Next Gen Consoles will most likely have ur games locked to ur Account/Console

Now there are numerous speculations out there that both PS4 and the next Xbox won't play used games because it'll lock your games to either your account or your console. Now these scenarios are both really greedy ideas that don't help gamers in any way but if you were to decide, which would you choose??? Have your game locked to your account? or your console???

Neither. I won't purchase any consoles that do this.

It's not going to happen.

I won't buy them then.

Instead I'll just buy a Wii-U and 360 and be set.

Neither. I won't purchase any consoles that do this.

RobertBowen

My god, it's like they are turning into PCs...

I don't care about that, I buy new and don't sell games and I would actually welcome games tied to account if you can download them to your console, just like you can on Steam

Well I'm on my third 360GodModeEnabled

My god, it's like they are turning into PCs...

starfox15

And risk losing sales, coupled with tons of complaints?

I don't think it'll happen at all.

I buy my games new and don't sell them and I would refuse to buy any console who offered either option, why would I choose to limit my gaming when I could just go with the Wii-U or PC gaming or go retro?! Besides someone might work out a way to hack them open anyway, hopefully

If your games are locked to your console. You have 30 games then your console dies. Your out of luck. If they are going to lock your games lock them to the account.

If your games are locked to your console. You have 30 games then your console dies. Your out of luck. If they are going to lock your games lock them to the account.

Megavideogamer

I guess I'd rather have it locked to my account, but that still sucks since my brother and I share games. Neither option sounds very appealing, so I think I'll just pass on any systems that do this.

They can't take the product away from you.Yusuke420

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I will be sticking with my PS3/Wii/360 throughout all of next gen. I will pick up those machines only if they have amazed me. With all this talk of locking used games out or to an account, I'll most likely wait and save up for my PS5 or Ninty Ultra Nes.

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Good way to lose sales, take away even more from your consumer base. Well done. Well done indeed.

Then dont count me in. I'll go full Pirate on the PC. If they want to f*ck me, Ill f*ck them back

Then dont count me in. I'll go full Pirate on the PC. If they want to f*ck me, Ill f*ck them back

4dr1el

Then dont count me in. I'll go full Pirate on the PC. If they want to f*ck me, Ill f*ck them back

4dr1el

Neither. I won't purchase any consoles that do this.

RobertBowen

This^

Neither will get my money if that was to happen (seems unlikely though). And in the rare case that it does happen, I still have a decent PC.

Their loss, not mine.

Seems to me the games industry is intent on self destruction with stupid ideas like this. You wouldnt buy a new car if the manufacturer told you u cant sell it later on if u want to so why would you pay for games with the same limits? Its just a case of greedy devs/publishers wanting more money and total control over us and me personally im not having it, i'd rather miss out on a generation than give in to such bully boy tactics from jumped up developers and publishers.

If this does indeed happen i only hope there are many more people that think like me and give these companies the middle finger and watch them go out of business through their own greediness.

Tactics like this REALLY get my back up in a big way so to hell with them all they can all go under as far as im concerned:evil::evil:

I'm hope that happens. I'd much rather give my money to the people that make the game than the store. lo_Pine

You do realize that publishers already get paid by the retailers by shipping copies of their games, right? Plus they don't exactly get the full $60 off of each new copy being sold.

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Neither. I won't purchase any consoles that do this.

Celldrax

This^

Neither will get my money if that was to happen (seems unlikely though). And in the rare case that it does happen, I still have a decent PC.

Their loss, not mine.

I completely agree with both of you.

That would be the worst couple of decisions in the history of gaming. There's no way I can see this happening with the masses of people, including myself, that disagree with the idea. That'd lose so much money because I couldn't see myself buying a console that does this.

I don't see microsoft or sony doing this at luanch of their new systems. Instead I think they'll wait until later in the console life span to implement it. That way people who have already invested in their systems will have no other option but to support it.

I will not support any company that does this. I still buy gamecube xbox and ps2 games. I can't afford every game I want at full price when they come out.

I've never pirated anything not even music. But if they lock out used games I'm turning to piracy.

I won't buy those consoles if they actually do that.

Neither. I won't purchase any consoles that do this.

RobertBowen

Then welcome to PC gaming, or welcome to handheld gaming.

Ill just buy an Alienware. The $699 one blows their next-gen specs out of the water. Plus I can upgrade.

This won't happen, no way.

Also, please don't abbreviate the word "your" as "ur" two times in a topic title on my favorite forum. It's really f***ing annoying. :P

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Then dont count me in. I'll go full Pirate on the PC. If they want to f*ck me, Ill f*ck them back

El_Zo1212o

The games that made many developers the success they are today had no anti-piracy, many didn't even have a cd check. Not that it's hard to find a no-cd patch, it's just a hassle for a paying customer but it's not for pirates because no-cd patches come with the download.

It wasn't always more of a hassle for the paying consumer to install games than the pirate. UT for example you just installed and played, the way it should be and Epic are the company they are today because of the success of this game. I could give numerous other examples of developers who started like this and some still do it this way today but often it's only the smaller ones. I try to support them as much as possible.

I'd probably tolerate a combo of both as long as license exchanges are liberal enough.

For example, if it were strictly tied to your account it would be a no go, since I'm not buying four copies of a game so everyone in the family could play.

Likewise, if tied to a console I personally couldn't migrate to another console, which would also be a no go.

As it exists right now, XBL content is tied to both, allowing for other people to play the content on the machine of origin and you to enjoy the content on more than one machine with your account, but the license exchanges are too stringent imo.

I think it's only once a year that they let you change licenses from one machine to another. I'd like to see the time restriction removed and replaced by a number of machines restriction instead, i.e., you can license this content to five machines total, allowing for simultaneous licensing in case you have more than one shared machine in your house.

[QUOTE="4dr1el"]

Then dont count me in. I'll go full Pirate on the PC. If they want to f*ck me, Ill f*ck them back

El_Zo1212o

I do not like the sound of this one bit.

Locking media to an account is one thing, like PSN or xbox live. Locking games to specific consoles is too much because it will cause unnecessary problems when the console inevitably stops working.

probably.

[QUOTE="RobertBowen"]

Neither. I won't purchase any consoles that do this.

tjricardo089

Then welcome to PC gaming, or welcome to handheld gaming.

I've been PC gaming for the last 25 years, and have no plans to stop. ;)

I've only been playing console games for about 8 or 9 years, I guess.

[QUOTE="lo_Pine"]

You do realize that publishers already get paid by the retailers by shipping copies of their games, right? Plus they don't exactly get the full $60 off of each new copy being sold.

[QUOTE="Celldrax"]

[QUOTE="RobertBowen"]

Neither. I won't purchase any consoles that do this.

Shinobi120

This^

Neither will get my money if that was to happen (seems unlikely though). And in the rare case that it does happen, I still have a decent PC.

Their loss, not mine.

I completely agree with both of you.

Neither. I won't purchase any consoles that do this.

RobertBowen

...I personally think it's all talk and they won't do it.wizdom

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[QUOTE="lo_Pine"]

This^

Neither will get my money if that was to happen (seems unlikely though). And in the rare case that it does happen, I still have a decent PC.

Their loss, not mine.lo_Pine

I completely agree with both of you.

Not no matter what.

A poor gamer buying a used copy of a game at a garage sale for 25% of what it cost new in the store probably helps the industry more than harms it.

Why?

The buyer is getting a good deal, saving money and staying invested in a hobby that might otherwise be too expensive until they can afford to buy new games again, helping the industry. What's more, he is paying a fellow gamer who might very likely use the money to purchase a new game also helping the industry. Further, that seller is not stuck with games he dislikes, lessening the chance he will abandon a hobby that has proven to be a poor value for his entertainment dollar, which yet again helps the industry.

Now I agree going to Gamestop and paying $18 for a used game that costs $20 new probably does hurt the industry more than it helps it for several reasons.

Not only are all of the above positive benefits of the used market mitigated by the crappier deal, but the way GS pushes used vs. new puts it in direct competition with the new games, and the sale of one is largely at the expense of the other, simply to give GS higher margins. They want you to return the new game you bought two days ago, and they probably won't ask many questions, because they can give you a pittance relative to what they give the publisher and turn around and sell it for almost full price.

i have no problem with it...

[QUOTE="RobertBowen"]

Neither. I won't purchase any consoles that do this.

tjricardo089

Then welcome to PC gaming, or welcome to handheld gaming.