The EULA that accompanies delisted Ubisoft games requires players to destroy their purchases. Stop Killing Games is fighting to keep titles working after companies abandon them. A major representative for EU publishers opposes solutions like support for third-party servers.
  • absquatulate@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    IANAL but wasn’t that text just some “standard” legalese relating to the way they license software and it was basically unenforceable anyway? I know it’s cool to pick on ubisoft for being a shit company, but BG3 had a similar requirement in the game’s EULA:

    Same for GOG iirc, but I’m too lazy to search.

    • chakli@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Isn’t the conditions quite different, from your screenshot, you get to devices if you want to terminate. But in the other case, they decide.