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I'm not against used game sales but I'm against piracy. However, Xbox One will stop piracy just as much as the PS3 or PS4 stops piracy. You think just because there's DRM to screw over the average consumer that the device won't be hackable? If it is eventually hacked, pirates are free to do whatever they want and your paying customers continue to get screwed.

Used game sales are not the same as piracy. It's a physical copy with ownership being lost between the previous owner and ownership gained towards the next owner. Yes, it's unfortunate for developers that Gamestop is profiting as the middle man for those who don't sell the games direct to the buy themselves, but ownership is still transferring from one person to another.

I do support the online game pass. With the sale of the used game, single player is being transferred from one person to another, and there has to be one way for a third party to get money without screwing the user over 20 years down the road by making the game completely unplayable. That's where the online pass comes into play. Online pass is actually a good aspect of DRM where publishers can get paid for a used game purchase as long as the new owner wants to play online. They're using their server bandwidth, even though most games are P2P, so why shouldn't they be paid? Additionally that single player content is still available in 20 years when online wouldn't be available regardless of their being an online pass or not.

As someone who collects games, I see an issue with used games being tied to the console and being unplayable in 20 years. Something like the online pass makes no difference to me because it is developers trying to get money but what does it really lock out that's not going to be locked out in the future anyways? Nothing.

There are also games I may have missed out on previous gens and I might not find out about them until a gen after. An example is Dokapon Kingdom and Dokapon Journey. I didn't play either game until the Wii U and 3DS came out. I saw them in stores, but hey, just another shovelware game right? No. If these were on the Xbox One and the Xbox Three is out, Xbox One no longer works, etc. These are two games I never would have been able to play. These games are also offline multiplayer with up to four people, so these are single player games that even if I had them I wouldn't be able to play when the Xbox One no longer supports games.

So for me, I like to play games, but I'm also a collector. Regardless of my opinion on what comes out, I will never get an Xbox One. At the same time, I do buy some PC games, entirely locked with DRM as PCs are now, I'll explain the only time I buy games. Humble Indie Bundles, when I can get a game I know is good for $5 or less, etc. All my PC games I've paid less than $5 each. Left 4 Dead 1 and 2? Less than $5 for both. Alan Wake series? $1. All the Humble Indie Bundles, the average price depending on the games unlocked. Anything on GOG? I've never purchased anything on GOG that didn't have a ridiculous discount. End of the World Sale for GOG? 75% off most titles? I'm there.

That's the only time I support PC gaming. When I can get the games for dirt cheap. While I like playing 60fps over 30fps, any PC game that's on consoles unless it's locked by DRM(digital titles being locked I'll get them on PC) then I get the game on consoles. Tomb Raider? Console. The Saboteur? Console. You get the idea. I'll get some games that are DRM free on PC though. Dragon Age Origins and Awakening on PC are DRM free, and good thing because PC is the way Dragon Age is meant to be played. The console versions take the same game and make it multiple times worse, framerate issues, no strategy overview, etc.

Playstation Plus is nothing but digital content as well. Something I subscribe to. It's $50 a year and I'm getting $50-$100 a month in digital content. I own a PS3 and Vita, so I'm getting all the possible benefits. I'm cheap and I see this as being well worth the cost. With five games being offered a month, some PSN, PS3, PSP, and Vita, each game comes to the price of less than $1 per game.

There's my entire stance on the subject, and as you can see. I support digital only and DRM as little as possible. I support it, because I'm a gamer and I'd be missing out on playing a lot of games, but only when it's not available DRM free and only when it's cheap as I possibly can get it.

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While I'm not against used game sales, I buy just about every title new unless it can't be purchased new, so I support developers through first hand sales.