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US bill would let gamers own their games
Congressman Ritchie Torres introduces the Power To The Players Act to give gamers ownership rights instead of licences.
In brief
Congressman Ritchie Torres introduces the Power To The Players Act to give gamers ownership rights instead of licences. US congressman Ritchie Torres introduced the Power To The Players Act on October fifteenth to require the FTC to protect gamers' ownership rights and prevent companies from making games unplayable…
Torres announces game ownership bill
Ritchie Torres, a Democratic congressman from New York, announced the Power To The Players Act on October fifteenth.
“A game that can be taken away the moment a company pulls the plug is not a purchase. It is a rental disguised as a sale.”
What the bill would require
Buying a game would give you ownership of it, not a licence to play it. Games with online features would have to offer an offline mode before their servers shut down.
“I think there should be a simple rule: if you pay for it, you own it.”
NBA 2K25 shows the problem
NBA 2K25 sold for sixty nine dollars ninety nine cents, or ninety nine dollars ninety nine cents for the All-Star Edition.
Pennsylvania and Sony push the issue
Pennsylvania state senator John Kane introduced the Protect Our Games Act, which would require companies to offer offline mode, online mode without servers, or at least twenty five percent refund when retiring games.
What it means
US congressman Ritchie Torres introduced the Power To The Players Act on October fifteenth to require the FTC to protect gamers' ownership rights and prevent companies from making games unplayable.
