PlayStation Founder Dismisses Concerns Over Digital Game Ownership

WHY IT MATTERS

When you buy a physical game disc, you own that disc and can resell it, lend it, or keep it forever. But when you buy a digital game, you usually just get permission (a 'license') to play it, and that permission can sometimes be revoked. This is similar to how, in the crypto world, people talk about the difference between truly owning a digital asset (like holding cryptocurrency in your own wallet) versus just having access to it through a company's platform. Blockchain technology has been proposed as one way to let people prove they own digital items, much like holding a physical disc proves you own a game. This story highlights the broader conversation about what 'ownership' means in an increasingly digital world.