Explain to me why this isn't open (Destiny)

by Xenos , Shores of Time, Thursday, October 02, 2014, 22:36 (3492 days ago) @ UnrealCh13f

The difference is with software you are buying a license to use said software, you're not actually buying the physical disc, that's just the device they use to get the software to your computer (of any kind). If they said ahead of time "Here are all of the activities and locations that come included with Destiny" and then you found out that some of those activities (which are included on the disc) cost an additional fee, that's dishonest and appalling.

I don't know about that. Buying the physical disk is a different scenario than buying the digital version of a game (which, in XBL's case, is a license that can be revoked on ban). See the Xbox One DRM fiasco of 2013.

Yeah they are two different licenses, but you're still buying a license to the game. That's why they can have terms of use for software. You don't buy a physical product with terms of use, because you can use the product in any way that you want, and the company you bought it from can't do anything about it. However even with a phyiscal disc copy of an Xbox game you can get in varying amounts of trouble for breaking the terms of use (for example copying the disc and giving it to someone else, even for free).