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EU court rules people can resell digital games (www.gamingbible.com)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Please enforce this for console games as well. Digical games and DLCs are typically more expensive than both new and used physical games. Physical games prices usually decrease few months after release, digital one rarely do.

It's obvious that vendors rely on digital restriction (aka DRMs) to kill the used market and sell older games at higher price. I'm avoiding digital games and DLC because of this, and I'm reluctant to buy a new console given the hard push toward digital games and attempts to kill the used market.