EA's Strategy to Counter Used Games Sales

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Kasz216 said:

Hawk said:

Galaki said:
I never bought used games but companies doing this only devalue their games and in a way giving customers the middle finger.

This is not bonus. It's just existing content that's locked up when it should be available in the first place. That's devaluing to me.

I guess I won't be buying Ubisoft and EA games altogether...

If you never bought used games before, and so no DLC content will cost you anything, how is this devaluing the game to you?

Because it takes content that should be a given... but instead marks it as an "extra."

Which means that "extra" can be gotten rid of in future games or charged for... because hell... it's just an extra.

Hmmm, I may be missing something.  But that 'extra' is not a cost to the person that bought the game new.  Whether or not it was on the disk, or had to be downloaded later, it is not extra cost to the person who bought it new.  And if it's free DLC content for the life of the game, the person who bought it new, will, over time, get extra content for no cost.