BANG!

I agree, stopping used games is a very bad idea

If the ID of your game will be saved in your PSN account I could imagine it to be possible

Nope. Gamers would whine a bit and life would go on as usual =/

So true! I will abandon the best exclusives I have loved for the last 3 gens and buy a WiiU.

I stopped reading after "Conegamer." That source is the least reputable out of them all!

Disagree. The market for used games is huge, especially as publishers drive up prices and rely on a "cat in the bag" philosophy to sell these games full-price. High risk for consumers in a lot of cases, which is mediated by the fact that they have the possibility of selling it back and at least getting some of their money back.

The core gamers will whine but continue to buy whichever platform they prefer, but the mainstream market for Sony and Microsoft consoles will be eviscerated.

Option 1: Buy brand new awesome third and first party games for only 5$ more expansive than used rip-off from gamestop

Option 2: Buy bad used games for 5$ than a brand new one.

Sure bro, keep dreaming.

I think Microsoft and Sony are prepping themselves to be rid of Gamestop the gen after this new coming gen. I don't think they are going to get rid of used games in this exact gen.

It'd be interesting, while it would help Nintendo as they'd have a key selling point over the competition, it may (further) hinder their push for third party support. Any measures like this will have been put in as an industry wide type intiative among both Sony, Microsoft and third parties and as such will probably see more software investments in those hardware platforms.

However, I don't think either console will see a flat-out removal of used games. It;s just neither needed anymore or the most sensible way to monetize that section of the market. Instead I see things like online passes expanding to other key components of games - some of which may even be offline. I see games pushing further to monetize long-term sale of ingame items / content or subscription based things like COD Elite / Battlefield 3 premium. There's no need to flat out kill the used game industry anymore, as next gen is gonna push to extract more $$$'s from a games life long after the player has bought it, and that can just as easily find profits from those with used game copies.

I think big changes are due in the next gen and a lot of the negative press from the next Sony / Microsoft consoles are going to be aimed at how they try to get more money from gamers long after initial purchase. This will prevent them from raising the price of a game above $60 mind.