Ubisoft Revokes Digital Keys For Games Purchased Via Unauthorised Retailers

RogueyWon writes: For the last several days, some users of Ubisoft's uPlay system have been complaining that copies of games they purchased have been removed from their libraries. According to a statement issued to a number of gaming websites, Ubisoft believes that the digital keys revoked have been "fraudulently obtained." What this means in practice is unclear; while some of the keys may have been obtained using stolen credit card details, others appear to have been purchased from unofficial third-party resellers, who often undercut official stores by purchasing cheaper boxed retail copies of games and selling their key-codes online, or by exploiting regional price differences, buying codes in regions where games are cheaper to sell them elsewhere in the world. The latest round of revocations appears to have triggered an overdue debate into the fragility of customer rights in respect of digital games stores.

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Games are a waste of time. You are all children.

[Anonymous Coward]

And some day when you are old and you realize how you squandered your precious hours
fucking around with some stupid game, you will regret it. Mark my words, kiddies.

Re:grandmother reference

[Slashjones]

PS4 will be my last console.

Wow, you're already doing such a good job of not buying products from companies we know are evil! Sony Rootkits, DRM, removal of OtherOS, proprietary locked-down consoles... Sony's evil knows no bounds. And yet you still have a PS4.