Ubisoft puts clause waiving right to sue them into AC: Unity free game offer - Polidicks

[url]http://www.pcgamer.com//assassins-creed-unity-freebie-forbids-future-lawsuits-against-ubisoft/[/url] [quote]"You hereby irrevocably and unconditionally RELEASE, WAIVE, AND FOREVER DISCHARGE AND COVENANT NOT TO SUE Ubisoft Entertainment S.A., and each of its past, present and future divisions, parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, predecessors, successors and assigns, together with all of their respective past, present and future employees, officers, shareholders, directors and agents, and those who give recommendations, directions, or instructions or engage in risk evaluation or loss control activities regarding the Campaign (all for the purposes herein referred to as “Released Parties”) FROM ANY AND ALL LIABILITY TO YOU, your assigns, heirs, and next of kin FOR ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDS, CHARGES, LAWSUITS, DEBTS, DEFENSES, ACTIONS OR CAUSES OF ACTION, OBLIGATIONS, DAMAGES, LOSS OF SERVICE, COMPENSATION, PAIN AND SUFFERING, ATTORNEYS’ FEES, AND COST AND EXPENSES OF SUIT, KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, SUSPECTED OR UNSUSPECTED, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE PURCHASE, ACQUISITION, RENTAL, POSSESSION AND/OR USAGE, AND/OR THE INTENT TO PURCHASE, ACQUIRE, RENT, POSSESS AND/OR USE, THE ASSASSIN’S CREED UNITY VIDEO GAME AND/OR THE ASSASSIN’S CREED UNITY SEASON PASS ON ANY AND ALL PLATFORMS, AND/OR RELATED TO THE CAMPAIGN, WHETHER CAUSED BY THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE RELEASED PARTIES OR OTHERWISE."[/quote] I'm unsure if this even counts as news.

Not exactly surprising, hilarious nonetheless, tho.

This only counts towards the usage of Assassin's Creed Unity. So it's not a free pass.

Doesnt shit like this hardly hold up in court? "im gonna be a huge piece of shit but NO sueing because I said so :)"

The fact they had to do this just explains to me that Ubisoft has fucked up and they know it. They just keeps on digging and shooting themselves in the foot at the same time.

how is this legal exactly? i know it's been done before but why are corporations allowed to get away with it?

Jesus I thought they were just trying to be nice and try to salvage their reputation a bit by giving compensation for all the troubles. Here it was just a decoy to trick people and save their own asses from their legal obligations as a company.

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;46779706]Jesus I thought they were just trying to be nice and try to salvage their reputation a bit by giving compensation for all the troubles. Here it was just a decoy to trick people and save their own asses from their legal obligations as a company.[/QUOTE] Well, it's probably to stop people claiming the free game and then turning round and sueing them.

Yeah, not really news, people did get angry when they found that out at /r/assassinscreed but still, thanks for posting here.

[QUOTE=Showgun;46779647]how is this legal exactly? i know it's been done before but why are corporations allowed to get away with it?[/QUOTE] It isn't.

someone give me some background?

that's ok, you couldn't pay me enough money to play that piece of shit

[QUOTE=Nebukadnezzer;46779975]someone give me some background?[/QUOTE] [t]http://i.imgur.com/GbNIcf0.jpg[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/LY4p0CT.jpg[/t][t]http://i.imgur.com/AxZSazL.jpg[/t] 1080p good enough?

I like how Watch Dogs was a broken shitfest, and somehow people looked past that and bought the next broken shitfest. You don't get to complain when you guys buy Assassin's Creed : Victory and it's broken.

[QUOTE=Grimhound;46780087][t]http://i.imgur.com/GbNIcf0.jpg[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/LY4p0CT.jpg[/t][t]http://i.imgur.com/AxZSazL.jpg[/t] 1080p good enough?[/QUOTE] Jeeze, these look like one of those PSA images: "Pot, not even once."

[QUOTE=Dick Slamfist;46780150]I like how Watch Dogs was a broken shitfest, and somehow people looked past that and bought the next broken shitfest. You don't get to complain when you guys buy Assassin's Creed : Victory and it's broken.[/QUOTE] And as people were struggling with AC: Unity, Ubisoft was like "Don't worry. Next year's Assassin's Creed will be much better!"

My god ubisoft what are you doing, I used to love your games but you have just shat over everything these past few years.

Wait what is the big deal about this? Of course they are giving the free game as a compensation and would not want future lawsuits. I'm guessing you could sue them if you did not accept the free game, but then they would have an argument saying that they tried to make right by offering you a game of similar value or something and that you refused.

Completely illegal and unenforcable. All this does is worsens their public image.

[QUOTE=Fetret;46780175]Wait what is the big deal about this? Of course they are giving the free game as a compensation and would not want future lawsuits. I'm guessing you could sue them if you did not accept the free game, but then they would have an argument saying that they tried to make right by offering you a game of similar value or something and that you refused.[/QUOTE] sad thing is though with how bugged their games are, is it really enough?

[QUOTE=J!NX;46780187]sad thing is though with how bugged their games are, is it really enough?[/QUOTE] Now that is a different question entirely. And I completely agree, one free game offer does not make up for a buggy game that was highly anticipated and I'm guessing that is what you would have to argue if you were to refuse the free game and decide to sue Ubisoft. But that is not the problem here, I still don't understand what people are getting up in arms about in this context. What the hell were they supposed to do, give people a free game as a way of apologising and then spend millions defending against lawsuits from the same people? Or should they have trusted the goodwill of the gaming community to not sue them for whatever reason after they accepted the free game?

[QUOTE=Fetret;46780248]Now that is a different question entirely. And I completely agree, one free game offer does not make up for a buggy game that was highly anticipated and I'm guessing that is what you would have to argue if you were to refuse the free game and decide to sue Ubisoft. But that is not the problem here, I still don't understand what people are getting up in arms about in this context. What the hell were they supposed to do, give people a free game as a way of apologising and then spend millions defending against lawsuits from the same people? Or should they have trusted the goodwill of the gaming community to not sue them for whatever reason after they accepted the free game?[/QUOTE] imagine buying a game that doesn't work on your high end PC, and gifted another game which is great but then the game doesn't run, again of course that's totally grasping for straws and exceedingly specific but still. Free game is almost OK compensation but, it'd just be better if they bug tested. they should instead just give a refund for their mistake.s

[QUOTE=Fetret;46780248]Now that is a different question entirely. And I completely agree, one free game offer does not make up for a buggy game that was highly anticipated and I'm guessing that is what you would have to argue if you were to refuse the free game and decide to sue Ubisoft. But that is not the problem here, I still don't understand what people are getting up in arms about in this context. What the hell were they supposed to do, give people a free game as a way of apologising and then spend millions defending against lawsuits from the same people? Or should they have trusted the goodwill of the gaming community to not sue them for whatever reason after they accepted the free game?[/QUOTE] Refund people who bought the Season Pass. Fix Unity. Apologize sincerely. So far they've patched Unity and made it worse.

before y'all jump at ubisoft like they're the only people who do this, please read the steam tos you all agreed to. "YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU AND VALVE ARE GIVING UP THE RIGHT TO SUE IN COURT AND TO HAVE A TRIAL BEFORE A JUDGE OR JURY." [editline]23rd December 2014[/editline] this is pretty common practice. it won't hold up in court, obv.

what is the benefit of doing this? obviously no tos can make you immune to legal action, so there must be a better reason as to why companies do this

[QUOTE=J!NX;46780258]imagine buying a game that doesn't work on your high end PC, and gifted another game which is great but then the game doesn't run, again of course that's totally grasping for straws and exceedingly specific but still. Free game is almost OK compensation but, it'd just be better if they bug tested. they should instead just give a refund for their mistake.s[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Grimhound;46780265]Refund people who bought the Season Pass. Fix Unity. Apologize sincerely. So far they've patched Unity and made it worse.[/QUOTE] Again I completely agree on your points that one free game is not enough to make up for a shoddy product. They handled the situation wrong and messed it up even worse. But my point still stands, the clause itself is not the problem and it is not something worth mentioning unless your sole intention is to cause drama and more bad blood. It is probably a boilerplate agreement and apart from the whole issue with whether a ToS would hold up in court or not, it makes complete sense. The company is providing the free game as an apology. Now whether that apology is enough to make it up for the shoddy product is up to the individual, but I completely agree on the point that if someone accepts the apology Ubisoft should have some protection against lawsuits. If you don't accept the apology then you of course have every right to seek out your rights. Also I would say that if the free game is buggy and/or not working I am sure the courts would find in your favour.

[t]http://i.imgur.com/GbNIcf0.jpg[/t] [QUOTE] PAIN AND SUFFERING [/QUOTE]

As far as I know, you can't sign your rights away. Period. certainly not with a User Agreement that you're shown AFTER you bought the product, that then says you can't use what you just bought unless you agree to it

[QUOTE=Ubisoft]Stop buying our shit. We're tired of making games.[/QUOTE] At least that's what I'm hearing.

Ubisoft has no idea how to do good publicity, do they?