So recently I've been hearing about EA and/or Activision charging owners of Pre-Owned games for the multiplayer, I'm not digging it in the slightest myself and I think it's false advertisement. When you're purchasing a new or used FULL game, and you read the back, it tells you what the game COMES WITH, it doesn't state that it must be purchased if a code to unlock it's multiplayer has been used. So, you're not getting the full game, the online's not coming with it, but the case tells you it does, it does not state (once again) that you would have to purchase the multiplayer that someone else previously had access too. What do you guy's think? Why would you even pay for EA's online when they shut their game's servers down when they please?
They've already covered that by putting the information on the box, so it can easily seen by potential buyers. This is not false advertising. I don't like it, and I think the person that came up with the online pass idea should be kicked swiftly in the nuts... but it's not false advertising.
i think the pass is only going to apply to games coming out. so they'll probably put the Online Pass info on the box. Theyre retoractively taking online away from people, i don't think.
I think we're going to start seeing this more and more, companies are beginning to see that they can make a lot of money with online gaming and will exploit it (and us) where ever possible, whether these costs are justified or not, i don't know but expect to be pulling out your credit more often. There are a lot of marketing ploys designed to ease you into spending lots of money, like microsoft points for instance, rather then having a dollar value, say 1 point per dollar, you purchase 1000 points for $16.50, once your payment has been made all you see is that you have 1000 points, now that instantly devalues the real dollars that they are worth, so when you see something as basic as a t-shirt for your avatar being 200 points, you think "so what, i have 1000 of them" not realizing that you've just spend $3.30 for a tiny shirt animation. some of these clothing items can get up to 400 points. all i'm saying is companies these days are geared towards parting you with your money so be careful, and think into what an item or service is actually worth to you V what they are REALLY asking for it.
... rather then having a dollar value, say 1 point per dollar, you purchase 1000 points for $16.50, once your payment has been made all you see is that you have 1000 points, now that instantly devalues the real dollars that they are worth, so when you see something as basic as a t-shirt for your avatar being 200 points, you think "so what, i have 1000 of them" not realizing that you've just spend $3.30 for a tiny shirt animation... Swindells
I never thought of that, you're absolutely right, a 1 to 1 point/dollar value would completely make players think twice when spending points. Those MS people are quite devious.
All things considered, if you're getting it used, there is a very good chance that you could buy the game plus pay for the online activation and still get it cheaper than if you bought it new. However, with how the XBL and PSN systems work, you're probably going to spend more on the points alone in order to get them than you would spend to just pay for the activation fee.
Having not seen the box for a game that requires the online pass, I can't say for sure, but I would assume that it would state something to tell people about it.
It might bea bit devious, but you gotta remember, game publishers don't care about the people who buy the game used. Used sales don't give them money, so they don't have to be nice to those people.
Way too many people talk about used cars in comparison to video games even though the comparisons don't really work, but in this situation it sorta does. If you go to buy a used car, you don't go watch commercials that apply to the brand-new product. The reason you pay less for used copies of game is because of the expectation that they won't be in the same condition as a sealed copy.
THe only time that I had to key card with the game is oen that they add extra to the game. I do not mind a day one DLC but if there a piece of the game that you must have a code to unlock then Why should I get it?
its the reason i never bought UFC10, and will be giving fifa 11 a miss.
i dont have a lot of money and always part exchange a few of my games for a new one. but now these games are instantly devalued because of this ridiculous pass key.
console gaming is slowly moving away from its simplicity into PC territory. companiesare getting too greedy
Well if they are informing people about the way the game's online operates on the case then there is no false advertising, I'm still not in favor of paying for EA's or Activision's online, COD is a multi-million dollar game and it should not have the issues it does, and EA can shut their servers when they please. An example would be Lord of The Rings: Conquest, sure it wasn't well liked, but it was out for little over a year before it was shut down, I even payed for the MULTIPLAYER DLC! I hope this doesn't catch on with devs, if it does I'm going to gear my attention to a lot more single player games.
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