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Sony Reminds PS Users They Don't Own Digital Games (games.gg)
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The relevant section is blunt. "The Software is licensed to you, not sold," the EULA states. "You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and personal license to play or use the Software for your private, non-commercial use on the system or device it was intended for."

The terms also restrict renting, modifying, or obtaining games through unauthorised means. Nothing in there is new, technically. Sony's EULA has always said this. The timing is what makes it land differently right now.

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[โ€“] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Nintendo was here before any of this was a problem

Because NES locked it down at propertiary carts and still do...

That drastically increases the cost of Ninetendo games, because Nintendo is the only one legally allowed to make the blank. Even gamecube used tiny discs.

If you wanted to sell a NES game, you had to buy X amount of blank copies from Nintendo, then pay Nintendo to put the code on the blank, then pay Nintendo a licensing cut to sell...

Like, it's not like Nintendo had consumers best interest at heart, they just nickle and dime developers at every step, which is why Nintendo versions costs more.

[โ€“] THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Oh yeah, I never said they had good business practices. We're well aware of that. But, at this point, holy fuck. All they have to do is exist while Sony and Microslop repeatedly blast themselves in the balls. Luigi wins by doing absolutely nothing.