Why we SHOULDN'T SUPPORT online passes.... and USED GAME MARKET MATTERS

[Baalzamon]

twesterm said:

Baalzamon said:

 

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.

 

Not exactly right.

When you purchase your game, you're only purchasing a license to use the material on the disc, you are not the owner of anything on that disc.  You have the right to transfer that license but you do not have the right to use the material on the disc any way you see fit.

Well, the more I think about it, they would almost be able to do something like this.  Similar to an online pass, they could include a campaign pass, for example, and the game that people are originally purchasing would only be a 1 hour demo, for example (but every new copy does come with the passes).  I highly doubt something like this would happen though.  For one, people would get extremely angry that they can't resell their games, and sales may actually go down because people won't have the sales money to pay for their next game.  Tue second reason is that even siblings with seperate accounts for instance might not be able to play a game (in the instance that they split the cost of games, for example).  I just don't see it happening.