Deyon on 12 June 2013
"We announced that we have abandoned Online Pass," Söderlund told Eurogamer at E3. "We're not doing that any more. And we're not doing that because we talked to people, our fans and our players, and they said, 'listen, we don't want to play our games like this.' We have to listen to them and we removed it. It's that simple.
"We don't have a problem with second-hand sales as they are today. We clearly articulated our stance when we abandoned Online Pass."
But will EA do anything - anything at all - to combat second-hand sales with next-gen games? we asked.
"We obviously have to look at what the first-parties are doing and follow any rules, but we have to scramble after these conferences and come back to what we think is right," Söderlund replied.
"But again, our general thesis is what the fans tell us they want, we'll give them." The fans are saying they want to be able to trade-in their games, Eurogamer suggested.
"Then we'll look at that. And if they want that then we will probably allow that."
But will EA do anything - anything at all - to combat second-hand sales with next-gen games? we asked.
"We obviously have to look at what the first-parties are doing and follow any rules, but we have to scramble after these conferences and come back to what we think is right," Söderlund replied.
"But again, our general thesis is what the fans tell us they want, we'll give them." The fans are saying they want to be able to trade-in their games, Eurogamer suggested.
"Then we'll look at that. And if they want that then we will probably allow that."
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http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-06-12-ea-we-dont-have-a-problem-with-second-hand-sales-as-they-are-today
