Ubisoft’s Legal Team Asserts Players Never Owned The Crew

French publishing giant Ubisoft is facing a lawsuit over the closure of their game, The Crew, and their legal team argues that buying a game doesn’t grant ownership to the player. This response emerged from a class action lawsuit filed in California, where gamers are expressing their frustrations about Ubisoft’s decision to shut down The Crew’s servers in 2024, a decade after its initial release. Since the game necessitated an online connection, it has become completely unusable.

Ubisoft’s lawyers filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, which alleges several violations, including California’s False Advertising Law and Consumer Legal Remedies Act. The legal team described the plaintiff’s approach as throwing every possible legal argument into the mix, hoping one would stick.

Not backing down, the plaintiffs revised their complaint, highlighting an issue with unspent in-game currency when The Crew went offline. They argue this might violate a state law that states gift cards must never expire. The crux of this argument depends on whether in-game currency can be classified similarly to gift cards under this law.