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Ubisoft Shuts Down Assassin's Creed: Rebellion Developer Halifax Studio Just Weeks After It Unionized (www.ign.com)

submitted 10 months ago by cm0002@literature.cafe to c/gaming@lemmy.zip

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[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 25 points 10 months ago (1 child)

Obligatory: Fuck Ubisoft.

I will stop saving my pennies for Prince of Persia or Assassin's Creed.

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[–] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 5 points 10 months ago

You still have pennies?

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[–] Modest_Toxic@feddit.uk 22 points 10 months ago (1 child)

Why do gaming companies keep getting away with this shit? Is there something I'm missing? Are they using legal loopholes?

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[–] 6nk06@sh.itjust.works 10 points 10 months ago

In France they employ a lot of young people who believe they'll have fun and will make a difference. Obviously most old developers I know avoid Ubisoft.

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[–] Berttheduck@lemmy.ml 58 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I mean this feels like it should be illegal. Another reason to not buy Ubisoft games I guess.

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[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 30 points 10 months ago (1 child)

I believe it is already illegal, but the ultra rich don't expect enforcement, so they don't care.

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[–] thejml@sh.itjust.works 14 points 10 months ago

It'll be a fine, which will be massaged away into a "cost of business expense".

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[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago

it is but it's a proven successful strategy most of the time anyways since it's cheaper to pay to fines than the lawsuit and 95% of the time the union doesn't have to funds to pay for capable legal representation to force the issue so that they result in those fines in the first place.

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[–] heyWhatsay@slrpnk.net 35 points 10 months ago (1 child)

Guess I'll just keep boycotting them

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[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 17 points 10 months ago

Yeah. It pisses me off that I've already been boycotting them for years. I want to boycott them harder, but it doesn't work like that.