And for the fee thing, first I would like too know exactly how it works because it's hard to argue one way or the other depending on how you see it will be made..... but from my point of view a fee key/system can be way better than the current model, given that you already accepted the always on cloud connected world.
which I have for quite a bit now without issues, I have a VPN service so my identity is safe when I want it to and what I let filter to the corporate world I really don't care about.... whatever they could collect about me through something like Kinect or skydrive is fine with me.... it's not like we are in Deus Ex in the real world guys, knowing that I play in boxers while smiling with my left eye closed is not gonna ruin my life and I trust them not to turn this against me for the very little they collect anyway.... and I have a private cloud just in case for access reason...
but hey you can be paranoid about technology some people where thinking cars, planes, submarines, spacecraft where crazy or evil things too in the past.....
now about the fee/key system... if it helps reducing cost of production (less hard copies in circulation, so less cost of pressing, printing boxing, shipping the product) less middle men, and more flexibility on the developer side to deliver content....
me I'd go as far as the subscription fee by the hour for games.... it could allow serialization of games give devs time to work properly each chapter and spread cost....
now if second hand fee go partialy back to the devs it also give them more power of investment which is a good thing for us...
and with such systems we customer can sanction immediately their failures by not buying the game...
bottom line a fee/subscription/key system could cut cost and upfront investment for everybody from top to bootom and shorten the distribution loop if implemented properly there is no doubt about it....
the question is how long both side (corporate and customers) will take to align and find the right point of equilibrium.... because we are heading in that direction, that's a given it is a logical model with the evolving technological world....
