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EU court rules people can resell digital games (www.gamingbible.com)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by rikudou@lemmings.world to c/gaming@beehaw.org
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Finally some good news! I've been waiting for quite a while for such a ruling.

Edit: Seems this cites an article from 2012, I didn't notice that (and it's still news to me). Though there's still hope that it'll happen, EU is slow, but usually eventually gets shit done.

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[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 9 months ago

What about bigger games like BG3? What's stopping me from buying it full price, copying the files somewhere and then instantly reselling it? It would probably force them to implement strict DRM restrictions, and probably the nasty rootkit kind.

GOG literally exists and yet gamers still buy it on Steam.
If steam implements it, it may be more accessible and thus make it more relevant but as of now, nothing would really change.