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theRepublic on 11 May 2010

Won't this only depress the value of used EA games? Making them even cheaper to buy used?



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Aion on 11 May 2010

Great, nice tactic.



 

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Smidlee on 11 May 2010
theRepublic said:
Won't this only depress the value of used EA games? Making them even cheaper to buy used?

This probably depends on just how much offline gaming out number online gaming for a game.



Gojimaster on 11 May 2010

Get used to more software companies doing this. Every retail company out there wants in on the used game biz. 7/11 recently announced they would sell used games.

Software developers don't wait to pay for all this server bandwidth for people that didn't contribute any money to their company directly.

I don't have a problem with it myself. It isn't that hard to find great prices on new games. Amazon usually offers $20 preorder gift cards. Or you can just wait a couple months for prices to drop. Cheapassgamer.com is a great resource for that.



 

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mike_intellivision on 12 May 2010

My favorite comment on this

"It's too cheap." -- our friend Michael Pachter.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/38959/EAs-Online-Pass-is-too-cheap

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theRepublic on 12 May 2010
mike_intellivision said:
My favorite comment on this

"It's too cheap." -- our friend Michael Pachter.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/38959/EAs-Online-Pass-is-too-cheap

Mike from Morgantown

I guess that confirms a recent theory I heard.

Pachter really is in the pocket of the big publishers.



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IllegalPaladin on 12 May 2010
theRepublic said:
mike_intellivision said:
My favorite comment on this

"It's too cheap." -- our friend Michael Pachter.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/38959/EAs-Online-Pass-is-too-cheap

Mike from Morgantown

I guess that confirms a recent theory I heard.

Pachter really is in the pocket of the big publishers.

He has his own segment on Gametrailers, which is owned by MTV who owns Harmonix and they publish Rock Band through EA!

My god!