Comment on In the end it all became the same
Monkstrosity@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Fact is, current software licensing laws needs to change. Doesn’t matter whether I own a physical copy or a digital copy, a company shouldn’t be able to decide that I can’t access the product I paid for anymore.
Whirlybird@aussie.zone 8 months ago
What software aren’t you able to access anymore that you’ve paid for? On PlayStation and Xbox at least even if stuff gets de-listed you can still redownload if you bought it. Same with physical disks
iheartneopets@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I remember it happened to me back in PS3 days. Back then, they had the PS1 spyro games on the online store, so I used my well-saved Christmas money to buy them as an early teen. Then a few months and quite a few hours of gameplay later, I was really confused to find that I could no longer find them on my account anywhere. Not sure what happened with that licensing-wise, but I could never play the games again and I was so bummed :/
freebread@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Are you sure it’s not still on your account anywhere? It looks like the original is available on PSN in the US (PS3/Vita/PSP store). I never bought it cause I have it physical.
I’m kinda bored rn so let me grab my PS3 from the cupboard to check- hold on.
iheartneopets@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I do not still have a PS3, or access to that account so I wouldn’t know. Regardless of whether it’s back on or not, I can only speak to the fact that it wasn’t for a long period, long enough for me to have moved out and not have the PS3 any more to even check.
Glad you say it seems to be back, but I can only reference my own experience of it being taken off my account. Who knows if I’d even be able to download the republished version, for all I know I’d have to repurchase it.
rengoku2@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Those SecuRom games I bought. No longer functional.
papyrus@lemmynsfw.com 8 months ago
Idk if it’s happened for games yet, but at least for movies it has happened. I think there was a case with Disney revoking The Lion King license from Apple, and then Apple removing the movie from users libraries.
TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 8 months ago
Nintendo closing down their gane shops for old hardware
Whirlybird@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Can you not re-download things you’ve already bought? Closing the store down doesn’t usually prevent that.