Sony Reminds PS Users They Don't Own Digital Games

2 months ago by themachinestops to c/gaming

Sony's unsolicited EULA email tells PlayStation users their digital games are licensed, not owned, arriving just as the #PSBlackout boycott kicks off.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/74416381

The relevant section is blunt. "The Software is licensed to you, not sold," the EULA states. "You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and personal license to play or use the Software for your private, non-commercial use on the system or device it was intended for."

The terms also restrict renting, modifying, or obtaining games through unauthorised means. Nothing in there is new, technically. Sony's EULA has always said this. The timing is what makes it land differently right now.

Bakkoda 15 points 2 months ago

Year 43 of boycotting Sony. Proud of me.

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thermal_shock 6 points 2 months ago

1983 rise!

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mrfriki 7 points 2 months ago

And idiots will keep buying from them, that is why society is in the current state.

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Hakuso 3 points 2 months ago

For me in 2026 all the consoles are emulated, and PC games are all run with Proton.

The more they tighten their grip the more loyal customers slip through their fingers.

And if you're ATLUS stupid to use some dogshit like Denuvo your games are just flat out pirated.

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