needler420
06-21-2013, 01:10 PM
Microsoft must be a sociopath then because up till a few days ago they wanted to screw people hard:vamp::ass:.
I will stick with their computer products not video games.
Bojay1997
06-21-2013, 02:22 PM
Microsoft must be a sociopath then because up till a few days ago they wanted to screw people hard:vamp::ass:.
I will stick with their computer products not video games.
All for-profit corporations including Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo have sociopathic tendencies. Their only goal is to maximize profit and the consequences of their actions only matter to them to the extent it impacts that ability to maximize profit.
Gamereviewgod
06-22-2013, 10:08 AM
Yeah, but other developers do it as well. Tecmo Koei, Sony, and Ubisoft for example. Sony did announce no online passes for the PS4 only because you'll be required to pay for PS+ to play online, but there's still the others. I don't see the issue in online passes because it's a way to make money off people who buy used. Those people still get the full game, just not access to the online. I find no issue with this because it's a way for developers to make money hopefully without day one DLC which is single player content. Once the online gets shut off when they shut down server access, doesn't matter because we still have the full single player experience as well as whatever offline multiplayer is on there. Even if you're using peer to peer they're still atleast finding players and connecting you and the other players together, so regardless you're using their servers, so you should pay money if you've bought a used game to play online, as they're keeping online access open and it's certainly not free, although not very expensive either.
Online passes immediately decrease the value of my game upon purchase, limit lending, and restrict rentals. Developers will still have DLC because it sells, it has nothing to do with online passes.
There's zero reason a publisher should be receiving funds for secondary sale.