Rainbird on 25 February 2010
| loves2splooge said: This is just one of the many ways game developers are moving towards a system where you won't be able to truly own anything anymore. DLC and XBLA games that you can't refund or sell are just a stepping stone. The game devs eventually will be just like the crooks in software development where they require online authenticity checks so that you would have the privilege of even using the RETAIL software you bought. Meaning, used copies of Adobe and what are completely useless unless you get an illegal crack online. Eventually console gaming will be full-blown digital just like Steam and no one will own anything more. Instead you will have "licenses". What makes the software industry so special from anyone else to get away with eliminating ownership? Cars have intellectual property too. Someone designed the car model yes? That car design is intellectual property. But yet you are allowed to sell your car. Why should it be any different for games? |
Like how Apple is getting sued back and forth over iTunes? Oh wait...
