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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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[-] Holymoly@lemmynsfw.com 199 points 1 year ago

They’re making the case for pirating games even better.

What fucking morons

[-] Underwear@lemmy.world 138 points 1 year ago

I saw a great quote,

"It's not pirating if buying it isn't owning it".

[-] gerbler@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago

It's definitely still pirating. I think the quote uses the term "stealing".

[-] False@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Also you can steal services. For example imagine hacking the payment panel on an automated carwash so you don't have to pay.

[-] Platomus@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

But this isn't about services like Game Pass - these were bought games.

[-] False@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It is service, which I agree is really shitty and shouldn't be a thing. You're buying access to a game, not a copy of the game.

[-] kibiz0r@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Piracy can’t be stealing if paying for it isn’t owning.

[-] gamer@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Piracy can't be stealing when the supreme court of the united states says it isn't stealing.

I like that quote a little better

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

And neither is it piracy.

piracy: robbery or other violent actions outside of the jurisdiction of any state.

Luckily, it can be understood as rebels/feighters for freedom too.

[-] dojan@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Don't feel bad about pirating AAA titles. See, the creatives and people that actually put work into the game have already been paid - usually at least. There are cases like Bethesda, who stole work from their composer - and so you're not taking any profits from the people that matter.

Any money you'd pay to license a game would mostly just go to shareholders and greedy execs.

[-] AustralianSimon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah so their studio gets downsized, closed or merged. The big companies don't care about the people. Tech lost 10k dev jobs last year, plenty of talent out there desperate.

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

And with the advent of AI tools and such much more work will be expected from fewer people. It's a cutthroat industry that chews up passionate workers and spits them out when it's done abusing them. The big companies definitely deserve to crash, and if a little bit of piracy can help induce that then I'm even more for it.