How is Ubisoft's EULA clause contradicting the 'Stop Killing Games' campaign?

The whole gaming world right now is divided into two parts following the feud regarding the ‘Stop Killing Games’ campaign. This is actually a consumer driven movement against the developers who delist their games out of nowhere.This actually affects a whole bunch of playerbase, who actually bought the game with real-money, but won’t ever be able to play it as the game’s server was actually made offline, with stopping all services. However, no one would have thought one of the biggest gaming companies would be against this movement.

Ubisoft’s EULA clause is why the ‘Stop Killing Games’ campaign exists

Amidst the clash between the ‘Stop Killing Games’ campaign and Pirate Software, fans have now found out Ubisoft is actually against the former. It has been discovered in Ubisoft’s licence agreement that there is a claw which orders the owners to destroy the game if the developer chooses to end the service of that particular game.This clause in Ubisoft’s end user license agreement (EULA) clearly states players are obliged to immediately uninstall the game and delete all the copies of the product which is in their possession if the specific game is being delisted. And this exact clause has stirred a huge controversy amidst the heat of the ‘Stop Killing Games’ campaign. This clause is exactly what the campaign is fighting against.SKG is fighting for the online preservation of the multiplayers games which suddenly stops its services, even after people purchase these games.

The Ubisoft EULA is absolutely opposite to this, making people mandatory to dispose of all the possessions which they actually bought. Now the irony here is that Accursed Farms aka Ross Scott started this campaign after Ubisoft suddenly delisted The Crew in 2024. So, Ubisoft was the real reason behind this petition and now might be becoming the biggest reason people sign this petition, more and more. However, it’s disappointing to note that such clauses aren’t restricted to EULAs of Ubisoft only. It has been found out that EULAs of several games like Oblivion Remastered, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Metaphor: ReFantazio, and many more contain that same clause, which prompts their users to destroy the ownerships of the games, if they ever get delisted by the developers.Read More: Pirate Software claims being made “the villain” boosted petition’s momentum as Stop Killing Games hits 1