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Full headline, due to PC Gamer's typically garrulous headlines that don't fit in Dreamwidth's subject field: "Gamers seek legal win that would stop developers from rendering online games unplayable: 'It is an assault on both consumer rights and preservation of media'"
"The organizer of 'Stop Killing Games' hopes to get France and other governments to examine the legality of live service shutdowns."
I'd prefer the modern video game industry to just stop making "live service" "games" in the first place, but I wish these guys the best of luck with the already existing horseshit. If they can get governments to crack down on this, then more power to them, I guess. I'm not going to be holding my breath with this one, though.
There are some pretty misguided, unsound takes down in the comments under the article (from, probably, industry reputation management drones), too.
(In the case of this specific The Crew game, I don't give a fuck about it and won't lose a wink of sleep when it goes away forever, because I don't even care that much about offline singleplayer racing games, let alone online shit, but that's just me. I still don't like that it's going away, though, just on general principle, even if I personally never played it and never would play it. Also, I don't see why anyone at all should be interested in Ubisoft's new online-only shit racing game, The Crew: Motorfest or whatever, because we'll be seeing this exact same thing happening again in 10 years or so with that one, too.)
Also, welcome to the new "to hell with live service games" tag. There's a fair bit of overlap with other tags, but whatever.
"The organizer of 'Stop Killing Games' hopes to get France and other governments to examine the legality of live service shutdowns."
I'd prefer the modern video game industry to just stop making "live service" "games" in the first place, but I wish these guys the best of luck with the already existing horseshit. If they can get governments to crack down on this, then more power to them, I guess. I'm not going to be holding my breath with this one, though.
There are some pretty misguided, unsound takes down in the comments under the article (from, probably, industry reputation management drones), too.
(In the case of this specific The Crew game, I don't give a fuck about it and won't lose a wink of sleep when it goes away forever, because I don't even care that much about offline singleplayer racing games, let alone online shit, but that's just me. I still don't like that it's going away, though, just on general principle, even if I personally never played it and never would play it. Also, I don't see why anyone at all should be interested in Ubisoft's new online-only shit racing game, The Crew: Motorfest or whatever, because we'll be seeing this exact same thing happening again in 10 years or so with that one, too.)
Also, welcome to the new "to hell with live service games" tag. There's a fair bit of overlap with other tags, but whatever.
