So far, it’s been very rare for digital ownership of games not to stay preserved. Ex: You can’t buy games from the Wii U anymore, but can still install owned ones. Some games are delisted from Steam, but you can install them.
Notable exceptions: Online games (not helped by discs) and Sony’s big attack on movie licenses.
In terms of resale ownership, yeah, it’s not so favorable. I’m ambivalent on that, because resale motivated a lot of changes in games - more online, more perpetual GAAS, fewer short singleplayer experience.
I’ve never been one to sell games, but I give, lend, and borrow games frequently with my friends. This (and some locked away exclusives) are the only reason I still even own consoles. Sony et al have decided they don’t want my money anymore.
When your friends buy your game from you, and then that friend’s friend re-buys the game, those are lost sales. Your friends liked getting the game at a lower price, but if it was sold digitally for half your Used Price, everyone keeps their copy to play later, but the devs (okay, realistically in many cases; publisher) gets more money.
I’m not stating this to condemn you, honestly I’m far more fine with you trading with friends than the GameStop Used Market (a shitshow that wasn’t good for anyone); but you don’t build a compelling case for Sony to want to sell to you.
You seem really intent on inventing scenarios to dispute me. I own a RIDICULOUS amount of games. Games that I purchased directly, usually at launch. My friends do as well, we simply share or give each other some of the games. Or sometimes we lend them and that ends up convincing the other person to buy it. Sony and Nintendo have indeed gotten a boatload of my money over the years and that boat is sailing elsewhere.
So far, it’s been very rare for digital ownership of games not to stay preserved. Ex: You can’t buy games from the Wii U anymore, but can still install owned ones. Some games are delisted from Steam, but you can install them.
Notable exceptions: Online games (not helped by discs) and Sony’s big attack on movie licenses.
In terms of resale ownership, yeah, it’s not so favorable. I’m ambivalent on that, because resale motivated a lot of changes in games - more online, more perpetual GAAS, fewer short singleplayer experience.
I’ve never been one to sell games, but I give, lend, and borrow games frequently with my friends. This (and some locked away exclusives) are the only reason I still even own consoles. Sony et al have decided they don’t want my money anymore.
But they’re not getting “your money”.
When your friends buy your game from you, and then that friend’s friend re-buys the game, those are lost sales. Your friends liked getting the game at a lower price, but if it was sold digitally for half your Used Price, everyone keeps their copy to play later, but the devs (okay, realistically in many cases; publisher) gets more money.
I’m not stating this to condemn you, honestly I’m far more fine with you trading with friends than the GameStop Used Market (a shitshow that wasn’t good for anyone); but you don’t build a compelling case for Sony to want to sell to you.
You seem really intent on inventing scenarios to dispute me. I own a RIDICULOUS amount of games. Games that I purchased directly, usually at launch. My friends do as well, we simply share or give each other some of the games. Or sometimes we lend them and that ends up convincing the other person to buy it. Sony and Nintendo have indeed gotten a boatload of my money over the years and that boat is sailing elsewhere.