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sabvre42 on 14 May 2015
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Ka-pi96 said:
sabvre42 said:
Ka-pi96 said:
vivster said:
This would sound a lot better if the title said "Game company blocks content for people who didn't pay the game company for said content".

Guess you were a big fan of the original Xbox One and Don Mattrick then?


I was never a fan of the XB1, but I agree with killing used games - especially ones like this case.

 

There is no subscription, but the game is entirely online. If they allowed used copies to work, they would bankrupt themselves.

They have a projected cost (estimated play time) per player which could not be controlled if unlimited resales were possible. In a period of 5 years, the single game could be resold 2-12+ times. That's both server space and guaranteed service for all those people that contributed NOTHING for the said service.

Additionally, the price is going to drop. How can they justify unlimited server time to an unknown number of players for unknown number of years for 10-30?

Except the existance of MMOs with no subscription but also no initial fee to pay debunks that entirely.

If they can make money without actually selling a single copy then why can't Zenimax?

That's sort of a strawman. Pay to win games are not the same thing. Do you really believe pay to win and subscriptions are the only doable model? Or is because you are being cheap and can't tolerate the developer getting proceeds from EVERY sale?