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The current gaming situation right now
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PC is an open platform, consoles are not. If a data can be downloaded locally it can be backed up one way or another. You may need a crack to get around the DRM or reverse engineered private server to access some games but the options are there.
At some level this is also possible on many consoles but usually requires either emulation or modded console.
Consoles are the same.
Being able to crack a steam game doesn't make it physical media.
It's not that open, but it could be.
We need rights enshrined in law about digital products. We need the right to transfer them to other accounts, and on PC, even other stores. We need assurances about what happens when stores close. The consumer should never lose out. If they do, the law has failed utterly.
And the law needs to do this. Corporations, even Uncle Gabe, aren't going to let you have this willingly.