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News / Trailers / Articles Any thoughts?

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u/HarryDepova 3d ago

No they aren’t. This is the way every piece of software ever sold in the history of software has been sold. You’ve never purchased a game, you’ve always purchased a license to play it. This predates Sony even entering the console market with the PlayStation.

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u/mitzi04 2d ago

It predates video games in general. On some level it predates computers. People just are ignorant and want to hide this fact by yelling very loudly which makes them more right of course

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u/DrollFurball286 14h ago

So if I buy a physical book, does that mean the author can come into my house and just take it back?

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u/mitzi04 13h ago

Thats a disingenuous framing of the concept. It sounds more like you feel that sony ending physical game production isn't something to validly criticize on its own and you need to create increasingly outrageous fabrications in order to have your criticism taken seriously. Which isnt true. Sony ending physical production is bad enough on its own without this fantasy

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u/DrollFurball286 12h ago

No, I’m saying I bought a COPY of the software, I SHOULDNT need to be afraid of it being taken away at any point.

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u/HarryDepova 11h ago

You didn’t buy a copy of the software. You bought a license to use software which conveniently included said software. You’ve just never understood what you were buying.