Poll: I'm going to buy Mortal Kombat Used just out of Spite.

[GonzoGamer]

Nom Nom Nom (Not quite the first time around.)

Yea, to me that list is too long for such a crummy scheme.

I understand that gaming is a luxury but it seems to be transitioning from a common luxury to a high end luxury and that?s pretty unfair to the gamers out there with a limited income. I used to be one of those gamers and trust me, they will still find ways to play the games and the publishers will like those methods even less than the used game market.

That I find just sad, in every way. That if a game is too expensive, or you hate some part of it, pirate it. Even LordKat on TGWTG made such a claim on Duke Nukem Forever.

James of EC however, said it best: "..In the end, if we're still pirating the game to play it, it renders all of those arguments meaningless because the game is apparently still worth playing despite the flaws..."

Even Jim Sterling, Destructoid's Reviews Editor, had a few choice words on that mindset. [http://www.destructoid.com/and-you-wonder-why-developers-hate-pc-gamers--193957.phtml]

Yea, I don't understand the point of pirating a game you hate or if you can afford it but I'm sure there are those types out there who are just obsessive compulsive about it.
What I'm talking about are the people who can't afford this gen of gaming without pirating. You know, not all gamers have upgraded from their ps2s. Eventually they will want to and will probably still not be able to afford it.

 

[GonzoGamer]

I'm really tired with all this online pass bullshit. EA already has me by the short hairs here, but now I have to deal with this for Batman? Am I really the only one who finds this wrong? Apparently I am. I wanted to buy Mortal Kombat, but fuck it. I'm not buying this. I'm not buying any game that seeks to fuck over people who buy used games. You want to punish Gamestop, go for it! But don't fuck over your fans.
P.S. Is Batman: Arkham City going to have multiplayer? What am I buying the online pass to access?

Exactly, gamestop is making the used game market a problem, not the consumers who buy used; those people are getting screwed too. Where used games were once impulse buys, they're now about as expensive as a new copy forcing any consumer with limited disposable income to choose.

I didn?t even realize that Arkham City is supposed to have this stupid pass thing too.
It looks like there?s no multiplayer but it?s the only way you?ll get access to certain dlc. Now what I?m still not sure about is if buying new or buying the online pass will get you the dlc, or just allow you to buy the dlc.
I really wouldn?t be surprised if it was the latter and I wouldn?t be surprised if there were enough suckers out there to make a move like that profitable for them.