PlayStation To Delete A Ton Of TV Shows Users Already Paid For::Sony says Mythbusters and more Discovery TV shows are going away whether you bought them or not

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    1 year ago

    This is what I wrote on the other thread about the same article. The question is, on what possible grounds are they allowed to revoke licenses for completed sales?

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      1 year ago

      Someone in legal on Sony’s side fucked up.

      They should issue refunds. Whether they will or not though…

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        They will ALMOST CERTAINLY. But my point is this doesn’t really help… Let’s say a game I really like, I dunno Wreckfest (substitute you own idc) gets yanked from Steam. Here is my 24.99 EUR back. Okay fine, fair enough (it isn’t but whatever), where can I buy the game again? Well REALLY you can’t, you can either buy gamepass forever (Until it gets yanked from there again), or you can go and hunt down a rare an expensive Xbox physical release.

        So have I been reimbursed for my loss? No, because the 24.99 is no substitute for the game I had and wanted.

        • ∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nz
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          1 year ago

          The only way to play Chronicles of Riddick (a really great game btw) is illegally by downloading it. I would happily pay money for the privilege, but there is no option for that.

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            1 year ago

            Well yeah but that is hosted on various abandonware sites. If they defacto disown the rights of it, that is fair enough…

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          In the case of Steam, something I bought was pulled from the store, but it’s still in my library, and I can still redownload it. Even though it can’t be found by people who didn’t buy it anymore. This seems to be the general Steam strategy.