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PSA: If you still have a Mojang account for Minecraft: Java Edition, you have less than a week left to migrate to a Microsoft account to avoid profile deletion (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world
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Thought I'd share this in case there are people who are unaware or have been pending off the migration process.

Starting September 19, 2023, at 11:00 am EST/17:00 pm CEST, unmigrated Mojang accounts will not be able to sign in to Minecraft.net or the Minecraft Launcher to migrate. We’re doing this to ensure that everyone is playing using accounts with improved security and player safety.
Source: Minecraft.net article

What will happen to unmigrated accounts?

Once the deadline for migration is reached, players will no longer be able to access unmigrated accounts. All unmigrated accounts will be deleted at a future date.
Source: help.minecraft.net

What if you don't have access to the email address associated with your Mojang account, or have any other queries?

The details are unclear. The Minecraft help center link says "Minecraft player support will no longer be able to help with migration-related issues after September 5, 2023." whereas the minecraft.net article states "[...] starting September 19, 2023, Minecraft Support will no longer be able to assist in any MSA migration-related tickets."

What do you get for migrating to a Microsoft account?

Microsoft claims improved account security, and 2FA. You will get a Migrator cape and access to Minecraft for Windows (Bedrock Edition) on the Microsoft account chosen at the time of migration.

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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 45 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Does this mean we'll need to pay for the game again if we don't do it in time?

[–] lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That does appear to be the case at this moment.

[–] hoshikarakitaridia@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Sidenote, I have a feeling that's straight up illegal under contract law. IANAL though.

Edit: Just so ppl have something specific: you bought access to the service. It's probably gonna be limited in the User Agreement as "if this service has to be shut down, you agree to lose your access and you don't sue to get your money back". But this is a backend migration and I'm fairly sure this is not something they had in their original contracts. That's why sniff a broken contract and when they don't refund your money, I sniff broken laws.

[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If it's not, it should be.

We can write laws and vote then into power, we can fuck up whatever company we want to.