Ubisoft's Account Deletion Policy Threatens Gamers' Purchased Games

Ubisoft is cancelling "unused" accounts, disabling access to purchased games. Users received emails warning that failure to click a link to stop the account suspension would result in inaccessibility to purchased games. Ubisoft claims GDPR regulations require them to close inactive accounts, but contradicts this by stating accounts with purchases attached won't be deleted for four years. This highlights issues with DRM and digital games, as publishers have discretion to terminate accounts and even having games in a digital account doesn't guarantee preservation. The Video Game History Foundation claims 87% of classic US video games are "critically endangered."