纽约州民主党众议员里奇·托雷斯计划向国会提交一项关于视频游戏所有权的法案。他于10月15日宣布了《玩家至上法案》。
Ritchie Torres, a Democratic congressman from New York, plans to bring a video game ownership bill to Congress. He announced the Power To The Players Act on 15 October.
该法案将指示联邦贸易委员会制定新规则。这些规则将保护玩家拥有和游玩其购买游戏的能力。托雷斯办公室表示，购买一款游戏应赋予你对该游戏的所有权，而不仅仅是玩它的许可证。具有在线功能的游戏也必须在其服务器关闭前提供离线模式。
The bill would direct the Federal Trade Commission to write new rules. They would protect players’ ability to own and play the games they buy. Buying a game would give you ownership of it, not a licence to play it, Torres’s office said. Games with online features would also have to offer an offline mode before their servers shut down.
“如果一款游戏在公司拔掉插头的瞬间就可能被收回，那就不是一次购买，而是伪装成销售的租赁。”纽约州第15选区美国众议员里奇·托雷斯表示，消费者必须拥有拥有、游玩和转让其购买游戏的权利。
“A game that can be taken away the moment a company pulls the plug is not a purchase. It is a rental disguised as a sale.”Ritchie Torres, US representative for New York’s 15th district Torres said consumers must have the right to own, play and transfer the games they buy.
NBA 2K25的例子 他的办公室以NBA 2K25为例。该游戏售价为69.99美元，或全明星版售价为99.99美元。2K Games将于10月30日将其从数字商店下架。其在线服务器将于12月31日关闭，也就是游戏发布两年后。
The NBA 2K25 example His office pointed to NBA 2K25. The game sold for $69.99, or $99.99 for the All-Star Edition. 2K Games will pull it from digital storefronts on 30 October. Its online servers will shut down on 31 December, two years after its release.
托雷斯对Kotaku的说法 “我认为应该有一条简单的规则：如果你为它付费，你就拥有它。”里奇·托雷斯对Kotaku说。在接受Kotaku电话采访时，托雷斯表示，该法案将恢复人们在1980年代、1990年代和2000年代购买和游玩游戏的方式。他还称这是一个可负担性问题。
What Torres told Kotaku“I think there should be a simple rule: if you pay for it, you own it.”Ritchie Torres, to Kotaku In a phone interview with Kotaku, Torres said the bill would restore how people bought and played games in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. He also called it an affordability issue.
该法案仅涵盖游戏，不包括电影或音乐。托雷斯表示，他希望该法案能为数字经济的其他领域树立先例。他未确认该法案是否会获得共同提案人或共和党的支持，Kotaku报道如上。托雷斯仍需在国会正式提出该法案。
The bill covers games only, not films or music. Torres said he hoped it would set a precedent for the rest of the digital economy. He did not confirm whether the bill will have cosponsors or Republican support, Kotaku reported. Torres still has to formally introduce it in Congress.
宾夕法尼亚州和索尼 在宾夕法尼亚州，州参议员约翰·凯恩已提出《保护我们的游戏法案》，据《The Verge》报道。当一家公司退役一款游戏时，它必须提供以下三项之一：离线模式、不依赖其服务器运行的在线模式，或至少25%的退款。
Pennsylvania and Sony In Pennsylvania, state senator John Kane has introduced the Protect Our Games Act, The Verge reported. When a company retires a game, it would have to offer one of three things. These are an offline mode, an online mode that runs without its servers, or a refund of at least 25%.
根据The Verge的报道，索尼表示计划在2028年逐步淘汰实体游戏光盘，游戏所有权问题因此受到更多关注。Stop Killing Games运动呼吁公司停止销售在在线支持结束后变得无法游玩的游戏。
Game ownership has drawn more attention since Sony said it plans to phase out physical game discs in 2028, according to The Verge. The Stop Killing Games campaign has called on companies to stop selling games that become unplayable when online support ends.