Comment on The $700 PS5 Pro doesn’t come with a disc drive
tabular@lemmy.world 1 week agoIf you can’t modify it, sell it or know what it’s even doing then calling that “ownership” of software is rather lacking. I mean in terms of traditional ownership, not the modern definition: “page 69 of the EULA defines “purchasing” (the software) as a limited, non-transferable lease which can stop working at any time due to dependency on a proprietary server code we will never share I fucked your mom”.
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 week ago
You could sell the NFT and lose access to the game just like a disc
You wouldn’t be able to modify it as the nft would just allow you to download the game.
4am@lemm.ee 1 week ago
As long as the network exists
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 week ago
If it’s a networked fame, but there’s no reason a offline game shouldn’t work other than incompetence.
Also since the NFT is the DRM the game could be available for download outside of the publishers purview, such as a public torrent site.
independantiste@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
One big “advantage” (for the companies) of NFTs is that the emitter can take a commission or fee every time the NFT is sold. This can kind of alleviate their fears of people buying from each other instead of buying a new copy. I think that’s a fair middle ground for owning a fully digital copy, between physical copy that companies don’t want and digital copy that consumers don’t want.
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 week ago
How can they force that and not also force a fee to move it to a different wallet you own?