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If true, my money is going somewhere else...
Guess that's the end of Gamestop tbh.
If true, my money is going somewhere else...
bet you its not true.
These are all rumors but we'll see what is factual or not as the launch approaches. But apparently Sony has a patent that will cut off second hand games in their console as well.Microsoft still behind the 8-ball.
Even for the die hard Xbox fans this wont go down well I would presume.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...ond-hand-games
Sony's PlayStation division has patented technology that can block the use of second hand games on a console.
The idea sees individual game discs matched to user accounts. Games which have been associated with another user's account will be rejected.
Discs would come branded with a contactless tag which would be recognised and read by your console, using the same sort of NFC technology present in modern bank cards.
Anyway, just posting rumors here.
Speaking of the Xbox:
Sources with first-hand experience of Microsoft’s next generation console have told us that although the next Xbox will be absolutely committed to online functionality, games will still be made available to purchase in physical form. Next Xbox games will be manufactured on 50GB-capacity Blu-ray discs, Microsoft having conceded defeat to Sony following its ill-fated backing of the HD-DVD format. It is believed that games purchased on disc will ship with activation codes, and will have no value beyond the initial user.
Our source has also confirmed that the next Xbox’s recently rumoured specs are entirely accurate. That means an AMD eight-core x64 1.6GHz CPU, a D3D11.x 800MHz graphics solution and 8GB of DDR3 RAM. As of now, the console’s hard drive capacity is said to be undecided, but Microsoft’s extended commitment to online delivery suggests that it will be the largest unit it has put inside a console to date.
http://www.edge-online.com/news/the-...nd-new-kinect/
That was a European article. I don't think US laws allow then to do that here.
LOL...
The Sony Gods are watching.
Just happened as I switched users on my PS3, right after posting the last message...A connection to the server could not be established. (ID = 2:6399)
That would be a crushing blow to quite a few establishments.
I dont mind buying the games brand new, in fact I prefer it but I also like trading/selling them when I become bored with them.
They want you to buy a game and be stuck with it forever? No, that.
Also this move would put a sudden end to gamefly.
Seems to me this would hurt the gaming industry rather than help it.
Its this site tbh.
Its been stalling /crashing/slow for me the last couple of days.
This "new and improved" forum program really sucks.
I heard it's the developers that have been pushing for something like this for a while. When people resell their games, the developers don't see a penny from it. It all goes to the Gamestops of the world. Not sure how it works for game rentals though.
what they should do is sell a key to unlock the used game on a different console, something like $5 that would cut into GS profits and give money back to developers.
When I sell my car Toyota doesn't see a penny either
Farewell first sale doctrine... we hardly knew you...
More money to who? Electronics Arts so they can keep eating up good companies and turning them into turd machines?
Book writers didn't have such protections either and they still write today. The copyright cartel greed has no end. I'll do my part in not buying their .
Redbox-type systems is also ing them over. Now they make games that only last 10-12 hours. A rental is normally enough to finish the damn thing.
So they try to screw you by only shipping half a game and trying to sell you the other half through DLCs.
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The problem with the internet download aspect of a game, is the can change the game on you. In GT5 for example, they recently reduced the PP (performance points) of the FR (front engine rear drive) cars. Now the way the car drives and responds is the same, but it changes the classes of races you can use them in.
Game updates are fine... heck, if the sold you a broken product, the least they could do is fix it. After all, you paid good money for it.
The nickel and diming is the BS part. The sell you a game full-price (and some are ing overpriced at that, I could probably count with one hand games worth that much the past year alone) that has half of the game content stripped out for the privilege to pay extra to get that other half. It's their way to stick it to the used games market.
They used to come out a lot more often with bigger advancements (for the time) than anything they can put out today. Technology has shifted towards portable devices. There's only so many more pixels and frames per second that you can squeeze out of tvs that the human eye will be able to see. Really... what more can consoles do? 3d and motion controlled games seemed like the next logical step. But how many Kinect exclusive games were even worth a ?Man, I remember when new consoles dropping was a big event and there would be a million bull rumors flying around about each one.... nobody even cares anymore now
Anyway, I'll wait until both consoles are released and see what games come out before making a decision. Or maybe I'll just wait for somebody to build a holodeck.
Yeah game stories that last 6-10 hours is just ridiculous, IMO. I will redbox the out of those games and just beat it and return it.
I'll grab one when my PS3 dies. Which is hopefully several years away still.
The ones that do that most them others are Activision. I mainly stay away from them...and EA.
Two of the tiest, most greedy publishers in gaming.
EA is the worst. They annihilated Command and Conquer, my favorite game series (at the time), from the very first one they did, Tiberian Sun.
EA obliterated quite a few studios/franchises after buying them out... Bioware comes to mind.
Please don't ever remind me of ME again.
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