Well it says BUY in the store
this post was submitted on 31 Aug 2026
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Don't go there, I see a "buy license" button in our future. Right now, nothing but the string of text has to change. They have been changing what really matters, the crazy infrastructure behind that prevents downloading, and allows erasing, the content we have bought.
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I don't need to read the article to know that they're making the same argument as Amazon and Apple. When you "buy" a show on one of the streaming platforms, you aren't actually buying anything except an extended rental.
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unless it is layed out plain in their TOS it aint gonna live long. if they place a revision of the TOS to reflect that, then john q public is thoroughly screwed
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With how shitty the owning and freedom situation on consoles is already, this really doesn't change much. People who are still using consoles just don't give any fucks. They happily swallowed the PSN subscription. They will happily swallow the next toad too.
Like when you purchase books for 2 weeks at the library. Simple!
Ah I see Playstation seems out of its wild teenage years and is now so overconfident it's poke the bear time!
This should be fun.
right, just before going digital only. it's a bold move cotton...
You know what? Let them. Normalise the idea and watch how the market speaks (yo ho ho).
The market will answer with pathetic mumbling, as always :)
But that might help small studios that don't use DRMs anyway.
I appreciate the spirit, but the average person will keep giving their money to these shitty companies.
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i hope theyre ready to give a ton of refunds for digital "purchases"