Ubisoft Bringing Far Cry 6 to Steam Next Month, Breaks Timed Exclusive Status for More Games

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Ubisoft is slowly migrating availability of its flagship games over to the Steam store, and gaming fans will be happy to find out about this move. A lot of the French video game publisher's popular titles (on PC) have been locked to their own Connect service and the Epic Games Store. Far Cry-series fans on the PC platform having been shouting and complaining about one particular entry being tied to the pair of e-shops since launching back in October 2021. That timed deal between Ubisoft and Epic Games is soon to expire, and Far Cry 6 will become available via Steam on May 11.

Ubisoft implemented a reversal of releasing games on Steam back in 2019, a decision that attracted almost instant negative feedback from PC Gamers. The Division 2 was announced as being the 2019 headliner for release on Ubisoft Connect and Epic Games Store, and (at the time) other upcoming titles would follow the same path. Murmurs of a possible return to Steam emerged in late 2022, and shortly thereafter Ubisoft proceeded to rollout big franchise titles on that platform, including Assassin's Creed Valhalla and Immortals Fenyx Rising. The latest batch to get the Steam store release day treatment are (the aforementioned) Far Cry 6 on May 11th, Riders Republic on June 8th, Rainbow Six Extraction on June 15th, and finally Monopoly Madness on June 22nd.



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[Bomby569]

All is good with the world again, world hunger is no longer a thing, drama is over.

This won't last long, when they make any new release timed exclusive to EGS

 

[64K]

Ubisoft is a flaky Publisher. They could revert back to a limited EGS exclusive on their very next release.

 

[ZoneDymo]

ok great but ermm who actually cares about these games at this point? and knowing they wont ever really drop below like 15 dollars I wont ever get them, which is fine.

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

Shows how little faith they have in their own launcher

 

[Shihab]

Meh. It would most likely still require a Ubi Connect account like they do existing ones on Steam. Main reason I'm not looking to grab any Far Cry after 3.
EA did the same u-turn a few years ago, and they also require Origin EA app account and launcher.
If you've already concluded that people aren't buying stuff on your platform, why keep making everyone's life worse, ffs?

 

[ixi]

All is good with the world again, world hunger is no longer a thing, drama is over.

This won't last long, when they make any new release timed exclusive to EGS

Yeah... download game on steam. To launch it - please install ubisoft application and sign-in

 

[Vayra86]

Oh THANKS Ubisoft, now I get to experience another pile of double DRM.

Where can I sign up? Steam? EGS? Or would you prefer I use your own Uplay.

Who cares?

I have honestly yet to meet a single gamer happy about Ubisoft content through Steam, the vast majority has been a complete and utter load of horse manure. And it starts smelling before you enter the game. Uplay itself being one of the primary causes. -Yes its still not great.

 

[Selaya]

ubershit, nomen est omen
.

 

[64K]

Ubisoft never ceases to amaze me.

2012 Ubisoft CEO "95% of PC gamers are pirates"

2013 Ubisoft CEO "We want to work more closely with PC gamers to give them what they want"

 

[Bomby569]

Yeah... download game on steam. To launch it - please install ubisoft application and sign-in

I honestly don't see the issue with the launcher, but what do i know anyway. If it was avoidable better, is it something that makes me any discomfort or problem? zero.

 

[64K]

I honestly don't see the issue with the launcher, but what do i know anyway. If it was avoidable better, is it something that makes me any discomfort or problem? zero.

My gripe is that I use a different password on each launcher so it's just one more password to have to keep up with. If you buy the game on Steam then why do you need to go through the Ubisoft launcher to begin with?

 

[Bomby569]

My gripe is that I use a different password on each launcher so it's just one more password to have to keep up with. If you buy the game on Steam then why do you need to go through the Ubisoft launcher to begin with?

jesus man. Is it ideal no? is one more password such a problem? you should see my list of passwords, for serious services and random crap. It's never ending. One more is like complaining about a grain of sand at the beach.
And you can just bypass steam and just open the steam bought game on the ubi thing, i think, not 100% sure because it was some time ago i had this issue, but i already did this several times with ubi i think, almost sure but not sure. Try it. Once you have the game on the UBi thing it is a Ubi thing game for all purpose no matter where you bought it. So just one password.

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

you should see my list of passwords, for serious services and random crap. It's never ending.

I dont see a problem

 

[Vayra86]

jesus man. Is it ideal no? is one more password such a problem? you should see my list of passwords, for serious services and random crap. It's never ending. One more is like complaining about a grain of sand at the beach.
And you can just bypass steam and just open the steam bought game on the ubi thing, i think, not 100% sure because it was some time ago i had this issue, but i already did this several times with ubi i think, almost sure but not sure. Try it. Once you have the game on the UBi thing it is a Ubi thing game for all purpose no matter where you bought it. So just one password.

The one caveat is that Ubisoft loves to throw a 2FA into your face, and honestly I can just let Steam auto login every time. Uplay will delete your shit every update. Up to and including password resets, this has happened at least once. And then you enter the wild world of their launcher where you can't find half of what you want to find and the UI is ridiculous. They DO however manage to plaster it full of banners and crap about promotions.

Origin is similar, and worse. Though their EA App while mostly a reskin does seem to take a lot of troubles away.
And let's not begin about EGS, which has all of the above, but adds a 30? 20? FPS framerate and the most abysmal download management ever.

Certainly not ideal to tread outside of Steam in terms of launchers

 

[RogueSix]

Ubisoft is a flaky Publisher. They could revert back to a limited EGS exclusive on their very next release.

There are no EGS exclusives as far as UbiSoft is concerned because their games are also always published on their own UbiSoft Connect store. Just because a game is not on Steam, does not mean it is automatically an exclusive (well, maybe to Steam elitists it is but in reality there is no such thing as an EGS exclusive with regard to UbiSoft games).

The one caveat is that Ubisoft loves to throw a 2FA into your face, and honestly I can just let Steam auto login every time. Uplay will delete your shit every update. Up to and including password resets, this has happened at least once. And then you enter the wild world of their launcher where you can't find half of what you want to find and the UI is ridiculous. They DO however manage to plaster it full of banners and crap about promotions.

This is factually untrue. My UbiSoft Connect client updates all the time without requiring to log back in. I have been using Ubi's client (formerly uPlay) extensively for many years since it has been introduced. It is very rare that I have to log in again. This happens maybe once a quarter or once in six months... something like that.

Their store could definitely do with some improvements but the launcher login issues are way, way exaggerated. I have a suspicion that it might be people using tools like CC Cleaner who are affected by such problems. I would recommend to check the settings of a tool like that and to create an exception for UbiSoft Connect.

 

[Vayra86]

This is factually untrue. My UbiSoft Connect client updates all the time without requiring to log back in. I have been using Ubi's client (formerly uPlay) extensively for many years since it has been introduced. It is very rare that I have to log in again. This happens maybe once a quarter or once in six months... something like that.

Their store could definitely do with some improvements but the launcher login issues are way, way exaggerated. I have a suspicion that it might be people using tools like CC Cleaner who are affected by such problems. I would recommend to check the settings of a tool like that and to create an exception for UbiSoft Connect.

Nope, not CCleaning a thing over here, system's been going like it is for I reckon 6+ years now.

I don't know what to say, maybe I'm missing some setting within Uplay then. It still happened. The thing that might be different is that I don't login to Uplay all the time, but only rarely and I don't start it with Windows. Then when I do fire it up I get hit with an update and its a clean start.

 

[Bomby569]

I use ubi a lot, i played anno a lot, like way to much, it doesn't log you off every time, but it does like once every month or something like that. It definetely doesn't let you stay logged forever even if you don't change or clean nothing.
I never noticed steam doing that, i think it stays logged in forever. Honestly i think in terms of security Ubi may be better even if it is a bit more annoying.

 

[RogueSix]

The thing that might be different is that I don't login to Uplay all the time, but only rarely and I don't start it with Windows. Then when I do fire it up I get hit with an update and its a clean start.

Well, define "rarely" . If you only log in once every six months then I could definitely see why Ubi Connect would require you to enter your credentials again after such a long absence.

I do not autostart the Ubi client either. As a recent example, I just finished the main story of Immortals Fenyx Rising just yesterday. Looking at my achievements, I started this game in February and I played it on and off since then. There has definitely been some breaks in between. A week here, ten days there and it looks like I didn't play it at all between March 12th and April 14th.

I can say with 100% certainty that I have never had to log in during all of this time and I'm sure there were quite a few Ubi Connect updates in this timespan (as far as I can tell, they update approximately once per week). I use 2FA with the Authy app on my iPhone so I would remember if I had to enter a code since it is such a rare occurrence.

I set up a new system around New Year's and as far as I can remember, I have had to log in twice this year so far, including the first time log-in that was required on the first install of the Ubi Connect client, of course. It has definitely never been an annoyance or an issue for me personally.
When compared to Steam (which is autostarting on my PC), I would say it happens about equally frequently. Steam also occasionally forgets the login after some major updates or when they have major backend changes every few months and my experience with Ubi Connect is approximately the same.

 

[MarsM4N]

I honestly don't see the issue with the launcher, but what do i know anyway. If it was avoidable better, is it something that makes me any discomfort or problem? zero.

The issue is not the launcher (if purchased directly for Uplay), but if purchased on Steam you get double DRM. Which is like doubling the chances to loose access to the game if there are "handshake" or server problems, if connecting the accounts is bugged or if you loose access to either account. Steam reviews of multi launcher games are filled with negative reviews.

That's the reason I would never buy a multi DRM game on Steam. Also they charge a premium for Steam versions, directly on/for EA/Uplay is a lot cheaper.

The one caveat is that Ubisoft loves to throw a 2FA into your face, and honestly I can just let Steam auto login every time. Uplay will delete your shit every update. Up to and including password resets, this has happened at least once. And then you enter the wild world of their launcher where you can't find half of what you want to find and the UI is ridiculous. They DO however manage to plaster it full of banners and crap about promotions.

The old "Ubisoft Dementia". This dates back years. It comes and goes. For me it often happens after a Uplay udate, and then takes multiple logins to get the login credentials to stick. Doesn't matter if I start Uplay normal or as admin, I still haven't figured it out what I have to do that it sticks. Apparently it also happens often when you run older games, so it might be a problem with their DRM server/system.

 

[FierceRed]

The old "Ubisoft Dementia". This dates back years. It comes and goes. For me it often happens after a Uplay udate, and then takes multiple logins to get the login credentials to stick. Doesn't matter if I start Uplay normal or as admin, I still haven't figured it out what I have to do that it sticks. Apparently it also happens often when you run older games, so it might be a problem with their DRM server/system.

Ironically, the dementia link you provided leads to their support forums which are shutting down forever in less than 24 hours.

Not even examples of their dementia can escape their closing of the asylums.

 

[MarsM4N]

Ironically, the dementia link you provided leads to their support forums which are shutting down forever in less than 24 hours.

Not even examples of their dementia can escape their closing of the asylums.

I didn't notice the banner, lol. They're moving support to Discord. Like Discord is a place to looking for & gather valuable information. That's just crazy and makes zero sense.

Poor Ubisoft mods will probably loose their jobs & getting replaced by Indian Discord bots, lol.

 

[dozenfury]

Ubisoft has made some comments previously hinting that Far Cry 6 sales disappointed and that the series will probably go on hiatus, so this is another sign that was the case. It's too bad, I really enjoyed them. But Ubisoft has also run into that before with the AC series where they overdid it and it needed a break for a while.

 

[AsRock]

Meh, played the trail period and i thought FC6 was trash, enjoyed FC5 a hell lot more.


Maybe when it's $20 for the complete game.

Ubisoft never ceases to amaze me.

2012 Ubisoft CEO "95% of PC gamers are pirates"

2013 Ubisoft CEO "We want to work more closely with PC gamers to give them what they want"

Was it them who said single player games are dead ?, or some thing like that.

There are no EGS exclusives as far as UbiSoft is concerned because their games are also always published on their own UbiSoft Connect store. Just because a game is not on Steam, does not mean it is automatically an exclusive (well, maybe to Steam elitists it is but in reality there is no such thing as an EGS exclusive with regard to UbiSoft games).



This is factually untrue. My UbiSoft Connect client updates all the time without requiring to log back in. I have been using Ubi's client (formerly uPlay) extensively for many years since it has been introduced. It is very rare that I have to log in again. This happens maybe once a quarter or once in six months... something like that.

Their store could definitely do with some improvements but the launcher login issues are way, way exaggerated. I have a suspicion that it might be people using tools like CC Cleaner who are affected by such problems. I would recommend to check the settings of a tool like that and to create an exception for UbiSoft Connect.

It does for some of their game, i had it with one or more older AC games were i would have to login uplay every single time, offline mode ways the only way around it.