SCEA Trademarks Online Bidding/Auction System, Incentive Reward Program For Games, “Bid For Greatness”

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happydolphin said:

theprof00 said:

well, thank you. Also afaic, I think xb1 is pretty sweet, and the backlash will only serve to help xbox potential purchases in the long run. The more MS understand how upset people are, the more willing they will be to make changes. xbox fans should be complaining too, not trying to undermine criticism. A lot of people here like to pretend that it's only us, or gaf, or the hardcores who are complaining, but it's rapidly becoming a mainstream issue.

Then, really, it should be an issue no matter what, whether in monetizing virtual assets and other creepy monopolistic practices, or DRM. Given OP we're not sure, but the immediate enthusiasm does concern me. It's not about undermining criticism or not, it's about being consistent.

This basically sounds like PSN eBay. You have full control over selling your digital content, and direct access to the exact consumer that is your target market. If that is what this is, this is as anti Microsofts policy as it gets. 

Basically, right now I can buy a physical CE edition of a game and sell off any extra content I don't want, Double XP codes, Art Books, Collectable figures, ect., but if I buy the digital version I loose all that value. This looks like it is making the digital and physical copy hold equal value. You can keep it, you can trade it, you can sell it, you can part it out. Ownership of digital content is the end goal of achieveing a viable digital only world.