數位內容販售的是使用權而不是擁有權

對於 steam 打到骨折的售價我完全心安理得, 玩家不需要覺得不好意思, 怎麼這麼便宜, 因為我們並不是購買, 頂多是租用。購買的價錢會和租用的價錢一樣嗎?

一般人購買時應該不會看完這麼長的協議, 透過 ai 分析, 直接指出玩家購買的使用權條文。list 1 標紅色的地方。

條文具體位置與內容  
Steam
協議名稱： Steam 訂戶協議 (Steam Subscriber Agreement)  

章節標題： 2. 授權（Licenses） / 2.A. 內容與服務授權（Licensing of Content and Services）  

list 1. STEAM® SUBSCRIBER AGREEMENT

  
2. LICENSES ⏶

  A. General Content and Services License
Steam and your Subscription(s) require the download and installation of Content and Services onto your computer. Valve hereby grants, and you accept, a non-exclusive license and right, to use the Content and Services for your personal, non-commercial use (except where commercial use is expressly allowed herein or in the applicable Subscription Terms). This license ends upon termination of (a) this Agreement or (b) a Subscription that includes the license. The Content and Services are licensed, not sold. Your license confers no title or ownership in the Content and Services. To make use of the Content and Services, you must have a Steam Account and you may be required to be running the Steam client and maintaining a connection to the Internet.
For reasons that include, without limitation, system security, stability, and multiplayer interoperability, Valve may need to automatically update, pre-load, create new versions of or otherwise enhance the Content and Services and accordingly, the system requirements to use the Content and Services may change over time.
You consent to such automatic updating. You understand that this Agreement (including applicable Subscription Terms) does not entitle you to future updates (unless to the extent required by applicable law), new versions or other enhancements of the Content and Services associated with a particular Subscription, although Valve may choose to provide such updates, etc. in its sole discretion.

所以當 steam 倒閉時, 所有的遊戲是可能全部消失的, 就算用備份保存遊戲檔案, 沒有登錄 steam 帳號, 是無法安裝遊戲的。除非有辦法破解。

在遊戲界不熟悉是不是有收掉導致玩家遊戲全部歸零的案例, 但在電子書界是有這樣的案例, 電子書商關門了, 讀者買的電子全部歸零, 仔細深入想想, 是很可怕的。

玩家以為不玩, 買來當蒐藏遊戲, 但不屬於你的東西能算蒐藏嗎? 圖書館的書能算自己的蒐藏嗎?

sony 2028 年起逐漸停產遊戲光碟後震驚全球遊戲圈, sony 發佈這消息後, 大多玩家有意識到這點, 很怕 sony 停掉服務, 自己買的遊戲會歸零, 有點意外, 遊戲玩家和電子書讀者對數位商品有不同的態度, 電子書讀者對這件事好像沒這麼在意。

其實只要提供補償方案就好, 例如退款, 也不一定要全部退, 30% 也好, 或是提供 patch 移除 drm 讓玩家擁有遊戲, 要不然就乾脆說是「租」遊戲, 不是「買」遊戲, 租的本來就不是我的, 歸零了, 玩家心態上應該也能適應, 但既然是租的, 應該不能定那個價錢吧。

另外一個渠道是購買 GOG 的遊戲, 無 drm, 買了可以自行保存, 所以如果 steam, gog 都有的遊戲, 我更偏向於在 gog 購買。只是 gog 多半是屬於老遊戲, 3A 大作一般很少有。