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.

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.

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

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..

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

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

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?

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.

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

This warrants a lawsuit if you ask me.

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).

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

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!

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.

What Did We Learn today? "Profit-driven companies do not care about our feelings."

I was in touch with Microsoft on and off for months when they announced the whole migration ordeal. I bought Minecraft in 2009 and used some school email address that has since been completely lost. I was a child when I bought the game and used a pre-paid Visa card (at least I think I did, I did not have a debit card at the time and my parents have not found any transaction with their bank leading to the purchase of my Minecraft copy). Even though I exchanged over 30 email with Microsoft their answer was simply "sorry can't help you" resulting in my main, and only, Minecraft account being completely lost. The most insulting part is that I reached out almost right away when I heard about having to migrate accounts and had months of emailing back and forth, yet no help was provided whatsoever, and eventually the day came when I could no longer migrate my account.

Patient: Woke up from a 5 year coma What did I miss doc? Doctor: Well for one, your Minecraft account was deleted Patient: Goes back to coma

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.

i lost my childhood account that i created back in 2012. if you grew up with this game like i did, chances are you couldn’t migrate at all because you lost the email you used to create the account and didn’t bother to keep a decade old receipt either. cool to see that you tried to escalate this!