Last year, a rumor cropped up stating that Sony's next console would also block used games. If these rumors come true, will the industry have finally gone too far in it's war on Gamestop (a war that has only punished consumers)?
IW, EA, and Ubisoft already pissed off most of the PC gaming community, so why wouldn't they also piss off another one of their client bases?
I'm assuming that means you have to have an Xbox Live subscription, which is a mere $60 a year (last time I checked), so I don't know how many people would be too angry at that. But the increasing info requirements is a bit scary; I mean what's next, your medical history?
You think the only people who are people, are the people who look and think like you.
But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger,
You'll learn things you never knew, you never knew.
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IW, EA, and Ubisoft already pissed off most of the PC gaming community, so why wouldn't they also piss off another one of their client bases?
I'm assuming that means you have to have an Xbox Live subscription, which is a mere $60 a year (last time I checked), so I don't know how many people would be too angry at that. But the increasing info requirements is a bit scary; I mean what's next, your medical history?
Angry about the Live subscription? Probably not. Angry about destroying an entire industry? Most definitely. That's alright though, I only play PC games and generally only F2P ones anyway, mostly because of this crap. I'm sure they won't miss my money.
Gaming "journalism" at its finest, and Kotaku is as usual spearheading the spreading of bullshit information. This is the exact same rumour that circulated with the Xbox 360, PS3, PS Vita, Wii, Wii U, and even Windows 8. There's absolutely no reason to believe there's any truth to this.
Steam basically does this and they can get away with it. Wouldn't surprise me if consoles tried the same.
BTW, Steam recently got sued in Germany because of exactly that practice. I doubt that the lawsuit will go anywhere though - the way software licensing works it is easy to restrict a customer's rights.
The other rumour going around is they're going to use NFC to bind the games to a specific console somehow.
Not seeing the attraction of consoles in the first place it's not really a major concern of mine - but I'm sure most people with consoles will continue largely regardless of what they do. They seem more like kid things when they're having their friends over.
"Slippery slopes can be fun - kind of like a water slide."
- Larry, Burn Notice
Considering that this is already true for PC's in most circumstances, I'd expect this to come around at one time or another for consoles. I'd expect this would just force more players over to PC gaming, where buying newer copies at a lower cost and piracy are both more viable options.
I recently decided I probably wouldn't buy another console anyway, considering that with the price of a new game, and the price of the DLC that almost always follows, the price of a new, complete game has ultimately risen well over 60 dollars.
They seem more like kid things when they're having their friends over.
You think the only people who are people, are the people who look and think like you.
But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger,
You'll learn things you never knew, you never knew.
Gaming "journalism" at its finest, and Kotaku is as usual spearheading the spreading of bullshit information. This is the exact same rumour that circulated with the Xbox 360, PS3, PS Vita, Wii, Wii U, and even Windows 8. There's absolutely no reason to believe there's any truth to this.
Original article came from Edge magazine actually.
Steam basically does this and they can get away with it. Wouldn't surprise me if consoles tried the same.
BTW, Steam recently got sued in Germany because of exactly that practice. I doubt that the lawsuit will go anywhere though - the way software licensing works it is easy to restrict a customer's rights.
Steam doesn't tie it to a computer. I can buy a game, download it on my desktop, and play it. Later, I can download it and play it on my laptop too.
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