
“I don’t want us in a position where we’re punishing a paying player for what a pirate can get around. Anything is going to be able to pirated given enough time and enough effort to get in there. So the question becomes, what do we create as services, or as benefits, and the quality of the game, that will just have people want to pay for it?”

Insider Gaming - "Ubisoft has cancelled yet another game, this time ending development on the Animal Crossing-inspired title Alterra."

HALIFAX (April 14, 2026) – Laid-off Ubisoft workers in Halifax have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a settlement with the video-game giant. The terms of the settlement, including the compensation employees will receive, is confidential.
I can't sit here and act like I know these workers financial situations. And I'm sure nobody wakes up WANTING to go to court. But for the sake of the industry, I wish some of these types of cases made it to trial.
Settlements allow companies to continue to do whatever abusive practices they do. While the trials (should the company lose) would actually force real changes for the better.
But again, I'm not in these workers shoes and I can understand them not wanting to risk it.

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Thank you Ubi!
It's sad that it took them this long to finally admit it.
"I don’t want us in a position where we’re punishing a paying player for what a pirate can get around."
That is exactly what you've been doing to PC gamers for years now.
"Oh we know it won't stop pirates but we're still gonna pick on legit gamers for BUYING our game"
In case people don't know: Pirated Ubi game = No Uplay DRM
Let them reap what they sow.
"We don't want to punish our paying customers for what a pirate can get around." SO why did you even make Uplay then!?! That's punish your paying players for not doing what a pirate does to get around your crap... and that goes for EA and the old Windows Live system as well.
Uplay is a drm? Wasnt even aware it was thought it was just some not so usefull extea reward unlock system