r/gaming • u/Original-Drink-6178 • 1d ago
The Digital Ownership Debate Just Got Bigger: EFF Takes Aim at Sony
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/sony-nerfs-videogame-ownershipThe Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), one of the world's leading digital rights organizations, says Sony's digital-first strategy is eroding what it means to own a video game. The group argues that consumers are increasingly purchasing revocable licenses instead of products they fully control.
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u/wolflordval PC 1d ago
China just managed to make digital goods legally the same as physical ones, including inheritance rights & blocking companies from removing access. If they can do it, so can we.
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u/NatsUza 18h ago
As much as I like the China win, it's not rwally feasible outside of China because Chinese internet is tied to your actual givernment name and ID. When you make a Chinese league account, you ahve to submit your actual national ID number and verify your legal identity. China's able to make new digital ownership laws because of their ID system.
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u/Varsity_Reviews 18h ago
Does steam even exist in China? I was under the impression steam was either not available or barely anything is on it.
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u/JoshJLMG 17h ago
Steam existing in China is the reason why reviews are sorted by language now. Chinese players would review-bomb games if it had translation issues.
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u/SiNDiLeX 16h ago
Chinese gamers would review bomb themselves into the abyss if it meant waking up with a smile in the morning
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u/wolflordval PC 16h ago
That's mostly because the discussion pages aren't available to them, and the reviews are the only way they can communicate externally.
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u/Antergaton 1d ago
Using Sony as an example of how our rights to own our games have over time become less obvious can only be a good thing but change needs to be made for digital ownership rights across the board, not just games, and this will only happen at a governmental level.
That's a lot of hard work it seems and is a far bigger issue than just Sony aren't printing discs anymore.
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u/RyuChamploo 1d ago
Something tells me Sony consulted with their vast team of lawyers before making this decision. I hope something comes out of all these lawsuits to benefit consumers, but I have my doubts.
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u/Alarmed-Pair7685 1d ago
same I doubt Sony skipped legal review but that doesn't mean the laws can't change if enough pressure builds up
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u/Hercules__Morse 1d ago
What laws will change? It won't take long before blu-ray can't hold a full next-gen game. Governments can't force Sony to put disc drives in their consoles just as much as they can't force publishers to release physical copies of their software.
You really think the law is going to change, and tell all indie devs that they now MUST release physical copies of their self-developed games? Please.
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u/frostygrin 1d ago
Laws on digital ownership can change, or get reinterpreted in courts.
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u/KrimsunB 1d ago
You're absolutely correct in that nothing can be done to save physical media. That ship hasn't sailed yet, but they've drawn up the gangplank and have no intention of letting it down again.
However, the part that can still be saved is the right of ownership.
Digital ownership has to have the same rights as physical ownership.
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u/_kellythomas_ 1d ago
First Sale Doctrine.
We should be able to sell, gift, or bequeath digital licenses at our discretion.
They manage the DRM and can transfer licenses between accounts, this should be a service offered at a minimal cost recovery based fee.
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u/Hercules__Morse 1d ago
Digital 'ownership' isn't a thing, there have always only been digital licenses.
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u/re_carn 1d ago
Digital ownership has to have the same rights as physical ownership.
That's what we need to be fighting for.That won’t happen. A digital copy doesn’t become obsolete or lose its value, no matter how many people have owned it before, which means it won’t just compete with a new copy - it will undercut it. If a law is passed allowing it to be freely resold, even indie developers won’t find it profitable to make games. Not to mention more expensive games.
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u/Axel_Foley_ 18h ago
Why does digital ownership have to have the same rights as physical ownership?
Are you suggesting we make the idea and practice of a license illegal?
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u/KrimsunB 17h ago edited 17h ago
I'm advocating for the medium of delivery being irrelevant.
Whether it's stored on a disc or a USB shouldn't matter.
If the solution to that is to make licences mandatory and the sale of the game be based on transferal of that code, then so be it.
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u/Axel_Foley_ 17h ago
That’s the system we have in place right now.
Or, are you saying if I buy a digital license for a game, I would be able to transfer or sale that digital product to someone else should I choose to do so?
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u/KrimsunB 16h ago
Yes.
As things currently stand, the only place in the world you can purchase PS6 games will be on the Sony PlayStation Store.
This cannot be allowed to happen. A monopoly like this is so grossly anti-consumer that it would forever strip the customer of our rights.
They set the price to whatever they like while we don't even have the ability to share our purchases with friends—or even play it in a different country. Sony can even delete our games from our accounts for any reason they deem fit.
Even now, I can't play my store-bought games because I forgot my account password and can't log in to verify that I own a game I previously played to completion.
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u/Axel_Foley_ 15h ago
Sure it can be allowed to happen. It’s their product, they can choose who retails it.
What rights are being stripped? You’re not forced to play PS6 games. You have agency, if Sony charges more than you’re willing to pay, you can choose to not purchase the game!
It looks like the developer of the digital good doesn’t not want to sell their product with the ability for the customer to share it with others. That is completely understandable.
The license you purchase for a digital good stipulates that sharing the product is against the terms of service. If you don’t agree with those terms, you don’t have to purchase the product!
Again, I am for the business who make the content I enjoy making money. I’m glad Sony is taking steps to maximize their return on investment. That return will be used to make more content that I enjoy.
That’s unfortunate that you forgot your account password. I recommend you follow the steps to reset your password with Sony.
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u/Maelger 1d ago
It won't take long before blu-ray can't hold a full next-gen game.
Looks at his original release Final Fantasy 9 And? This is, and always has been, an irrelevant point.
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u/Hercules__Morse 1d ago
The multi disc thing is not a great argument. You don't need to do that, when you can just release digitally. You are 1 of maybe 100 people in the world that want a game released on multiple discs.
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u/Effective-Priority62 16h ago
And? People won't stop buying games with multiple discs or cartridges because of this lmao
And even if more games start crossing the 100 GB threshold at launch or release under 100GB but get a whooping 100 GB more in patches, two 100 GB discs should be more than enough for any competent publisher with the minimum skills, coordinating and manpower to optimize their games. Beyond that, it's just 300 GB live service or ball+gun slop. Nobody really cares, and most of their playerbase prefers to buy digital anyway. Just establish some law or rule that if your Call of Duty goes above 200 GB, you're legally not obligated to release it physically with multiple discs and instead just make it digital-only. Most of the better single player games and their reissues or definitive editions will come out way under that threshold anyway
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u/Hercules__Morse 15h ago
Nah multiple discs is dumb. So unnecessary when there is a better way with digital distribution. Digital is the new standard that we are all going to adopt.
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u/nikolapc 1d ago edited 1d ago
LOL. They're losing lawsuits in countries that actually have consumer protection and getting new ones, plus governments are getting involved. Nishino consulted his bartender it seems.
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u/Efficient-Session644 1d ago
Seriously? What lawsuit they lost?
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u/Practical-Aside890 Xbox 1d ago edited 1d ago
Last one I seen was something that was ongoing I think from 2024 and up. They ended up doing a settlement and paying 7.85m to 4m customers.
Then there is the current one that’s 450m for disc thing. But I don’t think anythings come from it yet. A dutch group is doing that one. Then this added on that’s related but from the EFF. So not much losses so far. But a few things going on.
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u/rvnender 1d ago
Sony hasnt lost anything since none of these have went to trial yet.
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u/AsianSteampunk 1d ago
i mean... that's the PSN store situation. They simply just say we don't operate in these territory.
The user in those countries? they gotta make an american or some other region account and use it that way. Which have been the norm practice for years now.
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u/dookarion 23h ago
The user in those countries? they gotta make an american or some other region account and use it that way.
While Sony in plaintext in their ToS reserves the right to shutter those accounts without recourse. They get even less protections than the average person. And meanwhile on reddit everyone's like "make a different territory account its fine, gargle those corporate balls!"
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u/nikolapc 1d ago
They have a Sony representative in every country. They do other things than games. Anyway, not where they are getting sued and losing. PSN countries.
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u/AsianSteampunk 1d ago
their other business have nothing to do with the PS store. If you wanna get technical then they are not even the same company, just all owned by Sony.
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u/nikolapc 1d ago
The representatives sells PS here legally, liable. What's even more troubling, they sell digital consoles more now, and I can't legally make a PSN in my country. I can sue them to hell but that will just create problems for my fellow gamers like when they excluded 160 countries from Steam when they required PSN and fucked Helldivers 2 in the process. If they don't fix PSN to be in line like every other store, they can't sell here, but will.
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u/actanonverba1 1d ago
sony is neither omniscient nor omnipotent. i also work for a large corporation and our execs, strategy consultants, and lawyers make mistakes, literally all the damn time.
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u/MadeByTango 1d ago
Governments evolve; 10 years ago there were not gamers in leadership, now there are. State Attorney generals are getting involved. This is not the slam dunk," ha ha we have more expensive lawyers" thing you think it is.
(Why is it always comment history hiding accounts that are defending these corporations with platitudes and no grounding evidence, I wonder...?)
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u/ChanglingBlake 1d ago
Lawyers smawyers.
They are doing something that has no legal precedent; those lawyers have no clue what the back lash will be as any backlash legally would involves whole new laws.
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u/noafro1991 1d ago
Yeah it makes me ask - what's the real motive behind this?
I say this even though I've never owned a console since the Gamecube.
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u/PancAshAsh 22h ago
Discs are expensive to make and sell, and Sony probably sees almost all its profit come from the digital store purchases. Plus, the digital purchases give Sony ultimate price control for everything, and there's no secondhand market.
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u/MoonDoggie82 1d ago
Here's my thing, why is no one talking about the fact that Sony makes this announcement and goes radio silent. Since they knew people would be pissed they went radio silent. Although consumers are pissed the stock market sees the decision as "ooh more money" and the stock price goes up.
And like 2 days after the announcement when the stocks went up the Sony CEO sold MORE THAN HALF HIS STOCK IN SONY. The CEO didn't sell off a little of his stock in normal trading behavior, he sold more than half of the stocks he's hold in the company he is leading. Is that not concerning to shareholder....the board of directors... regulatory bodies?
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u/Headless_Human 21h ago
Here's my thing, why is no one talking about the fact that Sony makes this announcement and goes radio silent. Since they knew people would be pissed they went radio silent
What are they supposed to say? Would you be satisfied with "We heard the complains but will still keep going with our plan."
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u/Glodraph 1d ago
It's not just sony. It's all the industry and all the platforms. Let's push SKG, let's reward GOG as much as possible. Let's boycott games and let's require ownership. Let's abolish DRM 5 years after launch and make installer available like GOG does, for ownership and preservation.
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u/That-Advance-9619 1d ago
This si the only way, it's not about the medium it's about ownership, and DRM-free is the only way to go around it.
As it stands, will I be able to play Mass Effect LE in 20 years when the EA App has inevitably closed? Will I be forced to buy Mass Effect LE2: Garrus Wears Red Now edition?
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u/Glodraph 1d ago
It would be so easy too. Game is out for 5 years? You are mandated by law to remove the DRM and give offline installers on every platform. This applies for single player games and coop games, with a LAN/self hosted way to still play together. That's it. Live service games can still rot in corporate hell imo.
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u/That-Advance-9619 17h ago
Gamers down voting you because they can't even defend their own interests...
Bunch of morons...
Cyberpunk 2077 has sold 40M copies and it was Drm-free from day one, people. Nobody gives a fuck that it has no DRM yet it is a huge win for the consumer.
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u/Glodraph 17h ago
People buy good games and sadly a lot of bad games too. Going against consumers is going against money. A lot of drm games, as you said, sold tons of copies over the years. People against the removal of drm by law are stupid af, the kind of people that pollute buying disposable vapes.
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u/knows_you 17h ago
Why even bother trying to pretend there is a remote possibility of a general strike for gamers, its just not going to happen.
I would say you have a better chance to start off with just convincing those people to pirate it than give it up completely.
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u/mrmivo 1d ago
Where was all this outcry when PC gamers lost physical media and proper game ownership (ability to trade and sell purchased games) many years ago?
Over a decade ago, a EU court had ruled that software licenses are transferrable (cases involving Microsoft and Oracle) and there was talk about a new EU directive that would allow gamers to trade and sell their digital games. That never went anywhere, except for one thing: Valve changed the Steam's User Agreement to a Steam's Subscriber's Agreement, which states that buyers of Steam games subscribe to licenses, which is not the same as owning licenses,. That also never got any attention at the time.
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u/JAXxXTheRipper 1d ago edited 1d ago
You never own licenses, changing the wording to "subscribe to license" does nothing. A license is inherently a revocable agreement.
Ownership is simply not part of a licensing agreement. It is a permission of usage, always has, always will be.
If ownership was imparted in any way, you'd not need a license...
Edit: Someone brought up the EU ruling about resale of licenses, which is an interesting point, but unfortunately deleted their comment again.
About that. That ruling only applies to perpetual licenses (sometimes also called full licenses). Not limited licenses. Perpetual Licenses are very much a niche these days. Most vendors only grant limited term / subscription / SaaS based licenses to which that ruling simply does not apply.
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u/actanonverba1 1d ago
It did go somewhere - it was litigated in french court vs steam and steam won unfortunately. That doesn't mean we give up, that just means we try again.
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u/dookarion 23h ago
Where was all this outcry when PC gamers lost physical media and proper game ownership (ability to trade and sell purchased games) many years ago?
Because we lost all that shit to DRM well before physical copies stopped shipping. Thanks to companies like Sony with their Securom DRM, their Sony BMG rootkit, TAGES, Starforce, etc. physical media on PC has fucking sucked. There was a period of time where even playing purchased music on PC was a pain in the ass. I have physical games that can't even be installed because the OS blocks their malware ass DRM schemes. You can't resell a game where the DRM ties authentication to the hardware, physical or not.
We had worthless discs and boxes and none of the rights physical in other mediums brings. Add in publishers were increasingly skipping the platform to chase console money. The platform was dying so Steam and GOG ended up being an easier pill to swallow, especially since it reset the counter a bit on how shit DRM was getting.
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u/dtaddis 1d ago
I know it's starting to sound like a cliché, but PC is a bit of a different situation. It's an open system.
There are services like GOG which will let you download offline installers with no DRM. And even if Steam turns evil, people will still find a way to let you play your games. 🦜
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u/ProNerdPanda 20h ago
You're being downvoted but you're right lol the problem with a closed console system is that Sony is placing itself as the only storefront available on the platform, and the only way for devs to sell games on the PS, it's basically a monopoly (not that it wasn't in spirit before, but at least devs didn't HAVE to go through the store to sell games)
PC is an open market, yes Steam is basically the best service, but nothing is stopping you from exclusively playing using the EA store (aside from sanity)
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u/voreo 1d ago
It wouldn't surprise me at all if Gabe has some sort of switch in place to just turn steam into gog before he heads out lol
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u/Lindestria 1d ago
Steam already has cases where games they can no longer sell are still downloadable for those who bought it (Neverwinter Nights 2) so I wouldn't be surprised if Gabe ever had plans to go further.
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u/somethingmoronic 1d ago edited 23h ago
PC is different to me because my PC Library moves from PC to PC for me. Even when a games taken off Steam, if I bought it, it's still on there for me (not sure if that's always true, but was in the rare times it's effected me). It provides extra features by providing easy mod distribution, and my family members can play games from my account as long as I'm not playing them (my Switch doesn't allow my family to play games I buy digitally even on the same console). Also, you can trade games you own on Steam, you can transfer them, I think there is a delay to do it again after you do, but I don't really do this often, but nice to have when I want to.
I also like to buy old games and indie games, stuff that has no physical release or wouldn't be in stock anywhere cause it's years old and on sale, this does happen to a lesser degree on consoles. Having AAA new games have no physical release is different then buying Silksong for 25 bucks or the first Devil may cry for super cheap on PC. But again, playing old games on a new PC means I just load them on current hardware, there is no limitation, sure some console games get rereleases... Where they try to charge again for the same game that now runs on a new system fairly often... Just look at the fact that Nintendo is charging to play your switch games on your switch 2... On PC, that would cost you nothing, just install the game on the new PC.
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u/Greenfire32 21h ago
My problem with the lack of physical isn't really the lack of physical, it's the lack of actual ownership.
If I buy a disc, I can sell or give that disc to someone else and it'll still work for them. Because I own that disc. I might not own the content on that disc, but I own the disc itself. That isn't the case with digital currently.
If we change it so that digital ownership is exactly the same as physical ownership, then I have no real issue with going digital-only.
The problem isn't that I don't have a disc. The problem is that I don't actually have any kind of ownership. And yet, digital sales are still being marketed as if I did.
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u/MadeByTango 1d ago
Use this article for unified language. Its a good one seeped in legal grounding. We take this and make it the status quo expectation and we may get Sony to understand the issue here.
The actions to take and future legislation to watch is the critical part at the end, as well:
That starts with legal protections ensuring that the same rights that apply to physical media apply to digital media. Next up? Reform Section 1201 of the DMCA to clarify that it does not forbid fair uses.
At the state level, we need meaningful consumer protections. Some promising models include California’s AB 1921, which would clarify what customers are actually paying for on digital storefronts and ensure some protections for maintaining discontinued games. The gaming industry has done its best to kill the bill, including claiming that private community servers are illegal.
If you bought it, you should own it, and EFF will continue working to mitigate some of the worst harms of the DMCA 1201, defending modders, and fighting deceptive licensing that makes culture less free.
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u/Old_Piccolo5581 23h ago
yeah eff calling this out is overdue, full price for a license they can yank anytime is straight up nonsense
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u/2WheelSuperiority 1d ago
I'm sure some corporate white knight will come in here and explain how the EFF doesn't understand what Sony means to do though.
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u/Jamie00003 1d ago
So why can’t we look at changing the laws to force these companies to retain your access, as long as the platform still exists?
Perhaps in the case that the company goes out of business, allow us to download a DRM free copy of the content on a one time basis
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u/Busterlimes 1d ago
Where the fuck was EFF when Blizzard just robbed everyone who paid for OW and slapped them with OW2?
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u/i_wear_green_pants 1d ago
Well it could be explained by saying that OW is live service and OW2 is just huge update. Nothing says people should have access to every single patch of live service games.
Same goes with CS:GO and CS2.
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u/Busterlimes 15h ago
OW was 6v6 OW 2 is 5v5. Completely different play strategies are used. They didnt add 6v6 back in for YEARS. They stole a game I paid for, simple as that.
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u/AshenRathian 16h ago
Yeah. It was essentially taking OW and making it into free to play via title update. It's hard to argue against in court, minus maybe losing your skins.
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u/kevuru_games 1d ago
As a game development studio, we see both sides of this discussion.
Digital distribution has made games more accessible than ever, but players also expect that a purchase actually means ownership. Finding the right balance between protecting IP and respecting customers is becoming one of the biggest challenges for the industry.
Trust is hard to build and easy to lose.
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u/Siukslinis_acc 1d ago
Not to mention that some countries has copyright that allows the owner of it to remove the object from everywhere. So legally the copyright holder would have the right to take away the game from people's accounts. They even could do that wirh physical media, but it is a lot harder to track down.
Not to mention that the game you no longer can sell is still taking up space in your servers. If you would delete the game from your servers - you would also remove the ability for people who purchased the game to download the game. And with a lot of games being there on the store and the AAA ones are now usually over 100 GB, the digital space question is valid. Digital space is not infinite. You still need storage drives and it can be a costly endeavour to expand.
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u/EmpressClaraB 22h ago
If they're gonna get rid of discs, my "license" I buy from them needs to be permanent and transferable, at the very least
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u/lolcatzuru 19h ago
the ownership thing will NEVER happen, its way to big of a liability for game publishers and devs.
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u/RisingPhil 19h ago
Don't give up so soon. We have these groups and lawsuits behind us. That's already more than I expected. The backlash is also still continuing.
If we stick to our Guns, we could accomplish something. But with paper hands, we'd just be victims.
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u/lolcatzuru 6h ago
i think we need to pick our hill. With physical, im very optimistic, sony step in a big pile with that, but, ownership implies liability as i said. for example lets say you own a game, like its yours, that means that they have some level of obligation with the good they sold you, if the game reaches any level of scrutiny, they may be on the hook to fix it, or refund you even if you finished it, or something like that because of the fact that, you own it, effectively like a warranty, thats why they dont do it now, yes part of it is to take you down a peg, but also so tehy have no obligation to do anything with it.
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u/Gold-Mug 20h ago
The problem shouldn't be disc or no disc. Why the fuck do we not own anything anymore? My digital purchase should give me ownership of a copy. You don't borrow my money either. I hope everything gets pirated the shit out of.
What comes next? Controllers that have software licenses for 2 years only and then you have to purchase a new one? I feel like gamers of today wouldn't even care....
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u/Pro_Saibot 18h ago
Hell, they're doing that with cars. Want to use the heated seats that are already part of your car? That'll be $29.99 a month
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u/guaztronaut 23h ago
Another Reddit post says 75% of PS3 are playable via emulator. I repurposed a hard drive for this purpose. And this rule about not discussing piracy on this sub needs to go cause fuck off rn with that bullshit.
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u/StabbingChildren 12h ago
Digital purchases basically function as extended rentals anyway. Once official support drops, those files become completely useless. Cartridges and optical discs actually survive for decades. Stock up on physical copies before they vanish.
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u/Slow_Communication16 1d ago
Wait till they find out the physical discs still don’t give you ownership of the game. All video game software is sold as a revocable license.
I’m sure most people here aren’t going to be happy I said that.
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u/SamogitiaAble 1d ago
When you buy a book, you dont became author of it. But you still own it, can sell it o give to someone else. The same with disc. Nobody is claiming to own an IP when buying a game. WTF are you talking about.
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u/Slow_Communication16 1d ago
Wtf are you talking about. I’m just saying wether you buy a game physical or digital your only getting access to the game on a revocable licenses.
I said no more. I said no less. What’s with all you losers just putting words in my mouth
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u/Dan1elSan 1d ago
This is not true, almost 70% of PS5 games are playable to completion with just the data off the disc and no internet connection. Meaning they can’t revoke shit.
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u/Slow_Communication16 1d ago
Read the back of the case then genius. It is literally true. And not just ps5 literally every video game that has ever been released(at least going back to the nes era)
While unlikely, they could take you court.
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u/Dan1elSan 1d ago
So they delist a game and take everybody who has it physical to court to forcibly remove them? That’s not just unlikely.
If it works without the internet they can’t revoke
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u/Slow_Communication16 1d ago
They can. Do you think those words on the back of the case are just mumbo jumbo?
Keep being confidently wrong. I’ve given you the information.
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u/Dan1elSan 1d ago
You said all software is a revocable license, I have given you the facts that physical games are playable with the disc data and no internet.
I have lots of NES games, should Nintendo decide to revoke all NES software licenses what is the mechanism to revoke them?
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u/simon7109 1d ago
While that is true, good luck revoking my physical game. There is no identifier on it, they can’t do shit unless they come to your house and take your disc awqy lol
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u/santathe1 1d ago
Unless it’s a disc that requires an internet connection to install.
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u/Lambdafish1 1d ago
Why would that change anything? They can block an accounts access to the software, but that's different from revoking the software itself.
If you buy a physical game and then get blocked from using it, you can still sell it to a friend.
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u/Xenozip3371Alpha 1d ago
Yeah, except with a physical disk I can sell it, trade it, whatever, and there's no chance of Sony just deleting it, like they just did with 500 movies people paid for.
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u/Azukaos 1d ago
I suppose you think that some Sony exec will come to your house to delete your physical games themselves if you don't comply with their policy?
Sure, having a disc doesn't mean you are the sole owner. There are still rules that apply to them, like no copying, and there's copyright attached to it.
But there's also no one stopping you from trading or selling them. The data on the disc, unless you tamper with it, shouldn't be affected and can be played indefinitely. (This shouldn't apply to live service and always-online games, though.)
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u/Slow_Communication16 1d ago
I don’t understand how you read my post and thought I was making any sort of argument.
I made a factual statement about software licensing. I don’t know how you drew enough information about me from that to know what I’m thinking. Can you tell me if my crush likes me 🥲
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u/zorrodood 21h ago
It would be hilarious if that stupid announcement led to legislation preventing digital purchases from being treated as licences of arbitrary duration.
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u/bighand1 17h ago
>The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), one of the world's leading digital rights organizations
Not a single person here have heard of this group until today.
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u/games-and-chocolate 1d ago
Sony will feel this if they force this. Many will boycot Sony. 60% wont even be able to play digotal games because of internet problems, full price cost, etc. Their market will be skrinking, and the people who have lots of cash will not magically buy more games just to have them in their library. So Sony's revenue will drop.
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u/AshenRathian 16h ago
That's what should happen in an open market with plenty of competition.
Unfortunately, consumer alternatives are sparse and almost inanely terrible, there is in fact the exact opposite of competition here. Consumers don't really have a viable alternative that doesn't already cost them more than they were willing to spend under Sony, and even then, sunk cost fallacy kicks in and will keep players around come hell or high water. Even if they buy less games, they still use the service, which is actually what Sony cares about most. Metrics. It's the entire reason Sony is putting PSN on their PC library.
This is what lack of proper competition does to an industry juggernaut, and we should be kicking Xbox in the head for failing to compete too. This whole situation is a cluster fuck.
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u/Typical_Intention996 1d ago
I hope ever country on earth files lawsuits over this. Multiple ones. Even if they don't make it anywhere. Make it so costly for Sony to legally fight them and have to endure all the bad headlines they will cause for years to come.
Man f Sony so hard over this. Even if they reverse it temporarily for the rest of the PS5's life. I'm moving to pc gaming come late next year/early 2028. I absolutely refuse to go all digital on a damn console.
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u/Siguardius 1d ago
Thanks, Steam. Thanks, Epic Game Store. Thanks, GOG. Thanks, Sony?
Do you guys, realise that 80% of all PS games are bought digitally, it increases if PC is included. I really want to know how many new (let's only PS5/XSX era) games everyone bought.
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u/Siukslinis_acc 1d ago
I mean, gog gives you the means to make your own discs. They allow you to downliad an offline installer, which you can burn onto a disc or other digital media storage.
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u/BrewKazma 1d ago
When only 25% of the games are available physically, of course it will look like 80% of all games bought are digital. You can't buy something that doesnt exist.
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u/NumerousBug9075 1d ago
People are really out here thinking Sony wont actuallt games away when theyve already shut the PSP store down in 2021 and the PSVITA and PS3 stores will be gone this years time.
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u/Mysterious_Pop9483 1d ago
Sony really shot themselves in the foot by announcing the end of disc support. It's sad really.