> of course they wouldn't pay them 10k dollars Right, I wasn't talking about legally enforceable damages. My point was about how valuable the data is to the us

> of course they wouldn't pay them 10k dollars Right, I wasn't talking about legally enforceable damages. My point was about how valuable the data is to the user: If they offered $50 to the user, would the user feel satisfied? I doubt it after 600 hours of gameplay. $1,000? $10,000? The numbers are much too high for the company to pay - that's just a dramatization of one sense in which the data is irreplaceable. As far as actual enforceability, if the agreement between the user and company includes a clause saying they company will preserve the user's data, or if there is a legal or technical requirement for the user to store their data with the company, maybe the user would have a claim. But I doubt there is much precedent for calculating damages.