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Comment by Hamuko | Hacker News Reader

Important to note that Ubisoft will also brick all of the Ubisoft games you bought on Steam if your Ubisoft account is closed.

https://twitter.com/UbisoftSupport/status/168308086616607949...

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Wait what the heck. How is this shit even legal ? I have a few of Ubisoft games on steam and Ubisoft's official site. I used to feel bad when I was young and pirated because I didn't have money to buy video games. Now they are just justifying reasons to pirate. Which I definitely will start if the products I bought are taken away. This is an insane *Terms and conditions.

Because the games bought on steam just unlock the game inside Ubisoft Connect - steam is just a download manager at that point. You still technically own the product on Steam, Ubisoft can't change that - but since your associated Ubisoft account doesn't exist anymore the game won't launch. I'm not saying it's great, just explaining how it works behind the scenes.

That's why I just don't buy their games. I really enjoyed Far Cry 3 and would really like to get the rest of the series, but just can't put up with their account system even at discounted prices.

Because the steam "version" is just an unlock inside Ubisoft Connect. The game isn't managed through steam internally(although steam does have the ability to download the game and its updates).

What? This is beyond the inconvenience of 3rd party launchers that PC gamers often whine about. I'm glad I play on PS5.

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