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It is a little absurd that I could have to repurchase each game on each console / platform.

I’d be willing to pay a game developer a premium for a universal license that works on all platforms. Steam, Switch, Stadia, etc for example.

I bet they’d make more revenue this way than from the people who just rebuy the game multiple times.

didn't we already have that for certain games? I remember when I bought WoW in 2010 it came with a code. If I wanted to reinstall the game I would put in the same code, this was before battle.net client.

Publishers and developers wouldn't sign onto that because they don't want a resale market. How would you convince them to support that?

Make the license non-transferable. Then there is no resale market.

nft non ironically?

HN hates crypto too much to realize the importance of self ownership and custody.