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Re:Charlie Bit My Finger video to be taken off YouTube after... by yakkityyak on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @08:07PM (#27284482)
It seems like any potential success GameStop could have in the digital world solely depends on Sony/Microsoft/Nintendo/Valve explicitly allowing them to do so. And I see no reason why they would do so, considering not only could these companies completely handle reselling of digital games on their own market, there's little-to-no incentive for them to allow resale of digital games at all.
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Re:Charlie Bit My Finger video to be taken off YouTube after... by illwrks on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @05:40AM (#27288269)
What if they got a small % of the resale, with a blockchain as a verified record of sales?

- Games and consoles made years ago still generating revenue. - It would incentivise companies to support repair and continued use of old products.

I think it would be instant buy-in from those larger companies.

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