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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

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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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[–] NightOwl@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've like GOG since whether they disappear they provide installers for users, so it's the best of both worlds of easy launcher management and installer for those that want to archive and self host everything they buy.

[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Love that about GoG. It's been my preferred store for years.

[–] ampersandrew@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If only they had a Linux version of Galaxy for cloud saves and auto updates, it would be my preferred store.

[–] RandomStickman@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's the only thing stopping me from using GOG more. I've fiddled with Lutris but it's still pretty finicky. Proton making things run out of the box most of the time make it very hard to switch off of Steam.

[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've used Lutris and Heroic. They're pretty good.

I'm thinking GoG should just support one of those projects to add functionality.

[–] shadowbert@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That only kinda works. No multiplayer, no achievements, no cloud saves...

Some people will immediatly want to respond with "I don't want that anyway". Before doing so, please consider whether you're missing the point entirely.

[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

That's what I mean about supporting those projects. They could add functionality to Lutris or Heroic rather than build Galaxy for Linux.

[–] Wittless 2 points 1 year ago

I just use ownCloud for my own saves. I created a game saves file system to sync and some games that save out to different subdirectories, I just use symlinks

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

Just reminded me of the concern people brought up when GOG Galaxy was starting out: Once most people are using the launcher, we're a few steps away from losing the installers. 😐🤷🏿‍♂️

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

The launcher is great for automated features that make our lives easier. But if the launcher is all we have and the installers are gone, the reason to use GOG at all over its competitors evaporates.