to NY. I feel myself silly having to explain this to you. 3. > has been running for 10 years How about people of the future who would want to play this game? How about all the hard work developers put into developing this game? All their work is gone and nobody will experience their creation? Using the same logic: should we burn all paintings ever made after 10 years because enough people looked at them?

dangus 3y ago
I don’t think you should assume that person is trolling. It’s reasonable to expect online games to eventually cease operations. This game in particular had a mediocre metacritic score and had under 100 concurrent players on average if you check Steam statistics. If you want to extend the logic to art then you’d have to compare multiplayer games to performance art. A multiplayer game without a player base basically isn’t a game just like a piece of performance art is ephemeral.
- beretguy 3y ago
  > It’s reasonable to expect online games to eventually cease operations. I know that online-only games will stop working at some point. This is not the problem. The problem is that Ubisoft didn’t let people know that game relies on a server they don’t control and they didn’t give us shut down date of March 2024 all the way back in 2014 when they released the game.
  - dangus 3y ago
    They did let people know that it relies on a server. Every online game has the disclaimer that the services may be terminated. Large game companies have their bases covered there. Step back and think about how ridiculous this ask is. Most new businesses don’t even last 10 years never mind guaranteeing a service being rendered for a decade. Imagine if Netflix was to predict a shutdown date for their DVD service the day they started offering it. This was a free multiplayer server being run for a 6/10 game that was averaging less than 50 players a day on Steam. Maybe it would be nice of them to provide a dedicated server on their way out but they don’t really have any moral or legal obligation to do so.
- beretguy 3y ago
  > A multiplayer game without a player base Ever heard of LAN parties? Ever heard of people hosting their own servers to play with their friends?
  - dangus 3y ago
    Yes, but that’s not really how all muliplayer games function anymore. Some do - particularly survival games like Minecraft. But many live service games like Fortnite aren’t something that can be easily be operated that way. It’s possible someone may make a custom online server for this game but probably not considering its mediocrity and small player base.