| Chairman-Mao said: Used games are killing the industry. I support the online passes. Hell I'd even go as far as a registration code for games that you only get if you buy a new copy (you can't buy the code at all) rendering used games completely useless even for single player. |
Well, for one, it's called DLC. You are unable to sell a full game you purchased via DLC to another person.
As for hard copies of games, it would be virtually impossible for developers to implement this. When you purchase a hard copy of a game, you are purchasing the rights to that game, so you are now the owner. As an owner, you have the right to give away or sell the game if or when you choose to. By doing this, they would be making that impossible.
Starcraft 2 sort of did this in a way with their whole needing a battle.net account linked to the game. But, it's not totally the same thing. Currently looking in my Battle.net account, it does not look like I am able to deactivate SC2 via the internet, however, I'm pretty sure you can contact Blizzard and get the CD key so it is no longer associated with the account.
Money can't buy happiness. Just video games, which make me happy.
