Ubisoft shortchange XDefiant players on refunds after lying that the game wouldn't die...

[@YongYea]

Ubisoft only refunding a month's worth of purchases when they promised the game wouldn't die three months ago is pretty scummy to be honest. PATREON: www.patreon.com/yongyea BLUESKY: bsky.app/profile/yongyea.bsky.social INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/yong_yea TIKTOK: www.tiktok.com/@yongyea TOP PATRONS [BIG BOSS] - Devon B [BOSS] - Gerardo Andrade - Michael Redmond - Phil [PRETTY LEGENDARY] - azalea

[@dallasmichelin6487]

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[@404Errored]

Bruh at this point I'd be astonished if they even had a penny to offer 😂

[@piggyplague8755]

You forgot to pin your comment lol

[@escape209]

Saying "there are no *plans* to shut down after season 4" is not ""promising"" to not shut down the game. They NEVER "promised the game wouldn't die". Think about it: why would they promise something like that for what is basically a brand-new IP live service game, under a publisher already having a bad time this year? Also, the person who didn't promise the game wouldn't shut down is not the same as the company who made the call to shut it down. Mark Rubin, the game director, SAID (not PROMISED) they have NO PLANS (i.e. not saying one way or the other what might happen to it) to shut down. Ubisoft the publisher are the ones who made the call to shut the game down. I hate Ubisoft too and had even planned to play XDefiant, but come on. Think for more than 5 seconds about what you read instead of misrepresenting what's happening.

[@cheater00]

Yong, not even one mention of Stop Killing Games in a story that's directly related to game shutdowns AND Ubisoft? Come oooooon dude. SKG needs support and constant reminders that people need to sign it - otherwise they'll never make it to 1 million signatures. You yourself keep screaming into the void about game shutdowns and corporate greed, but when there's a chance to do something - it just gets forgotten. Come on Yong, this needs to be happening, and with the biggest content creators like yourself staying quiet about SKG when there's a clear and obvious way to promote it, the whole issue will die and you will have the ability to scream about corporate overreach forever - because nothing will change. Give your support, Yong. This ain't good. Show you're against corporate greed by DOING stuff.

[@ijakoan]

Ubisoft at this point is nothing more than a stubborn turd that refuses to flush.

[@TheForbidden_1ne]

They’re still not done talking a shit 😂

[@newyorktechworld6492]

UbiPoop 💩 🚽

[@ToFuDriverS14]

Na man it’s that last turd that shows its head but refuses to fall out lol.

[@BTRshow]

Just wait until AC shadows comes out 😂 the low will get lower, grab some popcorn

[@Rhino1931]

Yep. Hate this company, haven’t contributed anything worth a shit to the industry in a decade.

[@exmodusgaming]

Your daily reminder to avoid and ignore Ubisoft, Activision, EA, and Blizzard. 10/10 doctors recommend spending your money on ANY other companies.

[@mariogallego5513]

Nuh-Uh. Blizzard has NEVER done this. I'll give you the monetization, microtransactions etc which most big companies do, but Blizzard has never sold you a game and then months later shut it's servers down for that game and refused to give refunds.

[@bigcheffi]

@@mariogallego5513blizzard is owned by activision

[@Jax1147]

Blizzard doesn’t even exist. It’s just Activision using their corpse like a suit.

[@archersterling6726]

​@@Jax1147Nah nah, they deserve the hate too

[@JoshuaVaughan-pi1sn]

​@@mariogallego5513they all do bud they make live service games they shut them down after a year or 2 every single time ya all just keep getting shocked when they do it like a bunch of idiots 🤦

[@Sharpester-m4o]

This game is yet another chapter in the year that Ubisoft burned.

[@davoap1268]

That should of been the last straw to many consumers who were suckered in like fruit flies to Ubisoft's sweet words.

[@webbie7503]

so weird Ubisoft lied, they were trustworthy up to this point lmao

[@Thefess]

The only difference here was that that there was semi constant communication between a executive producer and its userbase. Which in itself is rare for aaa gaming in general, even more for ubisoft. He was pretty forthcoming up untill this point so the announcement and him lying was a surprise.

[@phantomraven5044]

@@bobmowat7190r/ whoosh

[@GIandringg]

​@@bobmowat7190it's called sarcasm bruh

[@ogloko2967]

Brain dead comment, they haven't been trustworthy for years now.

[@Mrchair905]

About as truthful as any big company.

[@TurtleChad1]

Why would anyone willingly give their money to Ubisoft at this point?

[@TheJinashura]

The same reason people bought the hawk tuah meme coin. Some people have more money than brain cells.

[@senormarston]

because average people are really stupid

[@masterowl123]

@@TheJinashura blame the victims sure

[@davidfox2650]

@@masterowl123 "victims" imagine doing something a literal clown tells you and then blame the clown? lmao

[@getampt22]

@@masterowl123 lmao sounds like someone got scammed *points and laughs*

[@MazeMaker4Life]

If a game dies within a year, every purchase made for that game, in that game should be refunded.

[@dragoonseye76]

That’s not very realistic

[@NoblessObligee]

​@@dragoonseye76 Big companies insurance on these games if they flop would say otherwise. It's an American tactic to make a movie/game fail and have purchased insurance if it flops and wright it off on taxes this they pay way less taxes and/or no taxes if they're in the red. Sooo yeah a year is a stretch but 6-8 months is fair. Especially if you don't get what you pay for in a season pass/additional content that was promised.

[@crux891]

@@NoblessObligeeOmg that is not how that works what are you even on about.... The only thing they have is a professional liability Insurance. That helps them if for example there work is copyrighted, Errors are made from a third party to set product. Costing you money to fix it(work hours,extra development), Data breaches if your working with 3rd party's and so on and so on... You can not put a insurance on a product that covers failing of set product and write it of your taxes... Like seriously plz go to school.... What you mean are credit company's for the larger studio's out there.. So instead of another investor round it's more profitable to actually take a loan from these bigger credit company's that do nothing else then working with these big companies. And instead of requiring the loan back if the game fails. A set amount of money was set in place on the assets of set game. So if a game sells good no issue here is the 50 million back and it was easier then having a investor round and we kept our creative freedom. If the game fails no worry 50 million gone but look the assets of this game where set on 50 million when we signed the loan.. Here you go.... And the credit company then sells those assets or technology to another studio.... Without impacting set company as this purchase or hand over does not need to be public... So in the public eye to investors they did not lose money... It's just pulled of the total amount the company is worth as those assets are gone... But in most company's you can't even notice that.

[@everythingpony]

They have insurance? Then why don't I get refunds all the time then for games shutting down? I still haven't gotten a refund for the day before even tho steam said they would refund everyone ​@@NoblessObligee

[@eternalemperorvalkorion750]

@@NoblessObligeeif they just claim they’re in the red and use it for business fraud like meetings in recent years under the original men in black name to write off business expenses

[@Rough_Estimates]

I'm sorry but if you support Ubisoft you should expect to be scammed by now

[@aquilescaigoyo533]

Well said it sir.

[@Planag7]

You do realize there are people out there I don’t actually watch news 24 seven right God get out of your bubble

[@Blackfire495]

Very well said. It’s unfortunate especially because one of my fav game of all time is AC brotherhood

[@TheDragon975]

​@@Planag7take your own advice. Its your fault for not doing any research on the stuff you buy. Anyone with a functioning mind should so the barest of minimums and look ubisofts track record.

[@Mushr88mBreW]

Ubisoft has absolutely been scummy for a long documented while. This OP is big facts.

[@desertfish74]

Ubisoft getting used to not owning our money.

[@aconceitedbeast731]

This is why always online, digital only, and most live services suck

[@uth0000]

Its cr1minal.There is no legal justification for these companies stealing something that the customer already paid for.

[@GrimAbstract]

The one that’s valid is live service. We need to get rid of those but highly doubt it due to how much money it makes if it’s successful.

[@newyorktechworld6492]

Exactly why I avoid them 💯

[@UbisoftLBGTQ]

​@@uth0000theft would mean you own it you paid for access to use items you can't get robbed of what was never yours to begin with.

[@IntrusiveThoughts838]

Literally don’t understand why people don’t look at what warframe has become and how it still remains good

[@Wayfaring_Stranger]

finally i understand what ubisoft's logo means, its a downward spiral!!! 🤯

[@kevinthecleric]

It's a top view of a turd, actually

[@Wayfaring_Stranger]

@@kevinthecleric i saw that meme back in my day when i still played r6s, we always complained how crappy their products are, but still played 😅

[@OkieDokieSmokie]

@@Wayfaring_StrangerSiege was a good game for a very long time though. Was the only game they had that didn’t fall into the typical ubisoft content loop

[@LilMixups]

Internally in Ubisoft support (before everyone was laid off), we all called it a top down view of a poop

[@sam-m4c1h]

it's also a reminder that they used to make good games back in the 2010 era

[@amoksapandega8668]

Just to letting people know the safety of Ubisoft Company is solely depend on the assasin creed shadow result, use this fact however you want

[@Blur4strike-2]

They're cooked, straight up, and Tencent might grab them when AC: Shadow doesn't meet expectations.

[@mattelwood980]

AC: Shadows bombing in Q1 is going to be absolutely hilarious now

[@raguguru829]

If Ubisoft told me the sky is blue, I'd look outside to check. That is how trustworthy they are.

[@vincent207]

Ubisoft lost my trust a long time ago. This is just further confirmation that their newer games aren’t worth it.

[@hairycoo]

Ubisoft begging for a class action lawsuit.

[@tiagocosmos]

Ubisoft making false promises and being scummy? Color me surprised!

[@crimson9179]

Why would anyone buy a game from Ubisoft (especially now)? Hell even they said gamers should get used to not owning their games and with this, they have done just that, ran away after going back on spoken promises.

[@T_Holmes]

For me they have IPs no other company has that I enjoy playing no matter how bad they are for the most part. If assassins creed or splinter cell got shifted to a new company entirely then I wouldn’t buy any of ubi’s games

[@RVFFICA]

Most people that play on console aren't informed on any game news at all they just hop on and play

[@HaplessOne]

Im so tired of seeing people complain about this and not understanding anything about the current state of the industry. You literally don't own games anymore. Ubisoft was simply the only company to be honest about it. Steam has been licensing games out to players for years without anyone knowing since it was in the fine print. Most digital storefronts only sell you a license to play the game. Even when you buy a physical copy you don't get the full game anymore, and that first update you do is you downloading the license to play the game along with the rest of the game. Just quit gaming at this point if you have an issue with it lol.

[@Psych_Ward]

​@@HaplessOneOr stop buying from the companies that do this

[@HaplessOne]

@@Psych_Ward they pretty much all do this, though. That's what I'm trying to say. Even indie devs can only mostly go digital and sell you a license through steam or other digital platforms because most indie devs don't have the funding to go physical. And like I said, even physical discs don't have the full game anymore, and you have to install the license and the rest of the game. Like 70, 80, maybe even 90% of the gaming industry licenses games to you now. There is no owning. It'll only get worse from here. You either get used to it or quit gaming. Either that or research an insane amount and severely limit what you can play. If you own anything digital, it's most likely licensed to you. If you own anything physical, you don't even have the full game, and again, it's most likely licensed to you.

[@thekarma220]

all this and people will still defend Ubisoft, weird world.

[@TheForbidden_1ne]

I need to know who’s still defending them. lol all I’ve ever seen recently is widespread disdain to the max

[@candycabngfl]

@@TheForbidden_1ne People like this reply from a few posts up. I gave up on Ubisoft years ago as I don't care for most of their IP's, but to each their own. @T_Holmes 21 minutes ago (edited) For me they have IPs no other company has that I enjoy playing no matter how bad they are for the most part. If assassins creed or splinter cell got shifted to a new company entirely then I wouldn’t buy any of ubi’s games

[@devonmoreau]

With live service games, perception does matter. If people think it's dying, they'll stop playing because it has no future, and the rumor can become the reality. They really have to say it isn't dying, even if there's evidence that it is. Not excusing Ubisoft for everything here though.

[@MusicSkeletonKeys]

Yup, and there needs to be consumer protection against that.

[@T_Holmes]

Agreed. I get why they said it wasn’t dying but I still think it’s scummy the window of the refund.

[@LornRoberts]

Sounds like a lawsuit.

[@jsdk01]

Never heard of X Defiant. Never got even a singular advertisement for it. Never seen any media for it, never even heard of it. I mean, they could have tried advertising it, but they seem intent on keeping it on the down low and expecting something that nobody has heard about to do well. Go figure If no one knows about your product, no one buys it

[@everythingpony]

You do know you need to allow ads to get ads for stuff right? If you have KZbin premium and or adblock guess what? You don't get ads unless you watch live television

[@GoldenBoy.17]

@@everythingpony I still find games through advertisement even if I have adblock. One issue of XDefiant was that it wasn't on Steam.

[@jsdk01]

@ nah, i got adds. Just not for this, or concord or anything else relevant. For games, its all been that fake mobile game garbage, Evony and something war, and that exorcist one that exclusively uses stolen content from other games. I swear theres a new evony add everyday, regardless of how many hundreds of them I repeatedly block. (Which get re-shown anyway)

[@VertietRyper]

I got ads for this but most the hubub was from the ex-CoD players, which surprise surprise, are a hardcore niche playercount unintentionally prone to scaring off casual players which is what such a game needs to survive. Then they abandoned the game because it wasn't fun for them anymore. That said, it's quite a waste for them to advertise to someone like me who will never buy a Ubisoft game, on principal.

[@KTKomedy2813]

Oh, boy. If "Assassin's Creed: Shadows" flops after this, then there's definitely no coming back for this company.

[@mikkunmikkichi3762]

it's hard to feel sorry for the birdbrains who spent money on a f2p, esp when the company has a horrible reputation.

[@cormoran2303]

Turns out the one thing 'Tom Clancy' about XDefiant is Ubisofts backstabbing of it's customers.

[@NoblessObligee]

Tom Clancy's name was Redacted from the game prior to its release. So now it's just XD. efiant

[@VertietRyper]

Tbf a game where Tom Clancy's Estate told them to pull the name branding was always in hot water lol

[@KionTheLion]

"Ubisoft, I used to think you were the scum of the earth. I have just DOWNGRADED my opinion!" - The gaming community.

[@ramz871]

We really live in a an era where we are getting Pump and Dump games. What a joke

[@Lenartowy]

As per their CEO i have learned to not own any Ubisoft game (deleted my account), now He has to learn to not own Ubisoft anymore. Good outstanding work.

[@khaychi]

Celebrating my 5 year anniversary of not buying any Ubisoft games this month. 🎉

[@mekacrab]

It's almost false advertising at this point. The guy representing the game, publicly announcing that it would stay up for a long time, and then it being pretty much either a lie or a misinformed take. It is very scummy, and it is misleading. Also this really shows the big problem with live service games like these. We already knew this could happen but seeing it happen for real is different.

[@ricthiamevans8980]

This is another reason why I don't play games like these. I don't see how they will release another live service after this one.

[@GrimAbstract]

I play them, never speed money on it tho.

[@MaxskiSynths]

This comes as such a huge surprise. I can't believe something like this would happen to such a beautifully managed company such as Ubisoft. This is unlike them. I am amazed.

[@Brigand231]

Wake up people, stop buying unfinished games. Stop buying virtual things unless you're ok with them potentially disappearing and not getting refunded. The people who buy these things are just as guilty for their existence as the people that make them. No market = no product.

[@fredericksmith9463]

How is it called “live-service” when they pretty much always die?

[@This-is-a-commentt]

Well living things all die eventually

[@fredericksmith9463]

@ While true, I was referring to the rapid pace they fail along with the short lifespan of a game intended for years

[@smotherytable39]

its almost like spamming trash games out as fast as they can doesnt make them money

[@NOKORUS_The_Eldritch_One]

And yet they spend millions to do so for pocket change in return

[@patchmoulton5438]

Its almost like there was this whole crash in the 80s that was caused by this very thing

[@Diree]

The solution is simple: don't buy this shit. I don't want to shame the buyers ... that'd be crappy, but still, when will people finally learn?!

[@Minx717]

It’s free.

[@patchmoulton5438]

@@Minx717 If something is free, you are the product.

[@Minx717]

@ like watching KZbin?

[@delayeedbms]

@@Minx717 exactly

[@Brigand231]

Yes, shame the buyers. If people didn't pay money for this garbage they wouldn't make it.

[@amharbinger]

Still lasted longer than Concord

[@confucheese]

THE COD KILLER!!!!! Who could have seen this coming?

[@GrimAbstract]

Didn’t even make a dent into cods revenue 😭

[@adad87821]

Should've been it's own thing honestly

[@arsmariastarlight3567]

If there's anything gaming history had taught me before, if a company made a game and labeled it as "The [insert popular game here] killer", it's almost guaranteed to be utter shit. Because that already implies the game is only made not out of passion, but to copy an already existing game that's currently trending. None of the game that's touted as "X-killer" ever actually killed the game they're supposed to kill

[@BigTylt]

But wait, I thought that it was going to obliterate Call of Duty and save the FPS genre because it didn't have SBMM! How could those streamers lie to me?

[@Roadburner4]

And this reinforces that I will never buy anything from Ubisoft even further.

[@M_reapr]

I buy Ubisoft games all the time .. for 3 dollars on cdkeys

[@MisterVercetti]

I reiterate: people still trust Ubisoft _why,_ exactly? I mean, there's naïve, there's delusional... and then there's _this._

[@genlando327plays2]

There's a difference between trusting a company and purchasing their products... personally I enjoy Ubisoft games... that said, I don't invest in live service games from any company... that's the difference between making a purchase based on preferences and trusting in a long-term investment

[@GabeSutton21]

Them shutting down is more of a ubisoft problem, didn't really have much to do with the actual game itself. Ubisoft's stocks have been steadily dropping because they were sued after a major data breach, and also after the major backlash of the new assassins creed game which they had to postpone as a result. xDefiant was actually getting an increase in player numbers pre season 3. They also had alot of their major issues ironed out for the new update. Its been leaked that Ubisoft is preparing to be bought out by another company. They basically are depending on AC to do well, or it's lights out for Ubisoft. They quite literally couldn't afford to keep xDefiant running because they simply are broke. Pretty sad for all the devs who worked hard on that project.

[@kevinthecleric]

Ubisoft can't even refund properly...

[@sinjin8576]

When im in a "screw over consumers" contest and my opponent is Ubisoft.

[@ShazzledWolf32]

I think activision still has them beat but Ubisoft isn’t far behind

[@VertietRyper]

EA and Ubisoft are neck and neck in this lol

[@bipee3937]

Why? Why does anyone still believe them? Once they told me that I should get used to not owning my games, I stopped doing business with them...

[@NostalgiaNet8]

I bought 1,000 coins in the shop in October, because I was waiting to see if content got better in a future season. I haven't spent any of it, and it's unfortunate I purchased it in October. Ubisoft should give anyone around that time a refund.

[@Mac_Omegaly]

Well hopefully you've learned your lesson. 😅 I'm sorry for your bad investment, but I highly recommend never putting money into a game (except the initial purchase) unless the content in question is all 3. 1. Worth the money, 2. Can't be taken away, 3. Isn't attached to an online server. Nothing to lose if you don't buy into the sunk cost fallacy.

[@DragonLover2489]

What a lot of these people don’t understand and why a lot of people actually bought stuff for Xdef. It’s the only FPS game with no SKILL BASES MATCHMAKING, EOMM or any manipulation based matchmaking. That’s why.every other FPS has those abs even tho those other FPS are popular a lot have spoken out against all manipulation matchmaking. Now Xdef is gone it looks like the norm

[@NostalgiaNet8]

Fortunately that was the only purchase I made for the game. ​@@Mac_Omegaly

[@LateShiftWolf]

Ubisoft is lying and being scummy In other news, the sky is blue

[@JphantomXIII]

If they told share holders that they weren't shutting down they would be sued they do it to players zero repercussions

[@TheForbidden_1ne]

Because they create legal documentation protected their asses from consumers through “terms and conditions” that the vast majority of us do not read

[@LordNecron]

@@TheForbidden_1ne And most of it would be thrown out in court in their very own home country and continent, too.

[@ICountFrom0]

Right now, a CEO saying, "we're keeping the servers up" is pretty much a sign to leave the game and put in for a refund?

[@wastelanddrifter7685]

This is legit one of the most blatant examples of robbery I've ever seen.

[@jonathanchang2992]

Man this is why I purchased a game and still play a game like left 4 dead as even a decade after the game is still popping and doesn't require some stupid maintainance. If only developers created games for enjoyment... It's becoming an extremely rare thing to see in this day and age

[@ExecutionStyleInc]

How do these studios not understand yet, that they've released so many flavors/titles for multiplayer experiences over the course of the past 20 years that the market already has plenty established offerings. Triple A Game studios just need to curate the games they already have on the market with more content and regulate majority of new releases to single player franchises/innovated titles. They keep fighting for what is realistically a limited-size player base that's already invested in time, effort and money in established IPs. You want a game to last, it has to be up for way longer then just one year. Otherwise most players are just not even going to waste there time.

[@AlmightyPooFlingerVI]

I think if you've spent $60+ you should automatically be given their next assassin creed game on launch. Plus a full refund. This game didn't even last a year. How long until they pull the plug on their nft game or skull and bones? If it hasn't happened already. Lol

[@Honorablesouls]

Deep V No Button flex is crazy

[@Xeroph619]

Ayo

[@rusticgiraffe4262]

A month ago if you asked me the Ubisoft situation could get worse, I’d say no. Yesterday if you asked me if the Ubisoft situation could get worse, I’d say no. If you asked me now? I’d say anything is possible. They can’t surprise me anymore.

[@dillonc7955]

If you supported not owning your games, you may as well support not owning your money either.

[@soraxd5093]

Xdefiant players deserve what they got, not seeing red flags since the very beginning is crazy.

[@MagikMehedi]

Ubisoft needs to get totally overhauled. The execs or CEO's don't know anything about the actual Video Game. They just see these as product to sell. Quadruple A, COD killer, these phrases comes from marketing department and nothing much. The people who made Ubisoft great back in the day, not a single person from those days is here anymore. Ubisoft RIP'd a long time ago.

[@mediumvillain]

a lot of the same executives are there lmao. they scapegoated a few middle managers during the company culture controversy (mostly deservedly) but most of the top execs stayed in place (undeservedly)

[@joshmonk-paulinothejmp7993]

What is the point of investing in Ubisoft games after all the BS they've pulled? Right now it doesn't seem like they'll still be around in the future since they're pretty much either gonna go bankrupt or private, depending on how this will end

[@caczech]

A certain Frenchman once said to not interrupt the enemy when he's making a mistake. In other words, keep up the "good work" Ubisoft.

[@TheWosniakGambit]

I wouldn't say this industry is circling the drain, but it certainly is floating in the bowl. I wonder if AAA will find its footing, ditch the gimmicks and trends and weirdness, and just go back to making solid, fun products. Feels like greed is just too ingrained at this point for any kind of positive momentum

[@FreakyFriday4Phaggs]

Call me pessimistic, but Too much money has been Spent NOT Making them *Fun.* It's the Sunk Cocks Phallicy, Top to Bttm.

[@TheWosniakGambit]

@FreakyFriday4Phaggs 😄 nice

[@jns08d]

I think AAA games are DEAD, most people are looking to indie studios these days for quality projects

[@wdf70]

It would have them be admitting that they screwed up. Cost them hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars in canceled projects and then another 3-4 years to make anything of substance because these companies can no longer just make a video game. It has to be a graphically beautiful, market safe, call of duty demographic style game because that's all their investors want to see selling. They're all a bunch of old turtles who don't care about making good games, but selling copies and digital tat to keep the green rolling. Let them go bankrupt and let these investors get the hell out of this business and then we might get solid, fun products again.

[@ihavepissinmybrain]

It’s because Ubisoft is done making games. They shifted their business to gambling instead. That’s why they keep making this live service crap. It’s gambling. They throw away all this money hoping they win the jackpot with their own CoD or Fortnite. They won’t.

[@Chris-B.]

I have zero sympathy for anyone who has lost money through this.

[@nicholashi3334]

6:05 your money was wasted the second you spent money on a u b soft game post twenty sixteen

[@jex-the-notebook-guy1002]

I mean the time i had in siege during year 5 wasn't so bad and i like extraction. Extraction will live while this game shuts down. I find this hillarious.

[@zaelheimricht4978]

EA: "Looks like we got competition."

[@darnell16player]

The ball rolling downhill for Ubisoft is a different level of insane of how they dropped rep wise as it looks like a accident that you can’t stop but watch after you don’t buy their products

[@williamedwards4151]

Ubisoft: The game is not dying. Narrator: The game was, in fact, dying.

[@TheForbidden_1ne]

Ngl, buying or making purchases for/ in any ubislop game should be a known risk at this point. I am not surprised by this info one bit

[@spritemon98]

The first time I'm hearing about a game. Its because it got shutdown

Dig deeper, dig deeper, Ubisoft...

[@zukazealanee]

The guy in charge of a Ubisoft "AAAA" live service is a liar and a scumbag? Imagine my shock.

[@leonidas14775]

Its both ubisoft and the customers' fault. Players keep paying for this stuff, knowing that online only games can be taken away

[@NitwitsWorld]

This is why Stop Killing Games exist Ubisoft 😂

[@K_FI_L_Y_P_S_O]

So with how shitty Ubisoft handled this shutdown, we're not buying AC: Shadows, right? Don't support these anti-consumer practices. Ubisoft needs a nice financial kick in the nuts for anything to really change.

[@SeanEP666]

thank you so much for covering this

[@markhughes8759]

Well, I'll never be buying another game from Ubisoft.

[@AwesomeGuy772]

“IF IT DIES, IT DIES”

[@Did_No_Wrong]

So they not only lied about the game not shutting down, they also lied about the full refunds. Classic Ubisoft

[@micheljolicoeur6094]

I did comment on your previous X Defiant video that the refunds were ONLY because of Steam's new policy... Color me surprised at Ubisoft scumminess.

[@thsudy]

Meanwhile im here still playing Modern warfare 2 (2009)

[@TheMojo354]

Last time I gave Ubislop any monies was The Division. Ubisoft are a turd thats trying to polish itself

[@ruvanefriebus-cv6td]

Ubisoft should be taken to court in a class action lawsuit and they should get comfortable with not having jobs

[@ruperterskin2117]

Appreciate ya. Thanks for sharing.

[@ricardoarizpe3475]

Everyone should ask for their money back, gaming companies feel safe making promises, taking your money and then riding into the sunset without delivering. Ubisoft should be comfortable not owning and keeping our money

[@tomatomaki]

Thank you Chong Yue for the awesome news

[@halostryke]

is it messed up? yes am i surprised? no

[@MaverickV4134]

Imagine how much money in digital sales players are owed for games they’re no longer interested in, wish to be refunded for or were mislead into thinking it would be something else

[@sagemaster413]

And somehow skull of bones is still running

[@PoidaHoppy1988]

They probably have the keep the Skull and Bones servers going for now otherwise they would get sued 🤔

[@s9113653186]

Still, till date There are still bootlickers, diehard fans saying that "Oh, the Assassin's Creed Shadow is gonna redeem themselves, it's gonna be gold" It's the attitude like this, which indefinitely feeds Ubisoft's ego. Ruining & poisoning the whole gaming industry. So many good IPs... wasted. Shadow is gonna be the last nail on the coffin.

[@angelofdeath5184]

Like how they killed The Division Hartland in order to make room for assassin creed and xdefient (which was basically a reskined Division game)

[@patchmoulton5438]

And thats not even counting the IPs they just sit on. I would love another Splinter Cell game. Just not made by these guys tho

[@BIGJUNK1MILLION]

I would put money on Ubisoft knowing they were going to shut the game down when they released the statement about not doing so. They knew they had a dud on their hands and wanted to skim a bit more money off the top before taking it behind the shed. I can’t wait for the day we finally get to watch this company collapse.

[@flashtheshapeshafter]

I remember a claim a couple years claiming Ubisoft was this close of filing for bankruptcy if their next couple of games didn't hit, if that's true things like this make it really hard to feel bad for them

[@blumoon131]

I smell lawsuits....

[@frenchfry9370]

Lawsuits are expensive, a lot more than whatever a person spent/lost with this situation so I doubt it. Unless people band together for a joint suit or some particularly persistent people go for it

[@corticibus2534]

their own launcher doesn't make them money, they have to use steam to even attempt profit with their slop, so approached steam with xdefiant. Steam just announced new rules about DLC and ''roadmaps''. I think steam questioned them about it and they gave steam a big fat ''um idk, yeh...we haven't figured it out yet''. whoosh steam cuts them off.

[@PokeGuy6]

The last time I played XDefiant was about late spring/early summer and I did spend money on the BP and VC before I basically quit the game. So the fact I can't get a refund since then too, is BS.

[@iwatchyouburn]

Live service requires time and dedication from players. Right now market is saturated of live service games. Players dont have time to dedicate to all of them. Plus they are all more or less of the same so players are just getting bored of playing the same games over and over again. With recent game failure of poorly made live service game, players will start to lose trust of that genre of game and will now be more careful. Hopefully this will bring back more quality single player game instead if they game Company sees they are not profitable anymore

[@MusicSkeletonKeys]

Way to screw the people that actually gave the product a chance. Customers should have legal guarantee on games like this, especially if the company is marching around saying everything is fine. Ubisoft lied.

[@RodentContainmentBreach]

Zero sympathies We made fun of the game at the start for a reason Buying dumb games deserves the loss of your money

[@MegaLordGaben]

I think it might be important to note that Mark Rubin might not have been told what was happening from higher up, as he may have been genuine in saying that the game was doing fine and it might very well have been at the time he posted and said what he said. There’s a massive disconnect between the developer and publisher. Ubisoft being the god awful company they are might have just made the decision and forced the team to say it was shutting down because of low player counts. Which might be correct, but it also seems the dev team barely had any notice of that decision until it happened. Fuck Ubisoft. I didnt play much of XDefiant but I could appreciate the effort and love that went into the game. This is just a messed up situation.

[@Bueno_Y]

I have seen ZERO marketing for this game. I remember playing the open beta, but I didn't know it was released

[@coraline2770]

This is why i mostly buy indie games nowadays

[@TakiGamesOfficial]

Dude why are people even still buying ubisoft junk

[@ShadowRaven779]

Ah Reason number 3278 on why to never get invested in live services

[@jakethornton4856]

yeah when i saw the statement on refunds i thought it was bogus. if a game only goes on for a year, every dime spent on the game by anyone shud be refunded