https://wccftech.com/steam-digital-game-resell-flies-in-face-eu-law/

Last week, a French court handed down a ruling that has the potential to radically alter the way we buy and play video games and other digital media. Basically, the District Court of Paris struck down several sections of the Steam user agreement, most notably the part that states that Valve is only selling people game subscriptions. The court determined that Steam actually sells game licenses, and as such, consumers ought to be able to resell them.

This could have wide-ranging effects, possibly hastening the gaming industry’s move to subscription services and derailing new services like Google Stadia before they even get off the ground (for more on the implications, check out Wccftech’s in-depth analysis). Ah, but let’s not get too ahead of ourselves! Powerful forces are lining up against the ruling, with the Interactive Software Federation of Europe insisting it “flies in the face of established EU law”.