Power To The Players Act Aims To Ban Digital Game Licenses Disguised As Sales

Sony’s decision to no longer support physical game disc releases on its consoles after 2027 has kicked up a hornet’s nest in the gaming community and shined a spotlight to the realities of digital game purchases. It has led to a new bill designed to bring actual ownership of digital games, instead of the current system of licenses that are ultimately under the control of publishers.

Representative Ritchie Torres of New York’s 15th Congressional District will be introducing the Power to the Players Act to Congress. This piece of legislation would instruct the Federal Trade Commission to draft rules and regulations that are designed to protect a customer’s ability to own and play the games that they purchase from digital storefronts.

Torres says that “consumers must have the right to own, the right to play, and the right to transfer the games they buy. A game that can be...

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