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submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Michael @LegacyKillaHD

This is just horrifying.

Ubisoft CONFIRMS they will delete your account & purchased games if you go inactive for too long!!!

Ubisoft.. WTF?! Another example of why I'm becoming more & more concerned with the death of physical games.

https://twitter.com/LegacyKillaHD/status/1682653876418224129

Ubisoft Support @UbisoftSupport

Hey there. We just wanted to chime in that you can avoid the account closure by logging into your account within the 30 days (since receiving the email pictured) and selecting the Cancel Account Closure link contained in the email. We certainly do not want you to lose access to your games or account so if you have any difficulties logging in then please create a support case with us. >> ubisoft.com/help

https://twitter.com/UbisoftSupport/status/1682046437834784768

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[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

I've heard they are doing this to comply with things like GDPR. If that's the case, and they are deleting accounts to not be storing personal information longer than allowed, then before closing your account, they should email you an encrypted bundle of your data that you could later send back to them to restore your account. It wouldn't be against those laws if they send it to you to keep... and it would provide you with a path back to full restoration.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

It's always ethical to pirate Ubisoft games

[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

Maybe related to these changes, maybe due to something else, I don't know, but a Ubisoft game I have installed through Steam (Far Cry New Dawn) stopped launching for me. I tried verifying game files through Steam (more than once), but that by itself didn't help. What worked however was uninstalling Ubisoft Connect, then verifying game files again through Steam (which sadly installs Ubisoft Connect again), then launching the game (which initiated a Ubisoft Connect update for me). Hope that helps someone.

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[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This is why I'm a big supporter of physical media if possible. Sure the actual game may not be on there or something because it's too big or whatnot, however with what the hell is going on with digital companies in the modern videogaming world, yeah no they simply just can not be trusted much with the amount of power they hold. This includes but not limited to: Ubisoft, Steam, EA, Epic Games, etc.

EDIT: Yeah GOG is fine apologies for that, however the well majority of games in the digital world are simply just licenses that these companies have control of.

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[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

Not surprised, coming from Ubisoft. Didn't they try taking down the DRM servers for some of their games, effectively making them impossible to use, until public outcry forced them to relent?

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[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

This is kind of my biggest fear with all these digital games platforms. I have over 2100 games over most of the platforms, it just became so easy to finally be able to get all the games I grew up salivating over. What's to stop Valve or GOG suddenly "having" to make similar, or competely new changes of unbeknownst fuckery due to pressure from the spooky all-knowing investors?

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[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

Another reason to not buy digital games.

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[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

If I liked their games, I'd be quite upset, I'm sure.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

Makes me wonder, how much data does it take to hold every users account info and library details? Not the games themselves, no profile pictures or anything, just the data that they must have in order too know who owns what. That has to be a huge consideration when you build an online store, right?

Did they run out of space? Are they deleting "old" accounts to free up servers for the absolute flood of new Ubisoft accounts that they're massively inundated with every day?

But seriously, what would an actual real world reason be for needing to delete accounts after X amount of time?

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

Sony did this to me I'd bought quite a few vita games digitally. Left it alone a few months and then saw an email where they said to keep the account log in now. Tried to log in but they'd already wiped it.

Not falling for digital again.

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago
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[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

More garbage decisions from a garbage company

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

Don't buy games you don't own

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[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

I boycott ubisoft and EA. They can both go suck a lemon.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

EA's Origin closes your account after two years of inactivity since it exists, not sadly Ubisoft dose the same shit! :/

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

Sounds like a great way to get sued.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

This proves why we need to regulate that digital or not, games we purchase are considered our property. Not at the mercy of deletion for zero reason. Otherwise, pirate away for all I care guys. If they treat us like this, fuck'em and their sales.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the heads up, 10 year old account was almost gone, phew!

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Does this apply to games purchased on steam as well? Bs

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

A part of me wants to start spreading a #PirateUbisoftGames hashtag.

...but another part of me doesn't want to bother because it's just Ubisoft games lol

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

have some dlc there. had. no big deal, came with Assassin's Creed on PS3 I think. gave it to kids years ago. $20 maybe. got too old for games. can barely type

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Good thing I was already boycotting Ubisoft for years.

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