What happens when the video games you purchase aren’t really yours to keep?

Sony’s PlayStation ecosystem is raising questions about digital ownership, physical game discs, and the future of gaming. If you purchase a game digitally, can you resell it, share it, or even guarantee you’ll have access to it years from now?

In this week’s Tech Wednesday, User Friendly 2.0 host Bill Sikkens previews the growing debate surrounding PlayStation 5, digital licensing, and consumer ownership rights.

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This is Bill Sikkens, host of User Friendly 2.0 Saturdays here on the Answer.

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With this week's Tech Wednesday, going to be taking a look at a topic

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that a lot of you have sent in this week, and that is regarding

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what is happening with Sony in the PlayStation 5.

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Gamers probably already know about this, but there's been a lot going on since Sony

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made the announcement that they were going to stop manufacturing any of their games

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The objection to this comes from a lot of different directions.

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One, people still buy physical media, but the second part of it, too,

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is there's a concern about Sony's ecosystem requiring that you only buy

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your software through the PlayStation store, you can't resell anything.

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And there's some questions that come out of that as far as who owns what.

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If you're just buying a license and you can't resell,

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share your game, that kind of thing with anybody else,

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and they have the ability to withdraw the license

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according to their new license terms at their discretion.

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What is it that you really own?

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Join us this week for User Friendly 2.0.

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As we deep dive into this topic and what is happening the PlayStation 5.