Why do people keep saying we don’t own games anymore?

[MusicTokuXX]

I am so sick and tired of people saying that “we don’t own games” LIKE YES YOU DO! SHUT UP IDIOT!! I HAVE BOUGHT TONS OF GAMES! WHO TF TAUGHT YOU, THAT YOU DON’T OWN THEM?

[kissmyring]

So you remember that whole thing where Playstation shut down the online market for their older consoles and everyone who had bought and downloaded games onto those consoles couldn’t play them anymore? That’s what people mean. They paid for them, but now can no longer play them, and never got a refund for a now defunct game which was made that way by the company. If they truly owned the games, they wouldn’t have needed that online market to play them.

[ChicoFromThe305]

Cause you don't, in the agreements when purchasing a game you buy a specific license to play the game, they sell you that license that allows you to play the game, it's mentioned in the agreement that at any moment then can choose to take take away your access to the game

[Anonymous]

Just read the terms of service 🤦‍♀️ if you buy it digitally they rent you the games and also many games won't work anymore if the servers are turned off even if it's a simple singleplayer game... It's not that difficult to understand what people mean

[MusicTokuXX]

I HAVE BOUGHT SO MANY GAMES! THEY STILL WORK!!

YOU PEOPLE ARE JUST IDIOTS!!

[Opinion Owner]

You're the idiot if you don't understand what I just said.

Have you bought The crew? Is it still working? No. If Steam turns off the servers tomorrow or decides to revoke your license for whatever reason, can you still play your games? No.

Just because you personally haven't encountered issues yet, doesn't meant they don't exist. Screaming it in all caps doesn't make it more right.