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I still hope someday the European Union forces Steam to allow transferring of games "owned", even if it's time-restricted (e.g. can't transfer the same game twi
by mattigames 2y ago
I still hope someday the European Union forces Steam to allow transferring of games "owned", even if it's time-restricted (e.g. can't transfer the same game twice in a month)
- Cthulhu_ 2y agoOh yeah, they did rule that you were legally allowed to transfer / resell digital games... but not that Steam & co had to offer the option.
- dark-star 2y ago...but you don't buy the game anymore, you acquire a license for using (playing) it. If you want games that you can re-sell, you will have to keep buying them on physical media (or on appstores that don't have DRM like GOG)
- mattigames 2y agoI know, that's why I added quotes around "owned", so in other words what I meant is that the EU should force Steam to create the option to transfer that license among its own users.
- dark-star 2y agoYeah but I can just assume that this would also apply to e.g. Microsoft Windows licenses, and that Microsoft lobbies strongly against such a law (also every other vendor who locks software licenses to a particular end-user or licensee) Note that I wouldn't very much welcome such a law but I wouldn't bet on it happening any time soon
- tpxl 2y agoYou can, and people do, resell Windows licenses in Europe. Microsoft seethes about it, but can go fuck itself, because this is legal.