Personally, I would still probably buy it but I would just end up waiting for games to drop from full price before I bought them (as I do now, but I'll buy preowned if they are cheaper).
M$ would be doing it more for developers than themselves as they don't publish anywhere near as many games as other houses which makes me doubt that this rumor is even true.
I guess one way of doing it would be like someone said in the other thread, just put a code card in each box like they do with DLC.
Then if someone buys a used game they would have to buy an activate code from live.
Depending on how much the code was it could still work out cheaper than buying new, but the idea sucks overall and I think it could cause M$ a mass boycott.
M$ would be doing it more for developers than themselves as they don't publish anywhere near as many games as other houses which makes me doubt that this rumor is even true.
Its been like this on PC now for a while. A lot of PC games can't be sold on once the CD key is used.
However this would be wrong on consoles, I sometimes get nostalgic, go & buy an old console and play old games. This would destroy a console living on past its retail life.
Don't think this is possible..
which is only for a few games?Its been like this on PC now for a while. A lot of PC games can't be sold on once the CD key is used.
However this would be wrong on consoles, I sometimes get nostalgic, go & buy an old console and play old games. This would destroy a console living on past its retail life.
But no one cares since PC sales are generally good enough that they're like equal to buying used. Or you can just pirate them really easily.
Don't think this is possible..
Have each game come with a single-use code, when you boot up the game for the first time you have to enter the code to play it or (most likely) purchase another code to play it. Ethically sketchy? Oh yeah. But its worked for online gaming (particularly on the PS3) for a while now so what's not to stop them from implementing it on all games as a general playing option.
But if this was the case I'd probably avoid that console. It's quite nice to get a game used with a huge price reduction only a few months after its release. Or just if you miss a game and years later it crops up, generally you can nab a used copy for like $10. I buy new games occasionally but my money flow is hardly enough to support buying $50 or $60 games constantly.
There's also been plenty of measures recently to stop used gaming. I already mentioned the single-use code for online games but there's also the undeletable save for the 3DS.
Personally I will not buy any console that does this, I actually like being able to buy rare games at some point after their initial publishing run.
watch this video and then tell me if you want to support ripping gamers off ThugATRON, the vid might not work cause i am on the tablet right now. (mobile website)
edit: changed link to normal site.
which is only for a few games?
and you can still play used games even with undeletable save. It's not like 100% unplayable.