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Gamers enraged at Ubisoft for injecting ads into the middle of video games (www.techspot.com)
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[–] space@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Guess who doesn't have to login to a Rockstar account? That's right, pirates.

[–] Stuka@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Pirating games isn't nearly as attractive as other media. Big studio Games are usually released in a broken state and pirate sources rarely keep titles updated.

[–] yamanii@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Mostly a paradox issue, and they already admitted it's intentional:

"What we want to do is provide people who bought the game legally a better service. With frequent updates; good and convenient services; that's how we fight piracy," he said. "I hope it works. I keep my fingers crossed."

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago

This happens mostly with less popular games. Stuff like GTA, Call of Duty, RDR, Starfield, etc, stays up to date in pirate sites.