GIGAZINE

Steam makes it clear in the shopping cart that 'users cannot acquire the game itself, but only the right to use the game,' in response to California's new law

Steam adds the harsh truth that you're buying “a license,” not the game itself - Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/10/steam-now-reminds-you-that-it ...
Game Rant

Steam Makes Big Change to Game Purchases

Viraaj is a spirited gamer, lifelong PlayStation main, huge petrolhead, but most importantly, a principled journalist. With experience at publications like FandomWire, HotCars, and DriveTribe, writing ...
Gameranx

Steam Now Alerts Consumers They Are Buying A License And Not A Game

Valve made a change for when consumers checkout. The use of physical media has certainly dwindled over the years. More and more consumers are taking their content digitally, meaning subscription ...
Eurogamer

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 ...
HotHardware

Steam Tells Gamers You Don’t Own Your Games, You Just License Them, Capiche?

I'm dating myself as an old fart, but back in my day (don't you just love that phrase?), you bought a game cartridge from KB Toys or Sears, went home and popped it into your Atari 2600 console, and ...
VentureBeat

German agency calls Steam license agreement ‘coercive’

Video game publisher Valve’s giant digital-gaming portal Steam faces scrutiny in Germany over its end-user license agreement. When agreed to, the EULA strips Steam customers of their right to join a ...