r/pcmasterrace • u/Abuelofierrero • Jun 17 '26

News/Article Ubisoft is celebrating

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u/TriRIK Ryzen 5 5600X | RTX3060 Ti | 32GB Jun 17 '26

The issue I have with this is that all publishers will start making their obligated end date 1 month after release and all future updates past that will be "generous offer"

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u/Orisara Jun 18 '26

It's weird how so many laws in the EU are about this exact thing and so many call it pointless.

The carry-on thing for airlines, this.

If it says "might end service in one month" the customer is informed. That's a win by itself.

Transparency can be the point.

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u/theindepantmage Jun 17 '26

Then people won't buy it. Anyone interested will see through shady shit like this, and if they want to buy it anyway, then they wouldn't be stopped by an actual date

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u/TriRIK Ryzen 5 5600X | RTX3060 Ti | 32GB Jun 17 '26

But that's the thing. If everyone put 1 month end date and still provide updates years later, than that date would be irrelevant but legally would be like it is now.

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u/WinnowWings Jun 17 '26

If there's no downside to just putting an early irrelevant date, then it'll just be like the California Prop 65 of games

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u/SweatyStation7699 Jun 17 '26

Publishers can put a 10 year end date in it and earn good faith through it and possibly make more profit though then you have that 1 game with a. 10 year end date vs multiple with 1 month end dates

Theoretically this can cause that 1 game to make more profit and would force other companies to extend the end of service date

Though this is just a theoretical scenario and we won't know how it plays out in reality

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u/Key-Department-2874 Jun 17 '26

There's a huge population of gamers who don't play games past their first week of release.

They just like to buy every new game and play it on launch before moving on without even finishing the game.

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u/theindepantmage Jun 17 '26

So they wouldn't be affected by this either way. The people who care about getting their money's worth will

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u/FarplaneDragon Desktop Jun 17 '26

Then people won't buy it

Lol, oh I'm sure they won't.... /s

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u/V0RT3XXX Jun 17 '26

I still remember the CoD boycott back in the day and that steam screenshot