#074: Do we actually OWN our digital games anymore? ❌ (Grab this cult-classic sci-fi horror for FREE! 🎁)

Recently, the gaming industry has seen a simultaneous outbreak of controversies regarding the bloated power of digital platforms and the resulting infringement on consumer rights. While Korea's Game Users Association has filed for collective dispute mediation in response to Google's unilateral app market fees, Microsoft's Xbox has begun testing digital-only consoles that completely remove physical disc drives. 🎮 These changes have a destructive impact on **the game consumption structure and platform ecosystem**. The end of physical package ownership deprives gamers of full product ownership and only strengthens the platform providers' monopolistic price control. The commission monopoly of distribution platforms directly translates to deteriorating revenues for developers and higher prices for consumers, hindering the circulation of the entire ecosystem. 📦 **The monopolization of digital platforms, using convenience as a weapon, has a dark side that weakens gamers' independent consumption rights and deepens platform dependency.** We may now be pushed from being consumers who own games to mere users who rent licenses permitted by platform companies for a limited period. 💡 Now that we have entered a new era where platforms govern all the rules, are we truly guaranteed rights equivalent to the price we paid? Global attention and institutional safeguards to check platform monopolies and protect the full rights and interests of gamers are urgently needed. ❓