As far as EULAs go they all include something along the lines of: a) in so far as permitted by law and b) does not compromise users statutory rights. Basically companies are not allowed to post signs saying "Enter at your own risk" and then when something goes wrong and it is found that they were in breach of x/y/z say "ah well we had a sign".
Steam are selling goods; customers have a right to resell goods they have bought. That is part of what buy means.
If Steam want to lease goods - like Spotify or Amazon Prime etc. - they can choose to do so. And then it will be very clear.
The point I was attempting to bring up is the fact that the guy wants to own his games. The problem with that is that you never own the games. You at best own a LICENSE (End User *License* Agreement) which usually allows you to play the games. The developer/producer owns the game. They dictate what you are allowed to do with the software.
well then, to the people that don't want to use steam because of this reason they better quit every mmo and every exclusive multiplayer game they have for the same exact reason.
because what if those games get shut down and you can't play anymore, even though you physically own it?
yep, this argument is dumb but pretty much on par with most of the whining on the forums so carry on!
You can buy an MMO from Steam and then create the account. . then you never have to use steam again. . download the client and play. Is that not the case?
Some MMOs work like that. ESO does not. It's more like a B2P online game that you purchase through Steam rather than a completely independent game like EQ2, LotRO, etc.
You can't add a non-Steam key to ESO and you can't add a Steam key to non-Steam ESO account. I wish they would change that, but they won't.
Ah I see. I wondered if they were doing something like that with EVE when I could only buy the sale stuff on Steam to go with a steam version of the game. I hated that.
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because what if those games get shut down and you can't play anymore, even though you physically own it?
yep, this argument is dumb but pretty much on par with most of the whining on the forums so carry on!
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