If the ability to resell digital games becomes a legal requirement in the EU and elsewhere, it will be interesting to see what kind of ripple effects it may have on games.
Valve plans to appeal.
This is certainly an interesting turn of events, especially considering the on-going controversy surrounding CD key selling sites like G2A. A 2014 Australian court ruling, for example, led to Steam’s current refund policy. According to the court, Steam sells game licenses, and consumers ought to have the right to do what they want with them. Steam game key in your digital library or a digital game gift from a friend?. As a result, the court declared that users should be allowed to resell Steam games. A new ruling by a French court has the potential to radically alter the way people buy, sell, and play video games. (Pocket-lint) - A recent ruling by a European court suggests that users should be able to resell games from their Steam library in the same way they would physical ones. Sell it Gameflip and use the proceeds for other games. 2003 - 2020 © Pocket-lint Limited PO Box 4770, Ascot, SL5 5DP. NVIDIA Apologizes For GeForce RTX 3080 Launch Day Stock Issues, Says Demand Exceeded Expectations, AMD Navi 21 “Big Navi GPU” For Radeon RX 6900 XT Reportedly Features 16 GB VRAM, Radeon RX 6000 Cards With Navi 22 Get 12 GB VRAM. In particular, the companies policies on games reselling goes against the law that governs the free-flow of goods. Well, the District Court of Paris has struck down the notion that Steam sells subscriptions. GameStop certainly made a killing off used games until the industry intentionally kneecapped them. It is said that Valve has three months to rectify the situation but the company has stated it will be appealing the decision. Some posts on Wccftech.com may contain affiliate links.
According to the French gaming site Numerama, as well as UFC-Que Choisir itself, the High Court of Paris ruled in UFC-Que Choisir’s favor earlier this week. Steam was this week hit with a ruling from a French court that penalizes the site for banning the resale of digital games. Refunding Steam Games Instead of Selling Them . There is no subscription service on Steam currently that we're aware of. We also wonder what will happen with other services like Uplay, Epic Store, EA's Origin and others if this ruling holds. Though we certainly would like to see one.
Four years later, a French court has ruled in UFC-Que Choisir’s favor. I’m actually fairly surprised by this. Writing a book about streamers tentatively titled "STREAMERS" to be published by Atria/Simon & Schuster in the future. Similarly, the company began to go after the 2.3 billion dollar Counter-Strike gambling ring that sprung up in its backyard in 2016 only after lawsuits began to trickle in. This clause means Steam users don’t have certain basic consumer rights, like the ability to resell the games they buy.
Still, it’s notable that UFC-Que Choisir scored this victory, and it could very well lead to changes on Valve’s platform. But perhaps it’s not all doom and gloom. All rights reserved. Heres hoping this is a hint towards that in the future. Major offline single-player games may be an endangered species. The court also took Valve to task for other practices, such as holding onto Steam Wallet funds when players leave the platform, unclear moderation policies, and not accepting responsibility if users’ computers are harmed by software (even betas) sold on their platform. Regardless of how all this shakes out, it’s clear the video game industry, and digital distribution of entertainment in general, is due for some major changes.
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