Online pass heading to vita!

[UltimateUnknown]

NiKKoM said:

Ajescent said:

forest-spirit said:
Why do you need to pay extra for online when you buy a digital copy?

You don't need an online pass for digital copies, it's only 2nd hand hard copies.

ItProPortal also revealed that gamers who purchase and download the game via PlayStation Network would have to pay an additional amount to play the game online.

that's confusing.. are they saying you buy the cheaper dl version but then you have to pay for the online pass?

This is nothing new. Check out battlefield bad company 2 on 360 or PS3. It says clearly in the description that the vip code (online pass) is not included with the digital copy. The digital copy itself still costs more than a new retail version of the game, while you need to pay 800 more ms points to buy the online pass for the digital copy to play the game online (take into account BFBC2 is an old game, new games will be even worse as digital copies claim much steeper prices than retail copies).

I don't know what to make of this. Its no longer a business of taking money from the used market, its ram-rodding consumers in every way possible.