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LuoirM

i thought nintendo

Valmond

No, it was Ubisoft. Looked it up just now. Said you should get comfortable with not owning your games.

We seriously need new consumer protection laws that makes the digital copy your own. It is ridiculous how this issue hasn’t been tackled yet.

Valmond

This was towards their shift to the subscription model. Though, seeing the new assassin’s creed. It is clear where their aim is at with that store.

Valmond

But in the end, consumers are the ones to blame. Remember $5 horse armor? Yeah, there goes unlockable costumes in most games.

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Philippe Tremblay, director of subscriptions at Ubisoft

"One of the things we saw is that gamers are used to, a little bit like DVD, having and owning their games. That's the consumer shift that needs to happen. They got comfortable not owning their CD collection or DVD collection. That's a transformation that's been a bit slower to happen [in games].

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As gamers grow comfortable in that aspect… you don't lose your progress. If you resume your game at another time, your progress file is still there. That's not been deleted. You don't lose what you've built in the game or your engagement with the game. So it's about feeling comfortable with not owning your game.

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"I still have two boxes of DVDs. I definitely understand the gamers perspective with that. But as people embrace that model, they will see that these games will exist, the service will continue, and you'll be able to access them when you feel like. That's reassuring.

"Streaming is also a thing that works really well with subscription. So you pay when you need it, as opposed to paying all the time."