German consumer organization
Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband outlines objections to changes to the
Steam end-user license agreement, complaining that declining the agreement causes users to lose access to previously purchased games, and also runs afoul of
a recent legal ruling in the EU that requires the ability to resell games purchased through digital distribution. According to a translation
of this article this requires Valve to issue a "required declaration of failure" by next week, which
Blend Games describes a response to a cease and desist order.
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You know, this could actually be a good thing. Steam already has the road paved for reselling with its inventory system. They just haven't used it for that because other publishers and devs will scream bloody murder if Steam allows the return of that evil demon secondary market. If somebody forces their hand, they'll figure out a good system for this; if anyone can do it, it's gaben. Many companies will jump ship, possibly going as far as to yank their titles and cause some kind of... refund cascade failure. But Valve will easily survive it and become better for it, and fuck anybody that reacts in that fashion in any case.
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