too pissed off to put it in "pissed off today" thread...

[IPD]

the video game industry doesn't want you selling used games. i've been watching this saga unfold bit by bit & it's starting to get downright obscene.

DailyTech - Capcom's "One-Save Game" Hits "The Mercenaries 3D", Kills Potential Used Game Sales

this is just one of the many stories & instances i've seen creeping more and more into the news. i don't get it. why would i want to buy a $60 game if i can't resell it for $30-40?

GM isn't bricking my sonoma, preventing me from reselling it. Paramount isn't bricking my star-trek collection, preventing me from reselling it. BMG isn't bricking my kylie minogue albums, preventing me from reslling them. so WTF are we taking this lying down when they're trying to destroy the entire idea of used game sales?

i SUBSIST on used games. or at least i have. i've also sold my share of used games too. i'm not about to pay full price for games if they're going to cost an arm & a leg. killing my ability to resell them is just icing on the cake.

i was worried that it was going to just kill pc gaming; but it's clear that the developers want to kill off everything.

i need to vent. i'm so mad i could go "postal" on the entire staff of a company like rockstar.

[dbest671]

video games... serious business

[ictponder]

Read that article and not even the original owner of the game can replay it. WTF were they thinking?

[AgentOblivious]

Its called hiding behind copyright laws...why have to make new games when there's no used game market to compete with>?

[green-lantern]

Read that article and not even the original owner of the game can replay it. WTF were they thinking?

This!

Looks like my kids won't be playing video games anymore. Oh how many times have I seen someones greed be their demise. I'll never spend money on a game I can only play once.

[IPD]

i eagerly await the day when we finally get some legislation stipulating that whatever you buy NEW--regardless of where it originates (brick & mortar or online download), you have the right to sell it used.

i can think of no other market where "used" is being killed off (or has been killed off) and no one seems to care.

[marshallh]

which is why I will always have this

[IPD]

you don't need to worry about video games because you have a dog?

[UTRacerX9]

First I've heard of this. That's really sad, I was always a fan of Capcom games. I'm not a hardcore gamer, but if they keep this up, I would refuse to buy their games out of principal. I have some PS3 games that I've played many times. If I bought a game, beat it, and want to play it again 6 months later, it had damn well better let me. I can't imagine that there won't be lawsuits stemming from this practice.

[AdamVR4]

I'm with Todd, the lawsuits are going to be crazy.

EA Sports is in a class action law suit for over charging for their games (that I'm actually a trivial part of, haha). It's because they don't change shit from year to year -- player names/attributes and maybe a tiny aspect of game play.