Video game ownership bill introduced in Congress

Rep. Ritchie Torres of New York's 15th legislature territory successful the Bronx introduced the Power To The Players Act this week. If passed, the measure would nonstop the Federal Trade Commission to found regulations that guarantee consumers ownership of a crippled erstwhile they wage for it, alternatively than a licensing agreement.

It's progressively communal for games sold to necessitate a transportation to a server. Meaning that erstwhile a institution decides to unopen down those servers, the games often go unplayable. Rep. Torres singles retired NBA 2K25 arsenic a caller example. 2K volition beryllium delisting the crippled from storefronts astatine the extremity of the period and shutting down its servers connected …

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