| VanceIX said: Change in ownership, yes, you are correct. In terms of legal ownership of the game itself, no one has that. That is the point I'm making. Some people believe owning the physical disc means you own the game itself, while owning a digital copy means it's only licensed to you. No, either way it is licensed to you. That's my point. |
If that is the point you are making then you are totally correct. And if anyone doesn't believe you, they should try "legally" making a copy of "their" game and giving for free or selling that copy and see how it plays out. Chances are they would be committing a felony generally refered to as piracy.
Physical or digital, as you have said all we really own is the license of the game/content. The disc is nothing more than a ditribution and storage package. This gets replaced with your internet connection and HDD respectively when looking at digital. Same applies to every form of distributed content.
The real question, should be why don't the content providers give us a standardized option, system and policies for change of ownership. Personally I think it will solve their ever growing used game and piracy problem. If someone is aiming to buy used and finds used game "deals" where the game costs $35 3 months after its release, such a person wouldn't care if he were buying physical or digital if the same game was available digital as a "transfer" for the same price. Basically, it would be a way for gamers to cut out the middleman (gamestop..etc) and sell their games directly to users that want them. That fixed transfer fee ($10) will also be a way for the platform holder to gurantee that money is still made from the sale. If they are worried about people abusing it, all they have to do is put a 4 month transfer hold on any newly released content that prevents people from selling it within they first 4 months or something.
