Ubisoft is delisting The Crew 1 after nearly a decade, but even worse, existing owners will no longer be able to play as of March 2024.

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      11 months ago

      Yes. The game requires you to be online at all times even though it’s mostly a single player game.

      We need laws requiring companies to patch the game to be playable offline when they inevitably shut the servers down. This is unacceptable.

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      11 months ago

      Well, it relies on servers to play it on, so I’m pretty sure that yes, even people who bought it physically will be locked out.

    • Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.de
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      11 months ago

      It requires a connection to the servers to play the single player.

      So yes, even people who bought a physical version lose the ability to play the game.

      Tl;dr: DRM sucks, buying does not imply owning.