Used game sales are the biggest sink of money for game companies. They're trying to control falling profits. Why are they bad?
EA Says "Screw You" To Used Game Owners
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Devil's Advocate here:
Okay...deep breath...so multiplayer games (especially on say...PS3, though less so on the 360)servers cost money to host. If you buy a game new, some of that money can be said to go to paying for servers...if you buy a game pre-owned, you haven't put money in the kitty. So...eh...Frak you...em...having though about it this way...I'm not Devil's Advocate...I'm just advocate...not that I'd buy a sports sim...
Okay...deep breath...so multiplayer games (especially on say...PS3, though less so on the 360)servers cost money to host. If you buy a game new, some of that money can be said to go to paying for servers...if you buy a game pre-owned, you haven't put money in the kitty. So...eh...Frak you...em...having though about it this way...I'm not Devil's Advocate...I'm just advocate...not that I'd buy a sports sim...
Yeah!almostgold said:
I do not think they need to be coddled (EA is a big boy now) or defended but I just do not feel like letting it seem like the masses disagree with it, because I am fine with it.
Who cares? The dinosaurs are sinking into the tarpit, and inevitably they're going to splash the black stuff on anyone nearby as they go under. Free to play and micro-transaction games are enjoying more support, and becoming better games at an alarming scale (just look at the likes of DDO, or Quake 3 ), and the old greedy industry is going to be left behind to die. Let them scream 'thief!' 'Pirate!' and bemoan their inability to buy a new BMW this year all they want. Gaming is moving on, and fewer and fewer of us are listening to these archaic money-grubbing fucktards everyday.
What about the poor guy who never got a chance to buy Madden 2010 (or whatever) and a year or so later he wants to pick it up? He goes on Amazon, or to Gamestop, or his buddy, and gets a used copy for $20. Now he can't play multiplayer.canadamus_prime said:
I can understand them having a stick up their butts about piracy, but used game players are just buying/trading for games that have been legitimately purchased. If they don't want to pay an extra $25 (for older games, that's often the price difference vs. brand new at release) for a shiny coat of shrink wrap and that new instruction manual smell, I think they should have the right to do so, ESPECIALLY FOR GAMES THAT ARE OUT OF PRINT!
Between this and DRM, I think Shamus Young is going to have plenty to complain about on Experienced Points over the next few weeks.
HA! Jokes on you this time EA! I don't play Sports games!
Anyway, on to my rant now.
If the cost of games was lower, we who are rather strapped for cash because we have to pay for food, shelter, clothing, gas, tuition, and books for college could afford the games new and wouldn't have to get them used. You want someone to blame for the popularity of used game sales, EA (and the industry in general, I guess) look no further than the mirror.
Anyway, on to my rant now.
If the cost of games was lower, we who are rather strapped for cash because we have to pay for food, shelter, clothing, gas, tuition, and books for college could afford the games new and wouldn't have to get them used. You want someone to blame for the popularity of used game sales, EA (and the industry in general, I guess) look no further than the mirror.
Oh come on now. Aren't we all already aware that CD keys are faulty and hilariously unreliable? Especially ones made by EA, whose encryption was cracked so thoroughly that a two-year-old program can still generate CD keys for ANY EA GAME, including ones that were released AFTER the program debuted. Don't quote me on this since I haven't tried to use this puppy since The Sims 3, but I'm pretty sure it can still work, even today.
Unless EA throws a little money at a new encryption system (which they probably won't, since we've seen how important keeping money is to them), this is probably going to be a minor setback at best for anyone with a little perseverance and the strange, inexplicable desire to ever play an EA game online.
Unless EA throws a little money at a new encryption system (which they probably won't, since we've seen how important keeping money is to them), this is probably going to be a minor setback at best for anyone with a little perseverance and the strange, inexplicable desire to ever play an EA game online.
HeHe- I often wonder how many of the people on here that say ' just buy them new' actually have to pony up cash, or whether in fact its mummy and daddy doing the paying out. Wait till the little bastards have to work for a living-they'll change their tune...Macgyvercas said:
See this is whey when I had a console I never bought used games. And since computers don't have a used game market I find this is rather funny.
Humm have job, own place, and still buy games new........whod a thunk it.MiserableOldGit said:
doesn't affect me at all, i hate sports games ^_^, if i want to play football or golf, i'll do it with my friends, i refuse to control 11 people kicking a useless football into a virtual goal...when i could simply kick a real ball into a real goal and get much better praise for it.
however, for people who do play sports games...ouch...kick in the balls or what?
however, for people who do play sports games...ouch...kick in the balls or what?
EA have taken a step forward lol?Irridium said:
History of EA: Hitler and Dr Mengele escaped Germany in 1945, fled to Argentina with help from the odessa network and the catholic church, helped run South American dictatorships until the 80s. Growing bored with world domination they founded EA.
My parents don't buy my video games. I do. But most of my money goes toward college and I don't have a lot leftover for entertainment.MiserableOldGit said:
EA dont just do sports titles though, they how licenses for everything from FPS to RPG to Racers etc, hell all the top people from infinity ward just signed up to EA..arc1991 said:
Maybe if EA would stop releasing let-down games then I maybe I would start to pay for what it's worth.