Steam changes the conditions: now you will no longer be able to buy games

It was said many years ago that around this time, physical games would have already disappeared from the market, this is not the case, although it is true that they have less and less presence and some video game console models even no longer have a disc drive.

Be that as it may, digital games seem to be the future, and could definitively bury physical games perhaps in the next decade.

There is still time for you to enjoy your physical games, and the next game consoles will continue to have disk drives and, therefore, you will be able to continue having those physical games that are pleasant to touch, and that you can see well placed in the library in your living room or on the shelf in your room.

However, the great disadvantage of digital games is that they are not really yours, and it will not have been the first time that controversy has arisen about the disappearance of some digital game from a store due to copyright issues or closure. of servers.

Steam is one of the most important places on the Internet to buy digital games, and now when you buy a game through this platform, you will be able to read a new message on the shopping cart screen.

Just below “continue payment”, There is a message that explains that what you are really buying are licenses, and not games.

“Purchasing a digital product grants you a license to the product on Steam.”

Unlike a physical game that you buy, and that you know is always yours, and you can insert it into any compatible video game console, this is not exactly the case with digital games.

That is why it will always be much more profitable to have a physical game than a digital one, since you ensure that you really have the title and will be able to run it as long as you have the appropriate device.

This new information label that you will see from now on in Steam aligns with new laws that attempt to protect customers from these types of digital gaming losses.

However, next year a new law will appear in California, which will force digital stores to communicate the limitations of digital purchases and specifically state that buying is not owning.

In this way, if you had doubts about buying the next video game digitally or physically, if you think in the long term, perhaps the physical one is the most appropriate.

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