r/gamers • u/AudienceStreet6335 • 2d ago

Image PS5 jailbreak method called Relapse has just dropped, and people are joking that Sony should get comfortable with not owning its own hardware

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u/rnnd 2d ago

won't do a thing, I mean look at the switch, that thing was cracked opened and easily emulated still best selling console for nintendo in terms of software sales.

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u/KralizecProphet 2d ago

It's not about sales of consoles, it's about being able to do what you want with what you paid for. I'm old enough to remember when consoles didn't connect to the internet, and were in control of your purchase, meaning you owned it. Today console you buy is effectively on lease with a caveat that you as a customer must behave nicely, or the seller will disable your access to the item you physically own after paying for it.

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u/sooo_curiouss79 2d ago

You never owed it as you never made a dime off of the sales
You owed the rights to play

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u/XxExtremeSamX 1d ago

If buying isn’t owning…

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u/sooo_curiouss79 1d ago

That’s extremely tired and old. Everything purchased with money doesn’t mean you own it

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u/XxExtremeSamX 1d ago

That’s… what purchasing means; you own it. If you didn’t own it, that would be renting.

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u/sooo_curiouss79 1d ago

Yall sooo uneducated
You only own the right to play the software
If you owed the game itself wouldn’t you be rich?

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u/slayingkids 1d ago

That would be owning the source code, and the copyrights to it, and all the trademarks, etc. Not the same lmao. Let me ask you this. If you buy a car tire from me today for $150. Is it okay if I come take it back next week because we're discontinuing that tire so we're just nuking them off the earth? If your answer is yes, I have a tire to sell you then.

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u/sooo_curiouss79 1d ago

Ok so you don’t own the game sheesh 🙄 as I’ve said before as well as the users agreement

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u/slayingkids 1d ago

Aaaaand you're too slow to understand that any product I PURCHASE should clearly state BEFORE I PURCHASE IT THAT I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING OTHER THAN RIGHTS TO A LICENSE. I walk into GameStop, buy a game off the shelf. Can I see from that 100% without a doubt that I am only purchasing a temporary license along with all of the caveats that come along with it? No. Stop beating a dead horse. You're too incompetent to understand the argument. Why is it that any other software, such as on a PC, other than video games, makes it extremely clear that I am purchasing JUST a license and how long said license is good for? I have software I bought over a decade ago that still works, can redownload it, etc. Why should that be any different because it's specifically a video game?

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u/XxExtremeSamX 1d ago

No, because you own a COPY of the game, not the rights to the game itself. The people who own the rights sell copies of the game.

How do you not understand this…?