It's like the stick in the front wheel meme. Ubisoft is crashing and burning, wtf decision is this?

Their announcement rubs me the wrong way. It reads as though Linux is the problem. They’re doing Linux “to ensure a safer environment” and to “reinforce a fair competitive environment”

Implying Linux is unsafe, unfair, and anticompetitive (i.e. promotes cheating).

They should just make a separate server and ranking for linux players.

So then they should be forced to pull the game from Steam. Don't sell your shit to a platform promoting Linux if you're going to exclude it's player base (any of itplayer base).

That and they should be forced to give refunds (not Valve, Ubisoft).

Incoming refunds

Reauest a refund. Steam will usually grant them for reasons like this.

I promise you that's not a thing. Microsoft stopped caring about windows. Until very recently it was mostly abandoned and used as a test bed. Focus is always on azure.

Ubisoft appears to have been slowly pulling out of the gaming industry, making the play that people want to play their stuff enough to buy a dedicated computer to play it.

If the game can't run outside of Windows, even an emulated Windows environment, it may as well not exist. Which sucks because I remember some people telling me this one was good like a decade ago or so...

Even if it's past the "no questions asked" refund policy of 2 hours or 14 days, nothing stops people from requesting one. Valve's support is generally pretty good, so they might even grant it for cases like this.

If you have already played the game beyond the refund window then it is considered that you already got the value from the game. I can see why they don’t do this.

THAT BEING SAID: you should remember that Ubisoft did this and be sure never to give them any of your money again. Ubisoft is run by fascist bullies who do not respect you and do not honor their commitments. Why the fuck should anyone ever do business with them again? Their games aren’t THAT good.

And this should be a lesson to ANY company that does this, not just gaming.

Society is currently capitalist, for better or worse. Your wallet is the only vote you have.

I have been doing so for some time, my last ubisoft game was Farcry-6 which is a step down compared to the previous.

modern

2017

Wait is titan quest 2 now borked?

Unless the developers voluntarily give out refunds (see Rust), don't expect Valve to step in unless a given individual meets the general refund policy requirements.

There have historically been numerous cases of developers selectively dropping support for certain platforms (officially and now much more unofficially by just blocking Proton rather having a native release to begin with). Some developers willingly gave refunds to users that played the once-supported games on said platforms. Other times, they have not; and I do not know of a single case in which Valve stepped in when developers/publishers refused/ignored.

If there is some consumer-protection law in your jurisdiction that would apply to licensed access to media, then you may have recourse that way. Otherwise, anyone seeking a refund is unlikely to get one.

Please just block Ubisoft, EA, Activision, Bethesda from showing up on the store (there is a setting in steam).

These ghouls do not give a fuck about our hobby. Yes you will need to skip games, yes that will at times be harder than others, but it must be done. Support indie devs; they've been making better games for about a decade anyway.