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whatever on 26 October 2010
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kitler53 said:
Calmador said:
kitler53 said:

eh, you're OP was long and presumely filled of stupid comments about how you deserve to get more for less..

it costs money for these companies to maintain the online infrastructure you want to use.  so using services without paying is generally what i call bullocks.  go online pass go!!

If that was so then PC gaming online would've implemented such fee's a century ago. If you haven't read my OP, I encourage you to do so as it is just a scam to get into our(used game buyers in particular) pockets (used game buyers matter us much new game buyers) and surprise surprise its' EA and Activision.. some of the developers that are struggling the most that ask for an online pass. Please read it and think about it.

no, i don't think i'll be reading your OP...that's your fault for writing a wall of text.

and to be quite honest, used game buyers don't matter.  not to the developers anyways.  if the amount of dollars you give the developers is a big fat zero what do they stand to lose from pissing you off??  are you going to stop playing video games?  oh noes, they will face absolutely no reprocussions....whatever will they do with themselves?!?

You clearly don't understand how the market works.  Used games buyers most certainly matter as on the other end of the transaction is a seller that will receive money and will now have more money to spend on another game.  If they aren't able to sell the game, this money is not available to be used to buy new games.

People aren't magically going to have more money to spend on games if they aren't able to buy/sell used games.  The market size won't change from a dollar perspective, there will just be fewer games sold.  It's basic economics.  Something these publishers/developers don't seem to understand.