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Steam Finally Makes It Clear You Don’t Own Your Games
Valve updated Steam’s shopping carts to notify users that they’re only buying a “license” for the game, not the game itself.
Steam admits you don't actually own any of your games
You don't own any of those games. Valve's PC gaming digital marketplace has started including a notice on the shopping cart screen letting users know that purchasing a game on Steam grants them a license for it,
A new Steam message reminds you that you don’t own your games
Have you noticed a new Steam message explaining your recent game purchases? It comes courtesy of a new California law.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox
Steam Reminds Gamers That They Don't Own Their Purchases
You don't own the games in your Steam library. Going forward, you'll be reminded of this fact every time you buy a game from the Steam digital storefront. The Steam checkout page now features the following notice: "a purchase of a digital product grants a license for the product on Steam.
Steam now says the ‘game’ you’re buying is really just a license
Steam is now showing a new disclosure on its store checkout screen that clarifies you don’t actually own a game.
Steam now explicitly states you don’t own the digital games you’re buying
Have you ever bought an app or game from a digital storefront, only for it to suddenly disappear and become inaccessible without warning? It’s both confusing and frustrating, which is why some governments are stepping in and hoping to make things clearer for consumers.
Steam now warns customers they're only buying a license when paying for a game
Ahead of new California legislation requiring storefronts to make it clear customers are only buying a license for digital content rather than outright owning it, Steam has implemented a message at the point of purchase doing just that.
Digital ownership of games was after all an illusion
The new message on Steam’s shopping cart now reminds the customers that they do not own the game they are paying for. Rather they are only obtaining the license to play the game. Shortly, a new law will be passed to redefine the ownership perception regarding the games in digital libraries.
MMO Bomb
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Just In Case You Though You Actually Own Those Steam Games, Their New Disclaimer Puts That Idea To Rest
That means that our Steam libraries aren’t actually ours, no matter how much money we’ve spent on them. As I said, I think we ...
Comicbook.com
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Steam Users Have Less Than 24 Hours to Get Two Games for Completely Free
Steam
users have until October 12 two grab two
games
for free. In other words, the free
Steam
games
are only available for less than 24 hours. More specifically, the free
games
offer is set ...
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Steam gamers can grab two of the best-rated games of all time for pennies – 90% off
PC gamers get showered with deals on great games all the time, and an incredible series has now dropped to its lowest-ever ...
Gameranx
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Five More Backyard Sports Games Are Coming To Steam!
Today, Backyard Baseball came to Steam. But following that, five more Backyard Sports titles are coming to join it!
Game Rant on MSN
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Some Steam Games Will Become Unavailable in 1 Region
Steam is making several games unavailable in a particular region's marketplace, due to a recent change in one country's ...
mp1st.com
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Valve Updates Store to Notify Gamers They Don’t Own Games Bought on Steam, Only a License to Use Them
Valve updates Steam store to clarify that games purchased are only licensed, not owned. This change complies with an upcoming ...
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Steam's turn-based RPG sale slashes prices on some of my favorite games ever, and unfortunately for my wallet, great games I haven't played too
Dragon Quest 11, XCOM 2, and Marvel's Midnight Suns are among many heavily discounted games in Steam's turn-based RPG sale.
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'Junk Store' plugin may bring GoG and Epic games to your Steam Deck library
Junk Store lets you load Epic Games and GOG on your Steam Deck, gets a Steam Store page in preparation for its eventual ...
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How to stream Xbox games to your Steam Deck, ‘one weird trick’ edition
I’ve owned the Xbox Series S, which I affectionately call the Baby Xbox, since launch day. And yet I almost never play any ...
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