New proposed bill would make video games something you own, not rent
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Why it matters: Two years after Ubisoft's The Crew went dark and took 12 million copies with it, the question of whether you own the games you buy has finally reached Congress. A proposed bill by Representative Ritchie Torres is short on detail and long on obstacles, but it is the first federal attempt to answer a question the industry would rather leave alone.
The "Power to the Players Act" bill would direct the FTC to write rules ensuring that buying a video game translates into ownership and not a revocable license. Games that depend on online servers would also have to offer an offline mode before those servers are switched off. Rep. Ritchie Torres frames it around three rights: to own, to play, and to transfer the games people buy.
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