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Ubisoft reportedly deleting customer accounts with purchased games if they have been inactive for too long (twitter.com)

submitted 1 year ago by ashiwz@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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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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[-] gosling@lemmy.world 71 points 1 year ago

What happened to owning something you've paid for forever?

These companies need to realize if they keep fucking over their paying customer, it'll be more convenient for people to just pirate their product. At least FitGirl won't knock on my door and demand me to delete his repack off my hard disk just because I haven't visited his site in a while

[-] BrudderAaron@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Yar har fiddly dee. Do what you want 'cause a pirate is free.

As "wrong" as stealing is, I find it more wrong that companies can keep fucking us over like this without reprimand. Triple A games are becoming more and more difficult to justify the new $70 price tag.

[-] dgilluly@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I haven't bought a triple A game brand new since like 2014 or something. I wait until they have some sort of sale on them first. Literally didn't buy Cyberpunk 2077 until very recently when they finally knocked it down to $30 a few weeks ago. It actually shocked me to walk by the games isle recently and see that triple A titles including yearly sports games are like $80 now. Crazy IMO. I might go back to reading books.

[-] Jumper775@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

80 dollars!? I thought it just went to 70!

[-] dgilluly@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Nope, some of the ones I have seen the "base" version is $70. But to get a good experience or have a better chance at beating it, for the in-game upgrades one has to go for the "deluxe" or higher which is usually $80+. When I bought Riders Republic the cadillac tier of that game was like $140 or something.

[-] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

$30 is still too much. I have my alarm set to $10.

Btw, there are lots of free eBooks too. I'm currently in the Jenkinsverse.

[-] dgilluly@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Since I have a Kindle if I feel like reading anything paid, sometimes I'll subscribe for a month or two to Kindle Unlimited, read it, then unsubscribe.