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sabvre42 on 14 May 2015
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Dusk said:
sabvre42 said:


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?

Then they should probably choose a better online model more suited for the console environment. 

This could very easily be done on an offline game as well. There is, and likely from now on, will always be an online factor to every game even if there is no direct online player component so this kind of thing is likely just a sign of the times from Zenimax and Bethesda. Hopefully others don't follow suit.

 

That's exactly it. Offline games do not carry the implied contract of service. While I think the used game industry is always bad, at least at that point it's more of a single transaction good, rather than a service contract.

 

The console environment is evolving. It's the whole reason MMORPGS are even landing on consoles.