LeeMullinsII

There is a petition with just shy of 2500 votes on change.org already for bringing offline mode. https://www.change.org/p/the-crew-1-shutdown-bring-offline-mode-ubisoft

Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices has some points that I feel like apply here Unfair Acts or Practices An act or practice is unfair where it • Causes or is likely to cause substantial injury to consumers, • Cannot be reasonably avoided by consumers, and • Is not outweighed by countervailing benefits to consumers or to competition. Public policy, as established by statute, regulation, or judicial decisions, may be considered with all other evidence in determining whether an act or practice is unfair. Deceptive Acts or Practices An act or practice is deceptive where • A representation, omission, or practice misleads or is likely to mislead the consumer; • A consumer’s interpretation of the representation, omission, or practice is considered reasonable under the circumstances; and • The misleading representation, omission, or practice is material. The act or practice must cause or be likely to cause substantial injury to consumers—To be unfair, an act or practice must cause or be likely to cause substantial injury to consumers.Substantial injury usually involves monetary harm. An act or practice that causes a small amount of harm to a large number of people may be deemed to cause substantial injury There must be a representation, omission, or practice that misleads or is likely to mislead the consumer—An act or practice may be found to be deceptive if there is a representation, omission, or practice that misleads or is likely to mislead the consumer (This one I find interesting as related to a DLC code that expires in 2099 because that is deception in print as one could argue a reasonable consumer would believe that to mean you have access to the DLC content which costs extra through at least the date the code is valid for redemption. Yes it does say terms are subject to change, but the date being in print is misleading to the reasonable average consumer simply by definition of the word expiration. Not including one could be argued as omission, which the game itself never had an expiration date, so deception by misleading for DLC and by omission for the game itself.)

Well a pcgamesn.com story about this led me here, so I am now a new member of your community as someone who has purchased this game 4 times, with 3 of them being the ultimate edition, and was an alpha and beta tester of the crew 2 and cant stand that game, it pisses me off how much offline content could still be preserved. Just a thought here, but would it help to go after it as a software instead of a game?