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Valve sued in Germany over game ownership
anthpieface
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Valve have been sued in Germany because its users are not allowed resell their games. I use Steam and I feel that once I purchase a game I should be allowed sell it or even give it away once I have finshed with it. But if I purchase a game on Steam I can't even transfer it to another account.
With rumours going around that Sony are going to stop people using second hand games on the PS4 this could prove to be interesting devlopment.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2026797/valve-sued-in-germany-over-game-ownership.html#tk.nl_today
With rumours going around that Sony are going to stop people using second hand games on the PS4 this could prove to be interesting devlopment.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2026797/valve-sued-in-germany-over-game-ownership.html#tk.nl_today
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As for selling games once you are done with them. That is EXACTLY why there is DRM. And it is EXACTLY why Sony and Microsoft want to make it so pre-owned games become extinct. Because they see it as bad a problem as piracy, if not worse.
More importantly this is how it's always been. Just because it wasn't policed before and it is being policed now (due to it being possible with downloaded games or the Steam platform), doesn't give anyone the right to continue illegally sharing or selling on that license.