Examiner: "Peripherals are a large part of both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 experience. Whether it be Microsoft's Kinect or Sony's Touchpad on the controller, both are frequently used by all sorts of titles on their respective platforms. Examiner spoke with Julian Gerighty, Creative Director on The Crew, and inquired as to whether or not Ubisoft's title would be utilizing any of them."
Back in 2023, Ubisoft announced it would shut down The Crew's servers on 31st March, 2024, which would make the game unplayable due to its always online requirements - even those with physical copies of the game were to be locked out. Needless to say, many were unhappy with Ubisoft's decision.
Some, though, decided not to just leave it there, and set about reviving the game on their own time and dime. Now a little over a year later, the fan lead Crew revival project - known as The Crew Unlimited - is gearing up for its release on 15th September.
Plaintiffs bring up a new claim, too, in amended complaint.
***Replying to Ubisoft’s argument that the statute of limitations is up, the plaintiffs responded with their own photos of The Crew’s packaging, which states that the activation code for the game doesn’t expire until 2099; that’s an example of how Ubisoft “implied that [The Crew] would remain playable during this time and long thereafter,” per the amended complaint.***
I really hope this resonates with the judge on the two-sided talk Ubisoft has going on here. You can't have your cake and eat it as well, IMHO.
A few of more mishaps and Ubisoft won’t be around anymore anyway.
Assassin’s Creed and FarCry are keeping them alive right now, and it’s a shame. Tom Clancy games are at a minimum now, The Division had its run, Watch Dogs has come and gone, For Honor was something new-ish, their lacking in New IP, and their older franchises just aren’t getting the right love.
I hope the judge favors the consumers because it really sucks what thees companies are doing. I am sure these companies will simply change their user agreements to add these new "we don't own the games clauses"
Good thing i haven't bought a Ubisoft game since ac origins, and even that was a mistake 😆
Ubisoft faces a class action lawsuit over The Crew shutdown, raising key questions about digital game ownership.
The PS4 touchpad will be used to pull up the map and used to scroll around it, and i'm assuming by getting sounds coming from the speaker in the controller,
i guess voices and maybe turbo/supercharger sounds coming out of it?
i don't know, but i know one thing, hearing how each car handles different is what i was waiting on. Can't wait to try out the console beta in a few days. :-)
Unfortunately the 10% extra did nothing for Sunset Overdrive either.
I knew once MS diskinected(intentional) it from the package they would be sending it to an early grave....Myself and others also knew that the extra 10% would not be the holy grail (1080p@60fps) for the console.... as the deluded were led to believe .
"What happened for developers not using the Kinect is that there was a slight boost in CPU power that we got to take advantage of. This game really does push the limits when it comes to the number of enemies on screen, so it was useful for us to have more CPU juice to help with physics, navigation and AI. We’re running at 900p and 30 fps native. This is a game with a lot on the screen and we made the choice to be at 900 because we wanted to push the level of detail, action, the size of the city and the views you can experience as move around. What’s great about Sunset Overdrive is if you can see it, you can go there."
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@Software_Lover
The Crew ain't doin' it for me but ProjectCARS is.
Oh here we go again. The title of this article is going to cause a war between the diehard Ps4 and Xbox One fans. I'm getting really sick of this. Not the articles. But comments that start to come after.
The Xbox One is alrady being thrashed over the 1080P resolution and 60 FPS problems the system is having. I'm trying to figure out when 900P and 30 FPS beacame a bad thing?
The Ps4 50% more powerful. That is great and all. But multi-platform games (like The Crew) will be the same game and pretty much have the same gameplay on both consoles. Why is 1080P and 60FPS such a big deal. Is this all the supposed "next-gen" is about. Going by the countless fights over these subjects. It's starting to seem that way.
Why can't we just play games and leave it at that. It was never this bad during the 6th gen of gaming. When the heck did tue western market become so obsessed with graphics?
Makes sense. Every Xbox One does not have a Kinect anymore, but every PS4 comes with a controller that has the touchpad and speaker.
bummer 4 kinet