Doubt about new terms of user of DBD
V. Virtual Goods
The Game may, from time to time, feature virtual goods. Virtual goods include but are not limited to virtual items (characters, accessories, items such as “character customization”, power-ups), points, credits, tokens and currency (collectively, “Virtual Goods”) for use in the Game.
You may “earn” Virtual Goods within the Game or we may allow you to “purchase” Virtual Goods with “real money” or virtual currencies. Certain Virtual Goods in the Game may be unavailable if not purchased.
Virtual Goods (such as virtual currency) purchased on other platforms such as Steam®, PlayStation®, or Xbox® will be subject to those platforms’ terms and conditions. Please review those platforms’ terms and conditions for further information before completing your purchase. BHVR does not control how you can pay or how refunds may be issued on those platforms. When you make a payment through a third-party platform, you are agreeing to the third party’s payment terms, and BHVR is not a party to the transaction.
Virtual Goods are licensed to you, not sold. You do not own the Virtual Goods, and you acknowledge and agree that all Virtual Goods represent a limited, personal, nonexclusive, non-transferable, non-assignable and fully revocable license to use the Virtual Goods, for your individual, non-commercial, entertainment purposes only. You have no right, title, interest, or ownership in or to any Virtual Goods. We may terminate your license at any time and at our sole discretion.
This section mentioned virtual good. i understand if BHVR want remove any things, DLC, from the entire game not just the store, they can do it? we just pay to access the content and if will remove it, we just dont have more that content?
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Looks dangerous for us tbh.
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This doesn’t seem new, tbh.
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It’s mostly because some individuals who put little thought into their lawsuits in the past think that because they paid $10 for a skin, they own the skin instead of effectively just licensing the use of it. The paragraphs above read of the legalise needed to describe that problem to prevent it.
Of course, as always, we are welcome to quit the game if there’s a disagreement about who actually owns these products when auric cells are bought.
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This has been there since at least 2019, if not earlier. It's certainly not new because I've quoted that word for word in arguments on these forums before 😭
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Not exactly a new concept, it's a thing for most platforms online. Steam is a big one, you technically don't own your games and they could be taken away at a moment's notice. You'd probably have to screw up pretty badly for the licenses to be revoked, and it will probably never happen (except for maybe a game's beta ending). But for what it's worth, it is technically possible.
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As others have said, pretty standard. It also ensures that BHVR does not have to give money back in case the game will be discontinued. Otherwise you would have thousands or people who would try to get their money back they paid for cosmetics or characters.
And, as a less extreme example, it also ensures that BHVR can change content they made. Because from time to time people end up on the forums complaining that their favorite cosmetic got changed or that a Perk got nerfed and they only bought the chapter for that one Perk. Having it clarified like this allows BHVR to change things (or remove them) without the fear of getting into a lawsuit.
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Wait until OP learns that every game they purchase on digital storefronts isn't theirs and that it can be taken away permanently at the distributor's discretion. It's in the EULA of each platform and in each product purchased.
This is not a new thing, nor is it exclusive to microtransactions, and has been around for 15+ years.
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As others said, normal. The game is not going to exist for an infinite amount of time, another ten years would be pretty impressive, you have access to certain things during that period.
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There's nothing new about this, and it's mostly covering for the fact that:
A. They can ban you for breaking their terms of service and don't have to refund you. Online games can't function without this, no one would ever get banned if it meant they had to refund everything.
B. Servers require upkeep and won't exist indefinitely. They also can't refund everyone if they close the servers, they'd instantly go into debt for all of the income they'd ever earned.
and hypothetically (although this may not be the case at all if they worked out contracts correctly)
C. When a limited time license (like Stranger Things for example) ends their contract, and the license holder for whatever reason doesn't agree to keeping content already purchased available, they don't have to refund you for that either.
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Simply don't buy dlcs
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