| S.T.A.G.E. said: Microsoft undermined the first sale doctrine. Look it up. Understand your rights as a consumer. DRM alienates the used market if you take it to a certain extent and that is one of the major things that makes console gaming special opposed to PC gaming, which basically has zero right to resale because of the fully digital and code-based form. If Microsoft put the paywall up they and Gamestop would've had some issues and a larger sum of people than you think would've defected to Sony on principle. |
You're right to an extent, I physically cannot resell a game in my Steam collection.
However I do have the right to sell my entire Steam account with it's 300+ games to someone else. :)
With the prices as low as they are, especially during a sale, reselling doesn't even cross my mind on Steam.
Steam's DRM has done more good than harm for the PC industry though. - Something that no one can really dispute, it solved all the fragmentation and made the PC far more accessible to gaming, not to mention cheaper.
People also seem to have the idea that EULA's and Terms of Agreement's will override their basic consumer rights, which is simply not true, it's how I managed to get a refund for Battlefield 3 out of EA despite them at the time having a "no refund policy". - Thus taking it to "Consumer affairs" eventually got my refund and EA would have received a small fine. (EA were also kind enough to let me keep the game, go figure.)
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