@ozzziozzie First you do not purchase the "privilege" to play the game, you pay for a license to use the software. You need to read the EULA (end user license agreement) that you agree to when you install the game. Licensing software is not new. Most of your games and operating systems and commercial software have had license agreements for a long time. The games DRM (digital rights management) is in the form of Origin for Sims 4. Origin controls piracy much like Valve's Steam. Only one user at a time per account. The Sims games are not multi user. One user using the software at a time satisfies the conditions of the license.
