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Consumers receive a license to access and use a game, not an unrestricted ownership interest in the underlying work,” the ESA wrote.
We know. That's the problem.
Hurray for the POG Act, it's very pog.
Great to hear and generally support this move. I wonder if Jan 1st 2027 is a little too soon though?
The licensing argument never made sense to me. Wouldn't that impact sales of the game, not people who already own it being able to play?
Not being able to sell in California is a huge loss though. I agree January 1st is a little too soon, but better to have a little bit of pain now to make things better later.
Is your first sentence responding to my second paragraph? If so, I'm not sure I understand.
The opposing stance to this makes the argument that licensing makes this law not feasible. But if a company's license runs out, they can't sell the game anyway, in California or otherwise, regardless of if this law passes. So what does it even have to do with the idea that companies should leave a game in a responsibly playable state? Which is what the core of Stop Killing Games wants.
No, I was commenting on just the first paragraph. January 2027 is too soon for any game that's currently in development to be reasonably expected to pivot by then, and the same goes for any game that's already available and expects to have a long tail on its sales, so it's sort of like lighting the fuse on a bomb. The licensing argument is stupid nonsense, and they know it.
What pivoting?
It changes the plans of shuttering a server, not offering a new one. Any such independent play patch soils only be released when a company is ready to end servers.
A new game previously intended to be released December 31st of this year, caught off guard with just one day of warning, could still release without changing a thing. The game will have servers for years to come, presumably.