ylai@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agoUbisoft Wants You To Be Comfortable Not Owning Your Gameskotaku.comexternal-linkmessage-square100fedilinkarrow-up1319arrow-down111cross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.zipgaming@beehaw.org
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minus-squareDebatableRaccoon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoNot even slightly. I tried to explain this concept to my friend some weeks back and he downright refused to believe Steam or other platforms would leave players without their games if they were to go belly-up, for example.
minus-squareTheEntity@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months agoDo we really own any games at all? We own licenses, nothing more. Even if it’s on a DVD.
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Not even slightly. I tried to explain this concept to my friend some weeks back and he downright refused to believe Steam or other platforms would leave players without their games if they were to go belly-up, for example.
Do we really own any games at all? We own licenses, nothing more. Even if it’s on a DVD.