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Hawke@lemmy.world 1 day agoLegally this option died 2 decades ago thanks to steam. So I just wondered why the big consoles still allow this.
Huh? I don’t think Steam wrote any laws about this, or even lobbied for them.
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
No they didn’t, they just relied on people prefering the “easy” way. Buy+download+play. But you can’t trade your games. Your license is tied to you. Physical media died due to steam. Hence trading and ownership. There is just GOG left where you buy stuff which is DRM-free and yours forever. BUT only old titles and SOME newer.
Hawke@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That’s just providing better service than piracy, not any change in what is legal. Physical media is unrelated (or barely related)
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Changing the market can surely be legal. Doesn’t change it that steam killed trading used games. And yes, it’s mostly better than piracy. At least more comfortable.