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

News/Article Ubisoft is celebrating

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u/christianlewds Jun 17 '26

Watch Ross' video first, he talked about it. It's not as much of a win for publishers as it seems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgoODQFrPgw

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u/Gamebird8 Ryzen 9 7950X, XFX RX 6900XT, 64GB DDR5 @6000MT/s Jun 17 '26

The main victory is that Publishers can't really hide behind a nebulous "this game may or may not be available forever"

Meaning that games will at the very least have a contractually obligated end of service date.

Which is a huge win because now players can (hopefully) know what they are buying.

Something else worth noting is that we can keep the momentum going by transitioning to electing representatives that will pass legislation. (I'm not in the EU but the concept applies to any democracy). Wars are not won over a single battle, they are long and drawn out conflicts. This was simply the first of many battles and we need to treat the outcome as the first stage of many stages yet to come.

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u/M4rshmall0wMan Jun 17 '26

So does that mean a game like Concord would have been legally obligated to stay online for a year? Definitely an interesting outcome.

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u/dragdritt Jun 17 '26

That game actually refunded everyone, so I don't think it would apply.