For several days, the petition has been keeping the bench “Stop Killing Games“, Initiative that has achieved over 1.2 million signatures and will be presented to the European Commission, with the aim of forcing video games development homes to predict”End of life plans“For online games, or ways for users to continue to take advantage of the multiplayer even after the support of the development of the development house. A potential obligation that did not like the industry in the sector, with many companies that have already said their on how this solution is impracticable. And in the sea of controversies it has also slipped Ubisoftwith a less absurd idea.
The French company, in fact, has updated its Eulaor the license contract with the end user, that now the destruction of all copies of the products. “This license contract with the end user (Eula) has effectiveness starting from the front date between the one in which the user acquires, downloads or uses the product, and up to its resolution according to the terms established here. The user and Ubisoft (or its licensees) can resolve the present Eula, at any time, for any reason”, reads in point eight of the document. “The resolution by Ubisoft will be effective following (a) notification to the user or (b) closure of the user’s Ubisoft account (if existing) or (c) at the time of Ubisoft’s decision to stop the offer and/or support of the product. The present eula will be resolved automatically if the user does not respect any of the terms and conditions of the present eula. In the event of any reason, the user must Uninstall the product immediately e Destroy all copies of the product in his possession “.
The request is decidedly bizarre, both for the moment when it was made (and in fact the controversies have already broken out), and for the words used. We wonder if the Ubisoft employees will knock on the gates of all the owners of the games produced by the Guillemot club to personally ascertain that i discsif they are still in circulation, are physically burned, broken or ruined to such an extent unusable. And that check that the uninstalling has been made on each computer or console.
And even more absurd is that such a request came from Ubisoft, which last year ended up in the eye of the cyclone for closing the game servers The Crewmaking it unusable because it required a constant connection also for the mode
single player. In short, the French company once again proved to be the avant -garde, not of innovative or quality products, but of nonsense which cause only confusion, anger and controversy.