I DIDN’T Migrate my Minecraft Account - Here’s What Happened

If buying isn't ownership, piracy isn't theft. Full Stop

Some players reported being unable to migrate due to technical errors. For them, this process was literal robbery.

"hey, just giving you a warning: I'm gonna come take your TV from your home in like 3 years so... Heads up"

Lots of people don't have access to their email anymore. That is most likely the biggest reason why so many people didn't migrate.

Got the game as a kid in 2011. Stopped playing for many years, decided to get back into it only to realize my childhood account had been deleted..

Entirely non justifiable to have such a short cut off period - thanks for trying to escalate this to the highest level. I also lost an account during this, and it's wild because Microsoft must have a record of how many tens of thousands of copies they've cut off and yet still are doubling down on this.

I created my account in 2014. It's lost and I'm honestly heartbroken. Thank you for shedding some light on this. ‹3

This warrants a lawsuit if you ask me.

Dinnerbone was forced to stand right side up. That should've been our first warning.

Fun fact for you guys, Microsoft accounts get deleted after 2 years of inactivity! So make sure you log into Minecraft every 2 years or risk that having deleted too!

My thing with the whole migration is it felt like I was loosing something special to me. I had my Mojang account since 2010, all the way back in the alpha stages of the game at 10 years old. That account had been with me for literally the majority of my life, more than I can say for any other online account. I realize it was in reality just 1’s and 0’s, but it felt like a part of who I was, and loosing it was like loosing an old friend in a way. I can only imagine it would be akin to loosing your childhood cartridge of a Pokémon game. Sure you can get a new copy, but it’ll never be YOUR copy.

I remember being at work when this was happening. I didn't have any knowledge of this migration happening since the email i used for minecraft was on my old gmail account and i haven't played Minecraft in quite a while. I sent an email to that gmail account from my work email so that i can access the attached item i had on the email from home (company policy is we don't access our work from personal devices). So when i got home and opened that old gmail account, i saw all those remainders about the migration. That was on September 14th, 5 days before migrations would have ended... i got lucky before i lost my minecraft account forever. Even if i don't play it as often anymore, Minecraft is still a home for me.

Fun fact: Eula has no legal standing ground in some places, meaning you can probably sue and win against Microsoft if you know what you're doing. And I really hope some people do that.

Imagine playing Minecraft as a kid in 2011 and 2012 and have moved on in life to other things like college, just to come back and realize that everything was deleted because you didn’t migrate Edit: For example, in my high school on a ceiling tile, the class of 2011 drew about Minecraft. It’s just sad to think that most of their worlds are likely gone. Edit: Apparently there is a way to get your worlds back if you didn’t migrate, Idk how though

Lost my account, simply because I didn't click a button in time. There was a lot of history on my account as well. Thanks, Microsoft. Loved the video by the way, subbed.

I migrated my account in time and really had no issues with any of it, personally. Still pissed because as you explained, the way they handled the situation is blatantly anti-consumer. The fact that companies can totally abuse customers in these ways with digital goods, that “buying” something digital often means fuck all legally, it’s a complete disgrace. The money you spent was as real as any physical cash, so why isn’t the product?

When a random youtube video announces to you that you lost your minecraft account years ago and you had no idea.

This is like you buying a stove, the manufacturer telling you that you need to add this new thing to it on a time frame and if you don't they come to your house and take the whole stove from you

To the whole google thing: There was also Google Stadia, which was Google's cloud gaming service. After it got shut down the users got back all money that they had ever spent on Stadia games AND Hardware. And even then the Controller was still usable with USB and got a firmware update to be able to make a bluetooth connection (although pretty slow).

Steve vs Microsoft USA gonna look crazy on court documents.