Pemalite said:
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.
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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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Steam has found its way around the helplessness of non-centralized PC gaming to make it a community somewhat like console gaming but more gamer friendly. Its awesome. The only thing stopping the full power of EULA from being realized is the first sale doctrine, hence why Gamestop is still in business. EULA tries to deny full ownership of a game to the consumer. The game is the property of the creator and is only to be consumed by the consumer. That is the way they see it. In their eyes a single disc does not belong to you.
