Linked Rockstar account to steam removal.

[Vault-Tec 13]

Does anyone know what to say to get Rockstar support to remove whatever old account is linked to my Steam account and release the game licences back to my steam account. I've been battling with them for days and provided all the information I can but they want the exact date I linked my account and I dont know how to find that. I haven't played a Rockstar game in years and when I did it says the game is linked to an account with an email address that has been deleted long ago, so the game licence is tied to an account I cant access, and since I already own the game steam wont let me return/rebuy it to get a new one.

[Wolf Knight]

the only option you have is to recover the rockstar account. no matter what happens, the rockstar game you have would only be playable with the same steam/rockstar accounts. linking your steam account to a new rockstar account will not make the game playable, it needs the original rockstar account it was activated on to be playable.

[Nx Machina]

All linking, unlinking is done on Rockstar's end, not Steam.

Check your achievements for any Rockstar games and the earliest should be the date they are requesting.

[Vault-Tec 13]

I tried giving them the closest date from when purchased/ first achievement was and it wasn’t good enough for them, and keep closing my help ticket without saying anything else. I’ve had some of those games and this Steam account for over 12 years, I have no idea the exact date when I made the Rockstar account. So basically those games/money are forfeit on my Steam account now because Rockstar wants impossible information to update an email address?

[nullable]

Rockstar can't do anything with the account unless they're 100% sure you're the owner. Almost isn't good enough.

But this is the one downside with gaming accounts requiring so little info to create. I mean users don't want to hand over information, and for some reason they're really suspicious of developers and publishers because it's just games.

But the trade off is, losing access to an account, losing details, etc. Often puts users in a pickle. And they don't like that either. At the moment the only real solution is an ounce of prevention on the user's part, because under some circumstances, pound of cure is all sold out.