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
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
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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.
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.
80 dollars!? I thought it just went to 70!
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.
$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.
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.
It’s always ethical to pirate Ubisoft games
They’re making the case for pirating games even better.
What fucking morons
I saw a great quote,
“It’s not pirating if buying it isn’t owning it”.
Piracy can’t be stealing if paying for it isn’t owning.
It’s definitely still pirating. I think the quote uses the term “stealing”.
Yes but then again I’d be pirating Ubisoft games. Ain’t got time for that bloated crap.
This proves why we need to regulate that digital or not, games we purchase are considered our property. Not at the mercy of deletion for zero reason. Otherwise, pirate away for all I care guys. If they treat us like this, fuck’em and their sales.
This is why Steam got the lion’s share. Ubisoft is mad disrespectful.
I smell EU fine
Imagine buying something from these people after this.
Yes, sometimes I don’t play a game for 5 years, but I bought and own it, and I know it’ll be there when I come back to it.
…unless it’s Ubisoft, then purchases aren’t really purchases, and you don’t have any right to expect your property to be there when you get back 🤦♀️
You don’t own it, though. The same can happen on Steam, though they’re obviously not that shitty. The only store that lets you “own” games is GOG, that’s why you won’t find new games by shitty companies there.
There’s also itch.io.
They should email all the game keys when they shutdown the account, user OWN those, its their property.
If I liked their games, I’d be quite upset, I’m sure.
People keep buying digital rentals. Just pirate the living shit out of them. Had to bring my hat back out cause all of this BS.
How long is “too long”? If I lose my Anno empires I will shit bricks
There are two publishers who have not received a penny from my household since around 2013: EA and Ubisoft. Every time I see an article about these two being baddies it just reaffirms my conclusion from over a decade ago. Never buy from these two publishers and you will live a happier existence.
More garbage decisions from a garbage company
Oh no! My Ubisoft games!
This is why I’m a big supporter of physical media if possible. Sure the actual game may not be on there or something because it’s too big or whatnot, however with what the hell is going on with digital companies in the modern videogaming world, yeah no they simply just can not be trusted much with the amount of power they hold. This includes but not limited to: Ubisoft, Steam, EA, Epic Games, etc.
EDIT: Yeah GOG is fine apologies for that, however the well majority of games in the digital world are simply just licenses that these companies have control of.
What’s wrong with gog? Just download the offline installer and do with it whatever you want.
They said if you receive an email, it’s 30 days of no activity once you receive the email. Apparently it’s being sent to people who have been inactive > 1 year.
Still bullshit, you could be in prison, in a coma, travelling the world or just not gaming for a while and want to come back to it. I know I can go months without playing games and then picking it up again.
