Your first mistake was to think Ubisoft gives a shit about its customers.
SpiderGhost01
I don’t know how Ubisoft is even in business anymore. That’s how bad they are. Too big to fail, I guess.
SidewaysGiraffe
This isn’t an Ubisoft issue; it’s an industry-wide issue. If you’re not going to check for its absence before every purchase you make, you’re not going to help.
angrygoose14
They did say you should be happy not owning your games
BookSweaty2982
Ubisoft some how gets worse every year
Ebolatastic
Going into all monetized multiplayer games with low expectations is a lesson every gamer must learn (and most don’t).
Blahblahblah5084
Let’s start an alternative company called I-be-hard
Strategist9101
Even the Ubisoft launcher can’t believe you’d want to own a Ubisoft game
Necessary-Bus-2370
Say “Yes” for Indie developers 😃
OkYogurtcloset8790
Lmao you were buying Ubisoft games?
tgrantta
Heh. Ubi, and to a lesser extent the rest of the industry, is in the finding out stage.
If you’re listening: we’re tired of being fucked around – just give us your product, on all the storefronts and without excessive and overbearing DRM.
ASweetBaguette
Took you long enough
marniconuke
I can’t wait for the day they delete that garbage launcher and i can just launch those games.
just kidding when ubisoft collapses most likely all games will be removed from existence
Horace_The_Mute
This decision should’ve been made years ago, my dude.
Workaroundtheclock
Based on their stock price, a lot of people aren’t buying their games again.
Gh0sth4nd
Okay if buying is not owning then why is pirating stealing?
how can you steal something that you can’t own per buying?
Edit: and no i don’t endorse pirating because it hurts the wrong people it is more of rhetorical question
SignalGladYoung
Reason why I love GOG f any DRM or clients. press exe to play the game.
Loeb123
🏴☠️
Every-Slice59
Back when I bought FarCry3 Uplay didn’t want work so I pirated the game and not only did it download faster but I could actually play it.
Eliseo120
Another one of these. Maybe contact customer support.
Mysterious-Jeff7363
First time?
Global-Associate-847
Had this problem with both ghost recon games too. Fuck this company.
hamzer55
“Hmm I see you paid for the game, and the game is in your catalogue and played it for 4 hours, hmmm still not sure if if your allowed ownership, and to add to that, we don’t give a shit” – Ubisoft probably
Spazz_Hazard
Pirate it, it’s your right at this point.
lce_Fight
Same here.
Grifter company
SiRO432
Ubisoft games are not even worth sailing the high seas. But mediocrity sells, and that’s how Ubi keeps thriving—sad, but true.”
timmlt
Had this happened and it took two minutes to fix. Hate on them for all the upvotes you want, but at least try…
KitsuTheOkami
I tried to play the Trials Fusion demo before I bought the game so I could see if it could run on my crappy laptop. The demo required a product key. The DEMO required a product key. I love uplay
Sharktoothdecay
well you know what to do next
danhoyuen
Does anyone still play that game? I had fond memories but it’s pointless going back into an empty world.
Correct_End_6461
Couldn’t even get 4 hours of it before it hit you with ‘prove you own this unownable game’
dgs_nd_cts_lvng_tgth
Ran into a similar problem with Rockstar. Have never played my copy of RDR2 because I have an email address I can’t recover, never mind I went back and forth with them for six months with screenshots verifying my ownership.
Cruzifixio
That’s really sad, The Division 2 is such a fun game.
Mathematik
I literally just had this same issue with my legally purchased Anno 1800. I nearly had a Fit, and Girl, you would not understand how much I had to Repack that emotion. Totally had fun when I was a me to finally play it again.
Gagewhylds
Hear me out: A launcher to launch launchers.
-some ubisoft mba probably
jnighy
That’s an easy promise to keep
SevenDeviations
What did support say?
AdventurousHandle274
This is the way.
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bladesofcrap
You could not pay me me to use a Ubisoft key.
Anytime I’ve got one since they needed their own launcher I’ve just been passing them away to the first person that wants it.
Kitakitakita
Everyone has an Ubisoft moment. Congratulations on yours
sandman_br
It took you a while to figure that out but congrats. Now stop buying from EA and Activision
Maddkipz
Yup I got a whole bunch of games I just don’t get to play anymore cuz of that shit
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Your first mistake was to think Ubisoft gives a shit about its customers.
I don’t know how Ubisoft is even in business anymore. That’s how bad they are. Too big to fail, I guess.
This isn’t an Ubisoft issue; it’s an industry-wide issue. If you’re not going to check for its absence before every purchase you make, you’re not going to help.
They did say you should be happy not owning your games
Ubisoft some how gets worse every year
Going into all monetized multiplayer games with low expectations is a lesson every gamer must learn (and most don’t).
Let’s start an alternative company called I-be-hard
Even the Ubisoft launcher can’t believe you’d want to own a Ubisoft game
Say “Yes” for Indie developers 😃
Lmao you were buying Ubisoft games?
Heh. Ubi, and to a lesser extent the rest of the industry, is in the finding out stage.
If you’re listening: we’re tired of being fucked around – just give us your product, on all the storefronts and without excessive and overbearing DRM.
Took you long enough
I can’t wait for the day they delete that garbage launcher and i can just launch those games.
just kidding when ubisoft collapses most likely all games will be removed from existence
This decision should’ve been made years ago, my dude.
Based on their stock price, a lot of people aren’t buying their games again.
Okay if buying is not owning
then why is pirating stealing?
how can you steal something that you can’t own per buying?
Edit: and no i don’t endorse pirating because it hurts the wrong people it is more of rhetorical question
Reason why I love GOG f any DRM or clients. press exe to play the game.
🏴☠️
Back when I bought FarCry3 Uplay didn’t want work so I pirated the game and not only did it download faster but I could actually play it.
Another one of these. Maybe contact customer support.
First time?
Had this problem with both ghost recon games too. Fuck this company.
“Hmm I see you paid for the game, and the game is in your catalogue and played it for 4 hours, hmmm still not sure if if your allowed ownership, and to add to that, we don’t give a shit”
– Ubisoft probably
Pirate it, it’s your right at this point.
Same here.
Grifter company
Ubisoft games are not even worth sailing the high seas. But mediocrity sells, and that’s how Ubi keeps thriving—sad, but true.”
Had this happened and it took two minutes to fix. Hate on them for all the upvotes you want, but at least try…
I tried to play the Trials Fusion demo before I bought the game so I could see if it could run on my crappy laptop. The demo required a product key. The DEMO required a product key. I love uplay
well you know what to do next
Does anyone still play that game? I had fond memories but it’s pointless going back into an empty world.
Couldn’t even get 4 hours of it before it hit you with ‘prove you own this unownable game’
Ran into a similar problem with Rockstar. Have never played my copy of RDR2 because I have an email address I can’t recover, never mind I went back and forth with them for six months with screenshots verifying my ownership.
That’s really sad, The Division 2 is such a fun game.
I literally just had this same issue with my legally purchased Anno 1800. I nearly had a Fit, and Girl, you would not understand how much I had to Repack that emotion. Totally had fun when I was a me to finally play it again.
Hear me out: A launcher to launch launchers.
-some ubisoft mba probably
That’s an easy promise to keep
What did support say?
This is the way.
[deleted]
You could not pay me me to use a Ubisoft key.
Anytime I’ve got one since they needed their own launcher I’ve just been passing them away to the first person that wants it.
Everyone has an Ubisoft moment. Congratulations on yours
It took you a while to figure that out but congrats. Now stop buying from EA and Activision
Yup I got a whole bunch of games I just don’t get to play anymore cuz of that shit