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This is technically true. When we buy a game on a physical medium (disks or cartridges), we only own the medium. The software is still only licensed to us. Still technically, the second hand market is not exactly "legal", as the license agreement says the software license is not transferable. 1/3

Dexerto@dexerto.bsky.social

Sony has responded to a digital games lawsuit by arguing that players don't actually own the games they buy Its lawyers say they are licensed rather than sold

Christophe Sauveur

@chsxf.dev

2 Sept

However, it worked like this for many years and it helped PlayStation immensely anyway. Microsoft tried to tie the games to the a specific console / account with the Xbox One, which would have killed the second hand market, and it did not go well. 2/3

Christophe Sauveur

@chsxf.dev

License agreements should include clauses that guarantee refunds for unlisted games to players that have played less than a certain amount of time (for example, below half the median played time for all players). Or like Steam does. These clauses should extend to digital store closures too. 3/3

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