Platforms keep rewriting what 'owning' a game means
Xbox wants players to pay 24 to 40 cents per hour to stream games they already bought. Commenters link a rumor of a $1,200 to $1,800 next Xbox and say the high-end console industry is killing itself along with Sony. Some defend it: if a remote server runs your game, you should expect to pay something, as with GeForce Now.
In the Switch 2 jailbreak thread, a commenter says Nintendo deserves backlash like Sony because game keycards keep the appearance of physical ownership without what people expect from a cartridge. Both threads circle the same grievance: a purchase that comes with a metered or revocable catch.
So what?
If you sell digital goods or subscriptions, be explicit about what the customer owns and what ongoing costs they bear. Customers react badly to a metered fee on something they believe they bought, and they notice when hardware locks are the only thing standing between them and their purchase.