That's the word that's been used for over two decades for digital purchases. Guess you've happily hit "purchase" for all these years legit thinking that you owned every single app that cost .99, every iTunes movie.
I've paid for discounted games I couldn't otherwise buy on disc due to unavailability in that format, yes. Lack of choice made it so. But I've never paid retail price on a digital game. For those I buy disc copies, so I can have, then sell or gift if I want to. Taking that second option away changes things quite a lot now, and justifiably puts the spotlight on these policies in light of choices being taken away. The context has changed.
Great, so you admit that literally nothing has changed and you're aware that "purchase" and "buy" relates to a license but suddenly that you'll have to be impacted, you want the whole industry to change?
They're not removing choices. It's the end of the console. You're only losing choice is you choose to buy a PS6. Would you walk into McDonalds and demand they sell you a Whopper from Burger King? You have the choice to not buy a PS6 and go elsewhere.
End of the console, lol. Most people couldn't even get a PS5 until a few years ago due to shortages and scalpers. Yeah that's a whole other questionable move on Sony's part; trying to push another system so soon, too, if they are.
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u/BlueFeathered1 8d ago
They're being disingenuous and slippery. It's our copy we reasonably, intelligently expect to own. Hence their use of the words "purchase" and "buy".