Ubisoft account -including games- can be permanently deleted for inactivity

Re:Ubisoft account -including games- can be permanently dele... by cinntaile on Monday July 24, 2023 @04:55AM (#36844807)

Steam did something similar a while back. You had to log in and choose a new account name when they decided email addresses weren't suited as account names anymore, if you didn't your account got purged.

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Re:Ubisoft account -including games- can be permanently dele... by eropple on Monday July 24, 2023 @06:16AM (#36845452)

Didn't that just park your account until you changed it? I don't remember seeing anything about it deleting your account, and I can't find it now.

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Re:Ubisoft account -including games- can be permanently dele... by frederikb on Monday July 24, 2023 @07:02AM (#36845870)

When did that happen? I still have my OG Steam account with an email address as username which is now 19 years old.

I was never prompted to change that, even though I would definitely like to. I would appreciate any insights you might have.

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Re:Ubisoft account -including games- can be permanently dele... by cinntaile on Monday July 24, 2023 @11:48AM (#36849881)

I can't remember any specifics I'm afraid, it was probably 10+ years ago. I remember being prompted to change it (either by mail or in the client), I never did and I never logged in either. The account is gone. Since it was that long ago I can't rule out simply misremembering.

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Re:Ubisoft account -including games- can be permanently dele... by knome on Monday July 24, 2023 @07:07AM (#36845926)

Steam account names are immutable. I don't recall them ever offering to let you change the login name.

Change the username? Sure. Change the email associated with the account? Yeah.

But if you've got a near 20 year old steam account, you're still logging in with whatever email address you had near 20 years ago.

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