consumer rights

Steam users have the right to resell their games, French court rules

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A French court has ruled that Steam must allow users to re-sell their digital games. French consumer group UFC-Que Choisir brought the lawsuit back in 2015. According to French video game website Numerama, the court found that Valve’s blocking of the reselling of games runs contrary to European Union law. As Polygon explains: The court rejected … Read more

Wii Shop Channel’s closure shows why we still need physical games

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After twelve years in business, the Wii Shop Channel closed its digital doors for good today. Last year, Nintendo stopped allowing users to purchase Wii Points for digital products. Yesterday was the last day to redeem any remaining Wii Points toward purchases. While users can still re-download WiiWare and Virtual Console titles, as well as … Read more