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Ubisoft Can Delete Inactive Accounts, Making Users Lose Access to Their Games (gamerant.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Chozo@kbin.social to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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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 been temporarily suspended due to inactivity and warning that it would be closed permanently in 30 days. Responding to the ominous e-mail, the Ubisoft Support Twitter account stated “We certainly do not want you to lose access to your games or account” and noted that account closure could be avoided by signing in to the account again.

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[–] ArtZuron@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder if this is an attempt at cutting down on bought or stolen accounts somehow. Buying or breaking into old accounts is a thing, so I wonder if this is their solution (a bad one I might add).

[–] AllahFucksKids@fedia.io 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think it's more of a "they have to host your shit somewhere" even if it's just cold storage think about having to task employees with backing up 7 year old drm onto cold storage. The man hours are better spent elsewhere. I don't love it, but I get it.

[–] Chozo@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I mean, how much data do they really have to store, though? They only need to store one copy of the actual game. The save files shouldn't be unmanageable.

[–] ArtZuron@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

That could be part of it as well. Such a move could serve several purposes after all.