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Hope the "always online" feature is a mistake :/



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No used games... ? I've been hearing this alot but i Doubt it greatly, no used games gamestop and famistu might as well sell their shops and call it quit but most gamers would rather a second hand if it's the only option of buying a video game. If... Microsoft did do this you can exspect a backlash of NO sales even if it is the new hardware...



Seriously do u see them making any money?



green_sky said:
Runa216 said:
chocoloco said:
If the 360 and PS3 did not allow used games or sharing games I would defiantly go to PC only. It seems like it would face too many lawsuits to ever happen.

Because PC totally has a stranglehold on the used game market and are famous for being DRM free! 

The prices on pc/steam do negate the inability to trade the games in. I am all for no used games if i can get deals like that for console games. Services like PS plus are already experimenting with digital subscription based services. Not many seem to be complaining. It should be fine as long as companies show value proposition to the consumer. Otherwise we can only expect big games to sell even more so than they do now. 

You can't trade in single games, but you can sell your Steam account.



SwansVanTerif said:
green_sky said:
Runa216 said:
chocoloco said:
If the 360 and PS3 did not allow used games or sharing games I would defiantly go to PC only. It seems like it would face too many lawsuits to ever happen.

Because PC totally has a stranglehold on the used game market and are famous for being DRM free! 

The prices on pc/steam do negate the inability to trade the games in. I am all for no used games if i can get deals like that for console games. Services like PS plus are already experimenting with digital subscription based services. Not many seem to be complaining. It should be fine as long as companies show value proposition to the consumer. Otherwise we can only expect big games to sell even more so than they do now. 

You can't trade in single games, but you can sell your Steam account.

I believe you can't sell your steam account legally. It would be a violation of the agreement you clicked yes when you first signed up. 



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green_sky said:
SwansVanTerif said:
green_sky said:
Runa216 said:
chocoloco said:
If the 360 and PS3 did not allow used games or sharing games I would defiantly go to PC only. It seems like it would face too many lawsuits to ever happen.

Because PC totally has a stranglehold on the used game market and are famous for being DRM free! 

The prices on pc/steam do negate the inability to trade the games in. I am all for no used games if i can get deals like that for console games. Services like PS plus are already experimenting with digital subscription based services. Not many seem to be complaining. It should be fine as long as companies show value proposition to the consumer. Otherwise we can only expect big games to sell even more so than they do now. 

You can't trade in single games, but you can sell your Steam account.

I believe you can't sell your steam account legally. It would be a violation of the agreement you clicked yes when you first signed up. 

Not in Europe. Doesn't matter what they write, it's against the law, and they have already lost a lawsuit, after they tried to ban some germans accounts for resale.



If they let you have a large number of accounts on your console, then people MIGHT not be that mad since they can still let their friends borrow their games. GameStop would be doomed though. Gaming variety will definitely dwindle as well, unless every next gen game for MS has a multiplayer aspect to it.......poor Alan Wake.



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Train wreck said:
For Microsoft's sake I hope none of the above is true

NONE?  I don't see all that bad news.  But I have to wonder what the likes of Gamestop and other businesses dealing with used games, are going to do if they can't get a cut of game sales.



Always online is going to be a system killer. Some people cannot afford internet, and play games offline.

I can understand game systems blocking used sales, however, always on is not a good thing, what if you want to showcase a game to a friend, and they do not have internet?



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If they do do this, they would seriously do very very very poorly. It can't be true,