I strongly suspect just to avoid backlash they'll refund people.

But technically when you buy a game you're not really buying a game anymore, there's no physical item purchased.

You're merely purchasing a temporary non-transferable license to use it.

Back in the '90s if I gave you a Game boy game, it now belonged to you. I guess if I started a company renting them out Nintendo could sue me for copyright infringement though.

Now when I download a game, I'm merely permitted temporary usage. I can't give it to you