Information EU rules publishers cannot stop you reselling your downloaded games

yay more drm to monitor transfer of ownership between users.

Yeah... it is bound to impact GOG this way... M:

Wow this is huge. I just realized this is not just about games, this is all software.

IMO, the majors are going to move everything into the cloud sooner, rather than later and there will be monthly fees, to use software instead of owning it outright. Not only will you be paying for the software, you will be paying for the hardware it is running on. I don't know if this will work out cheaper for the consumer, or more expensive in the long run, but I'd rather own something, than rent it.

You know guys... I got the feeling it will pressure the devs to change games from products to services and we will be fucked. Cloud Computing, here we come!

They were already doing it, this is like Phedophiles claiming that laws against child pornography increase child rape.

No, my friend, this is just prediction of what might happen. Yes the shift is already present but all that his will do is spurrying it even further.

Don't get me wrong - I am glad that I will be able to sell my Steam games. I am just predicting what 'they' (publishers) will do to combat that, because let's face it - this is going to make them some major losses.

So Mrowak and pedophiles have similar rhetoric? Interesting...

Well, EU service regulations aren't exactly lenient, either. It could be argued that even with this law, even if the providers were to adhere to it in full, would possibly be less of a pain in the ass than running a full-fledged service that adheres to EU regulations and standards.

Of course, we'd need someone that speaks legalese to say how it'd be.

Another trend is free to play, online only games and getting people hooked on services sold within the games. The only other thing I think they could try, is renting games instead of selling them outright, with DRM to deactivate them, at the end of the time limit.

In the end, publishers will respond with whatever method makes them the most money. I don't think that response will be good for single player games.

That's all right. This ruling isn't responsible for it anyway. It was always like that in Germany. It's only reinforced by EU now.

The best advice I've heard for devs that are worried about rentals, is to make games people want to keep. Case in point, I will never sell my Fallout.

For a service like Steam (or Origin, I guess) it would be pretty easy to implement.
Just remove the game from account A and unlock it on account B.

This. And if some devs decide to go this way instead of trying to get people to rent their cloud games it may still be massive incline.

Green Man Gaming allows trading in old games, so it's not something fuck knows what difficult to implement.

So a few shitty 'AAA' devs won't get the tiny bit extra from selling their crap to another customer who would otherwise have bought it for a couple of dollars on a Steam sale. My heart bleeds. Maybe they should just dip into the marketing budget next time and actually make a decent game.

Did Valve really had that implemented at one point ? Sure does not work like that these days, but I would love the option. All the games I will never play again or will never play period, I would gift away or swap. Good games would stay.

I would love this to happen just so I can see the mental contortions the "steam isn't drm" brigade would resort to next

EU, say bye to playing offline.

ACTA has been voted down by an overwhelming majority

Playing what? AAA rubbish?

Strangely enough, I said goodbye to that some years ago...