| SimonSaysFYou said: i dont know if many of you are aware of this, but ea is trying a new strategy to screw us consumers out of money. it is the online passes. basically, every new copy of one of ea's sports titles comes with a code that you can only use once. if you trade the game in, and somebody else buys it, they are going to have to pay an extra ten dollars to get the code. what is this all about?? you guys, we need to put a stop to this. this is going to kill the used market, and if these games sell more than last year, then we are totally screwed. count on more companies doing this. DO NOT buy any EA sports titles you guys!! this video has a lot more info on the topic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tKnWHxwhME&playnext_from=TL&videos=3ZatksVo-TA&feature=sub |
EA is a bunch of morons. Online games are populated by the online community. The only community that is completely aware of this strategy and aware that it is alienating them and will thus act accordingly. They are shooting themselves in the foot. Do they think Bad Company or medal Of Honor will ever reach Call of Duty numbers? Not only that it's going to kill the community which is going to kill the game. You have to encourage the community when the games are based around the community, not alienate them. For every used copy of Call of Duty sold there is probably a good chance that person helped convince a friend to buy the game which they probably bought new.
