EA's Strategy to Counter Used Games Sales

[Kasz216]

Hawk said:

Kasz216 said:

Hawk said:

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.

You are missing quite a lot.

For one looking towars the future as well as the present.

As in... other games in the future.

Please explain some more.  I am not sure what you are getting at.  Future games doing this same thing?

BFBC 1 updates were free.

BFBC 2 updates are free for new users and 15 dollars for used players.  Who cares it's only for used players.

BFBC3 updates are 15 dollars.  Who cares it was an extra.

 

It goes from given feature to everyone having to pay for it in 2 games.  This move devalues content because it makes it easier to devalue the content more later on.