Official Steam Will Now Clearly State That You’re Buying A Game’s License, Not The Game

[Sphinx]

Steam, for starters, will now blatantly state that what you’re purchasing at the time of checkout is actually the license to your game, and not the entity itself as you would have if you had bought one physically (thanks Engadget). Look out for a dedicated section on the right of the page as you’re about to purchase the items in your cart.

Steam Will Now Clearly State That You're Buying A Game's License, Not The Game

The upcoming Californian law has forced major game storefronts to be transparent about digital purchases. It seems Steam has followed suit.

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[Moonchild]

Something that bugs me whenever physical vs digital getting brought up is the fact no one really ever seems to aknowledge how smaller devs just do not have the option of going physical. A lot of indie devs rarely ever make enough money for a sustained living as is. Without digital, there's far too many games that just wouldn't really exist.

 

[Herman.GG]

I'm sure le epic Reddit gamers will get just as angry at this as they did at that Ubisoft comment that gets continually taken out of context.

 

[NoHonor4amongZero]

Another day, another set of double standards for when Valve says something compared to when anybody else says the same thing.

 

[NyxonEnzo]

It's always been the case of if steam dies for whatever reason you lose your games. Now they are just spelling it out for you.