Ubisoft Exec Says Gamers Need to Get 'Comfortable' Not Owning Their Games for Subscriptions to Take Off - IGN
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An executive at Assassin’s Creed maker Ubisoft has said gamers will need to get “comfortable” not owning their games before video game subscriptions truly take off.

Ubisoft Exec Says Gamers Need to Get ‘Comfortable’ Not Owning Their Games for Subscriptions to Take Off::An executive at Assassin’s Creed maker Ubisoft has said gamers will need to get “comfortable” not owning their games before video game subscriptions truly take off.

  • Track_Shovel@slrpnk.netEnglish
    241·
    10 months ago

    As gamers grow comfortable in that aspect… you don’t lose your progress. If you resume your game at another time, your progress file is still there. That’s not been deleted. You don’t lose what you’ve built in the game or your engagement with the game. So it’s about feeling comfortable with not owning your game.

    Yeah, you know I don’t lose my game either saved on my CPU or Xbox with a copy of the game I don’t have to pay for more than once for a predetermined value.

    • friend_of_satan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      10 months ago

      Also, he never mentions that the game will still be there, just the progress file. Why doesn’t he address being uncomfortable with games disappearing from the subscription?

      • Track_Shovel@slrpnk.netEnglish
        12·
        10 months ago

        Seriously

        I played a ubi mobile game for 2 years, and then they just flat abandoned it. Stopped support. No new content. Nothing. No warning either

        • Toes♀@ani.socialEnglish
          4·
          10 months ago

          They never fixed unity’s networking on PC and quietly shut down the servers. Dick move.