| kitler53 said: publishers don't make discs independantly - sony makes them. sony wouldn't upcharge the publisher on that anyways and sony would keep track of the database too. and seriously that is a nothing cost. gamestop wouldn't have to but they probably would anyways just to maintian good releationships with sony.
never said it would happen but it should. happy customers are good customers. |
Apparently such a service already exists for movies
http://www.vudu.com/disc_to_digital.html
It costs $2 per disc though, probably to discourage scams as the discs are still fully functional afterwards.
They initially tried a way to stamp the discs to make them unique yet abondoned that practice as too cumbersome.
So how about a service where you bring back your discs to gamestop and the game gets added to your account for $2.
Gamestop pays the publisher a second hand restocking fee and can then sell the disc again.
That's the only way I see this being possible. Publishers only want to make discs less desirable and cut costs wherever possible. No more manuals or anything, cutting holes in the boxes to save a bit of plastic. They're not going to allow discs to be used in two places at once.
