This feature is coming on XBL. It is a common thing in the retail/media industry nowadays.

Not being able to resell DLC inflates the price.

If buy a $60 game, but can resell it used for $20, your "new" game only cost $40.

DLC is the one sure fire way developers have of generating revenue off of used game sales. Otherwise they don't see a penny on them.

While I realize there are plenty of gamers out there who don't give a cent whether the developers or publishers get their cut for the years of work they do, it's a bit disingenuous to complain when they sell additional content down the line to get people to keep playing their game and presumably not sell it after two weeks.

Use game sales don't count for a developer's bottom line.

If the whole $60 game as an "investment" is something some still have issue with, try renting, GameFly or just buying that same game months later when it's on sale for a lot less.

LONG LIVE PHYSICAL MEDIA!!!!!

http://www.n4g.com/industrynews/NewsCom-362100.aspx?CT=1

"propping up the numbers was a 21% increase in digital distribution to $968 million"

I just want the physical copy. What happens if your hard drive shits the bed? Can you re-download those games without charge if you have a proof of purchase of some sort?

Well thats the good thing with Steam, but who knows in the long run for PSN or XBLA... or WiiWare?

Right now you can re-download all of your copies you purchased as long as you can log into your account via lost password, or even get back into it if someone steals your information.

However, right now theres no current promise that XBLA titles will work on the XBox 2, and WiiWare on Wii HD, etc. or if they'll play a cruel joke and make everyone re-buy titles.

Granted I think they will rehash some titles by just adding extra features and charging the original price you paid for them years ago.

That sounds good that Steam allows you to go back and get lost games if needed. If the gaming studios want people on board with DD, I think that is a must.

Steam is infinite as far as I know, and the PC (unlike consoles) has that advantage in the system is always the same and what not (just a new OS, but a PC is still a PC) where as we don't know if the XBox 720 will run on the same hardware.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe XBLA all runs on the same software/emulator, so It should be as easy as putting that emulator on the 720 and Microsoft having access to your old purchases to allow you to re-download games.

I guess we won't know for sure till the next XBox is out. I doubt MS/Nintendo/Sony would be willing to piss everyone off by making everyone re-purchase, because that would be a heavy thread to any support for DD.

MS announced today in a press release some of the features for the August NXE update. A rating system for games in the marketplace is one of them