Also, Ubisoft's stocks are plummeting, and the CEO is blaming gamers for the failure of their new Star Wars game, instead of blaming the shit quality of said game. I sincerely hope their company burns. It's about time people got fed up with their bullshit.
If I can be really real with you for a second, Jack?
Ubisoft's financial woes (and I think an investigation from stockholders is coming) are going to do a lot more to stop companies from killing long-standing games than the petitions are.
I've said it at least one place, and I'm going to keep saying it until literally everyone gets it - these big companies only care about money. In a luxury industry like video games (yeah, no matter how much we rely on this kind of entertainment it's a luxury industry), the biggest resource for obtaining that money isn't actually quality product - it's goodwill and reputation. Raising a stink on a cancelled game is a direct attack on that reputation, as is raising one's voice on poor-quality content or calling out their working conditions (a lot of these companies don't understand the proper uses of crunch - talk about the human cost or the fact that it's ruining the quality of their games, it's a reputation hit for these people either way).
And when your reputation is at stake, you can do one of two things: you can actually listen to your customer, or you can run defense with propaganda. For way too long, big-name companies have just chosen to run defense, as if their 'customer' is someone other than the one that buys their content.
Ubisoft's wasted so many resources trying to run defense that the money people have had enough of the bullshit. We vote with our wallets like this and collapse a couple of big players in the industry, and the rest will get back in line.
To quote a beloved but buggy game that I still like but may never play again: "We're living in the age of cell phone cameras - fuckups ain't tolerated."
(If you're not familiar with what game, here's a hint - they're talking about Masquerade breaches. Kinda like what Ubisoft's done in their constant defense-running.)
