Subj : One fan of The Crew is considering pursuing legal action over the
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Mon Jan 22 2024 17:45:05

One fan of The Crew is considering pursuing legal action over the games 
shutdown

Date:
Mon, 22 Jan 2024 17:29:31 +0000

Description:
YouTuber Accursed Farms is considering starting a lawsuit over the shutdown 
of Ubisoft's The Crew.

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YouTuber Ross Scott, AKA Accursed Farms, is considering starting a 
class-action lawsuit over the shutdown of The Crew - Ubisofts 2014 
online-only racing game, which is planned to shut down at the end of March . 

As PCGamesN reports , in a video posted on January 18, Scott stated that hes 
sick of reporting on games like this being shut down, and would rather do 
something to help the situation. He believes that in this instance, this is 
actually close to a perfect scenario for taking legal action, and has 
published his latest video as a means of generating ideas for how to proceed, 
before potentially starting a fundraiser for it later down the line. 

Scott believes that theres one good angle that could be used to take legal 
action over the games shutdown via consumer protection law. The argument he 
suggested hinges on it being sold under a perpetual license, not a 
subscription. This, he argues, would mean we were being sold a good, not a 
service, which will soon be deprived [...] of all value after the point of 
sale. 

He added that its possible that argument wont hold up either, in which case I 
think theres no possible way to stop this practice, at least in the United 
States. However, hes still hopeful it could have an impact, as he pointed 
towards the amount of non-gamers who arent aware of how big an issue the 
sudden shutdown of online-only games is. 

By challenging its legality, we could turn this into a black-and-white issue, 
he continued. If we lose, I want to lose hard. If theres no chance of 
stopping this, I want a judge to say to our faces that when we buy video 
games, we have no consumer rights and no ownership over what we pay for. The 
end. 

Scott also says that if he has any say in the matter, he wouldnt want to 
accept any settlement offer from Ubisoft, since the point is actually bigger 
than the game and bigger than Ubisoft. The only settlement hed accept, he 
added, was a patch to make The Crew playable without any further support from 
Ubisoft. 

In a post published to Twitter / X after the video was shared, Scott stated 
that hes already received a lot of multi-page emails about possible legal 
proceedings from viewers. However, he later reiterated that there may or may 
not be a lawsuit, but I will pursue every legal avenue I can that's 
affordable, domestic [and] international. 

It remains to be seen whether any action will come of Scotts plan, but for 
now, The Crew is no longer available to be purchased digitally. Existing 
owners will be able to play it until March 31. 

 Take a look at some more fantastic games to play on our lists of the best PC 
games , best PS5 games and best Xbox Series X games .



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/gaming/consoles-pc/one-fan-of-the-crew-is-considerin
g-pursuing-legal-action-over-the-games-shutdown


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