No, Ubisoft gained’t delete your account if it has video games on it – WGB, Residence of AWESOME Opinions

A Twitter person by the title AntiDRM brought about a minor stir final week once they Tweeted an Electronic mail they acquired from Ubisoft which acknowledged that their Ubisoft account could be deleted attributable to inactivity. To cease the closure the person was given a hyperlink to observe, though considerably understandably this did make the Electronic mail seem like a possible phishing rip-off.

UBISOFT closes your account should you haven’t logged in for a while.

You’ll lose all of your video games bought eternally. pic.twitter.com/exC78bUt93

— AntiDRM🔴 (@PC_enjoyer) July 19, 2023

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That is nothing new however what apprehensive individuals was that the Electronic mail appeared to point that every one purchases made by means of the account would even be deleted. Whereas this was not stated particularly, the implication is that with out entry to the account the video games would even be inaccessible.

Ubisoft themselves did reply to the Tweet however the reply didn’t alleviate considerations.

“Hey there. We simply needed to chime in that you may keep away from the account closure by logging into your account throughout the 30 days (since receiving the e-mail pictured) and deciding on the Cancel Account Closure hyperlink contained within the e mail. We definitely don’t need you to lose entry to your video games or account so in case you have any difficulties logging in then please create a help case with us” replied the official Ubisoft Assist account.

Ubisoft have now clarified the difficulty, confirming what many individuals have been already conscious of: inactive accounts have to be deleted attributable to GDPR laws. In an announcement issued to the superior of us over at Dualshockers, Ubisoft defined that they don’t delete accounts which have PC recreation purchases tied to them, and have by no means suspended an account with lower than 4 years of inactivity linked to it.

Another Twitter customers did level out that they’ve had issues utilizing Ubisoft video games on Steam attributable to their Ubisoft account being inactive or unreachable. Ubisoft Assist gave the impression to be making an attempt to assist them. Most significantly, no person appears to be coming ahead with claims that they’ve had an account with video games on it deleted or suspended attributable to inactivity.

Following this story, it truthfully looks as if this was a case of the Web blowing up over a non-existent downside. I’m nonetheless a proponent of shopping for bodily video games to assist guarantee you may have entry to them, however no firm goes to ban, droop or delete accounts until they’re compelled to as a result of any account, even inactive ones, can nonetheless be used to bolster their numbers and will even in the future be reactivated and used to purchase extra video games.