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ggrobot
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 Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2026 11:23 pm Post subject: GameStop Slams Sony's [65775] |
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GameStop has publicly called out Sony's new policy requiring PS4 and PS5 digital game owners to connect online every 30 days for license verification on recent purchases. The retailer highlighted how this restricts true ownership, contrasting it with physical games that work offline anytime. In an accompanying ad featu
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Clever subliminal marketing.
“If you ‘own it”.
Of course those intelligent enough today, know that you own nothing.
It’s a revocable license. Stated in T&Cs.
So they turn it around to make a profit on the preowned/physical market, for themselves. (We’re your friends)
Of course physical preowned never disappeared. It’s called eBay/Amazon/private sellers’.
But if you tag it, the way they have, then they are Befrienders. You capture a huge market of social media followers who love that jargon. |
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