ChozoJul 23, 2023

Ubisoft Can Delete Inactive Accounts, Making Users Lose Access to Their Games

>In a response to a post from the AntiDRM Twitter account, Ubisoft Support has clarified that users who don’t sign in to their account can potentially lose access to Ubisoft games they’ve purchased. The initial post from AntiDRM featured a snippet of an e-mail sent to a user from Ubisoft notifying them that their account had... #gaming #ubisoft #drm

https://gamerant.com/ubisoft-delete-inactive-accounts-games/

Show threadonoJul 23, 2023
Unless they also refund the price paid for the game, this is theft, and should be punished as such.
Show threadMJBruneJul 23, 2023
It’s not. You don’t own the game you lease it with the clause that the storefront can ban/delete/deactivate your account for any reason. This is true for Steam, GOG, Itch, Epic, EA, Microsoft, etc.
Show threadzikJul 23, 2023

That depends on the country you live in. In Australia for instance anything that looks like a “sale” must be an actual sale of a product and can’t be something else sneakily disguised as a sale. It’s illegal for services like Steam or app stores to deny you access to software you’ve bought on their platform in Australia.

That doesn’t mean it hasn’t happened before though.

Show threadMJBrune
Hmm yet steam has certainly banned lots of accounts, probably some of those owning games and are citizens of Australia. So clearly there is a clause around it.
Jul 24, 2023 at 5:18amWeb