This is misleading and ragebait. They only delete old-ass accounts without purchased games, and this is a compliance thing with European laws.
this post was submitted on 22 Jul 2023
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They showed in the tweet that they would deleted the account AND purchased games.
I read the Tweet, it does not "show" that the account had purchased games. This has been Ubisoft's policy for years and there is no record of deleted account, except for a random tweet.
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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.
This is just a shame
Ubisoft is a C tier developer/publisher who generally doesn't get my dollars, although they have had some one-off hits in the last decade (Wildlands, Riders Republic, Anno games). I couldn't be bothered to shell out $80 for the latest AC or Farcry copy and paste slog. Seems their servers are getting full. Doesn't really inspire confidence in them as a service provider.
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I'd say I'd get down voted but no longer on Reddit.
Yes the practice sucks and I hate corporations they all suck and are greedy.
However if I bought a device that requires any kind of digital signature then it's kinda sane deal. I'm not condoning the action but if that business went bust after 10 years there's a chance the product will likely fail after that point.
Yes old games can and are playable decades after they were released but those unfortunately aren't the games we have now. Anything digital can basically stop working without access to it's creator.
10 + years is a long time. Are you up in arms when your phone craps out after 2 years ? Your car stops after 20 ? Your house after 30+ years needs upgraded. New wiring new carpets new roof.
Things degrade. Unless we have open source and a way to keep refreshing the code after new systems come into play.
I disagree with Ubisoft practice but I also understand that after a certain period of time things will no longer work. They won't make money maintaining something so obviously they will void it
Nothing has a lifetime guarantee
...what does that have anything to do with closing accounts? Accounts do not degrade.
I don't have any games in my uplay account.. but I think they're still on Steam, thankfully.
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.
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.