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

[KBG29]

happydolphin said:

KBG29 said:

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.

True, but it also assigns a monetary value to virtual assets which should concern you if the DRM stuff was an issue as of MS' original conference. Don't get me wrong I see the pros, but the cons glare at me twice as strong.

The only issue I have with MS is that there policy looks like it eliminates a competitive used game market. I can no longer craigslist or ebay my used games, I am stuck with what the certified used game retailer will give me. If they could open it up to a competitive market place, all my gripes are gone. 

Although they still have the online check in, and that is not acceptable when you live in a place with severe storms that nock out communications. Escpecially when it always happens during winter break, the prime time to play games.