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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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[–] ampersandrew@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's retroactively deciding your audience. Once again, I'm highlighting that it's not our only option to endorse the practice, whereas the language of the comment I replied to implied that it is.

[–] cloaker@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, it's not. The original comment was specifically referring to it being a risk you accept when buying off steam etc. You accept that by participating. You can protest outside the system but your comment is entirely wrong.

[–] ampersandrew@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not every game on Steam has DRM, let alone a server dependency.

[–] cloaker@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Steam is naturally a DRM. Offline mode works for I think a month before you're locked out of your games.

[–] ampersandrew@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not all. Steam has DRM that developers don't have to use. Once the game is downloaded, it may not even check with Steam again to see if you own the game, even letting you launch the game when Steam is closed or uninstalled. It's not inherent to all Steam games.

[–] cloaker@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Apologies, you are correct. In that case you are right.

[–] ampersandrew@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Not all. Steam has DRM that developers don't have to use. Once the game is downloaded, it may not even check with Steam again to see if you own the game, even letting you launch the game when Steam is closed or uninstalled. It's not inherent to all Steam games.