Nem said:
Lets be honest though, this isnt about piracy. Its about used games, whose property isnt theirs to apropriate of. The pirate here is microsoft. |
Yeah I dont think you realize the effects piracy has had on all 3 consoles, Wii and 360 specifically... check out GModz.ca to see the current latest and geatest on piracy. But yeah, im not going to lie and say used games dont play a role here too. Publishers certanly want to be looped on to the used games reselling process. Its their content that is being resold and everyone but them is making money doing it...
With that said, Im a little dissapointed that microsoft is allowing "authorized" resellers to buy and trade games to be honest. Unless its very easy to become "authorized" for all resellers... I dislike the fact that the likes of Gamestop are getting special treatment. They should have just said that every game can be resold by whoever owns it but a 10 dollar activation fee needs to be paid when a buyer attempts to reinstall a used game. That fee would go to publishers and Gamestop couldnt ask for 5 bucks less for a used game because that would make a used game 5 dollars more than a new game when its registered.
