Do you care if next gen blocks used games?

I don't, because i never buy used anyways. I feel icky even thinking about owning a game someone else touched with their dirty, rotten fingers.

On one side, more money in the pockets of developers. One the negative side, no more sharing games with friends.

What do you think?

I always got new games with the exception of a few I borrow from friends..

Should used games get blocked, next-gen i'll just wait and get the games that are not on top of my priority list once they get cheaper... 

I think it's a terrible thing to do to consumers if it's true. I'll have no part of it if that happens. People fail to realize that there is much more to this than simply not being able to buy used games, it means you can't share games with friends or family, can't play the game on multiple systems, can't sell your game if it's not good.

I also think consumer confidence in the value of games will go down and make people afraid to spend so much money on games they might end up not liking, and getting stuck with it.

I don't, because i never buy used anyways. I feel icky even thinking about owning a game someone else touched with their dirty, rotten fingers.

On one side, more money in the pockets of developers. One the negative side, no more sharing games with friends.

What do you think?

SonyNintendoFan

Didnt you start this thread yesterday?

Also, is the friends part true?

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I don't, because i never buy used anyways. I feel icky even thinking about owning a game someone else touched with their dirty, rotten fingers.

On one side, more money in the pockets of developers. One the negative side, no more sharing games with friends.

What do you think?

tenaka2

Didnt you start this thread yesterday?

Also, is the friends part true?

I don't, because i never buy used anyways. I feel icky even thinking about owning a game someone else touched with their dirty, rotten fingers.

On one side, more money in the pockets of developers. One the negative side, no more sharing games with friends.

What do you think?

SonyNintendoFan

then have fun killing the gaming culture and the retro gaming market. And while you're at it go sell your soul to the devil too.  :o

you might not care but all your beloved shops will be gone, do you not realise that the shops what sell the new games keep going due to the second hand game markets more than brand new games they'll be out of business.

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I don't, because i never buy used anyways. I feel icky even thinking about owning a game someone else touched with their dirty, rotten fingers.

On one side, more money in the pockets of developers. One the negative side, no more sharing games with friends.

What do you think?

SonyNintendoFan

Didnt you start this thread yesterday?

Also, is the friends part true?

I would need a social life in order to feel insecure about it.

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I don't, because i never buy used anyways. I feel icky even thinking about owning a game someone else touched with their dirty, rotten fingers.

On one side, more money in the pockets of developers. One the negative side, no more sharing games with friends.

What do you think?

jessejay420

Yeah stores like GameStop and any retailer that thrive on selling used games will be effected dramatically, which is a shame but sh!t happens i guess.

To me it won't really bother me that much to be honest, i game on the PC so i'm used to not being able to trade in/buy used games.

It'll be a bummer though, because one thing that made consoles stand out was the fact you could trade your games in and borrow them off your mates etc. But lastly we don't even know if this is confirmed yet i'll be waiting to hear it from the two heavyweights MS and Sony themselves.

If you care about game prices you should care about the second hand market, and the publishers will see the money not he devolpers.

When I worked in a games shop a good third to half of new game sales included trading in old games towards the price of the new.

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Didnt you start this thread yesterday?

 

Also, is the friends part true?

tenaka2

I would need a social life in order to feel insecure about it.

I buy new games, but when I think I dont play them anymore I sell them. So yes. Its a big minus for next xbox, if the rumors are true.

No, I wouldnt care, id be happy for the developers. Used games are worse than piracy, a used game sale IS a lost sale for the company that owns it. It will also stop companies lending games out that dont belong to them and then charging for it ( ie. rentals ). 

then have fun killing the gaming culture and the retro gaming market. And while you're at it go sell your soul to the devil too.  :o

Gue1

Yes because I sell games after I'm finished with them. I've bought probably 200 games this gen but all I have to show for it is MGS HD, Mafia 2, MGS4, Socom 4, Fallout 3, Oblivion and the games I'm playing now which are Fifa 13, Skyrim, DMC and Halo 4. Personally I think it will do more bad for the industry. A lot of people wouldn't buy A or even AA games if they didn't have the option to resell them.BigBoss255

If both console makers lock used games, Im going to buy games later on when they are much cheaper. Like I do most of the time with pc games.

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I don't, because i never buy used anyways. I feel icky even thinking about owning a game someone else touched with their dirty, rotten fingers.

On one side, more money in the pockets of developers. One the negative side, no more sharing games with friends.

What do you think?

SonyNintendoFan

I don't, because i never buy used anyways. I feel icky even thinking about owning a game someone else touched with their dirty, rotten fingers.

On one side, more money in the pockets of developers. One the negative side, no more sharing games with friends.

What do you think?

SonyNintendoFan

Oh yes, I will. Even though I don't buy used games I usually borrow games from other friends. Miroku32

If the N64 blocked used games I would of only played 6 games on my N64; I rented a lot of games and borrowed games from my friends. But because it didn't I got to play more games on the N64.

I typically buy used games when the game in question is no longer in print or hard to come by, so it would affect me in some capacity. As a consumer I'll never advocate for less options even if I rarely take advantage of them. MFDOOM1983

No, I wouldnt care, id be happy for the developers. Used games are worse than piracy, a used game sale IS a lost sale for the company that owns it. It will also stop companies lending games out that dont belong to them and then charging for it ( ie. rentals ).

pelvist

Don't you realise that many of the stores your'll buy from will go out of business, game rental shops will cease to exist, 1000's will be out of there jobs with no other work to go into, due to the lack of jobs already. no offence but there being greedy, to have a used game means that someone in the first place has bought it new, and it is theres to do what they want with it, if they stop the used games then that is our freedom to sell on what we have bought which makes it that we are pretty much only renting it ourselves, which is greed. the only hingthe should do is charge for the online parts of games, they cannot charge people for playing a second hand offline game.

think about it if they start charging people to have to get activation codes to play the game, then no one will want to buy off someone due to already having to pay another fee on top, which means second hand games will have to come down in price, they need to find a happey medium, otherwise there putting alot of people at risk in losing there jobs.

second hand cars are a massive business, you don't see the main car dealers kicking up a fuss do you. plus second hand games at the moment are ok, seriously back in the days of the amiga or the commadore all it ever was, were copied games, they were on floppy discs and cassettes lol, i don't see why there so bothered now it was worse then.

As someone who doesn't engage in the self-destructive used game industry I think its a great thing.blue_hazy_basic

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]As someone who doesn't engage in the self-destructive used game industry I think its a great thing.fueled-system

Think of the money that would go to its rightful place... the gaming industry.

Yep. Won't buy any console that blacks them.

Any time control is shifted from the masses to the "industry", we lose... The music industry controlled every ounce of what types of music were shoved down our throats for decades... now WE have the power to listen to and share anything we choose... notice there is no dominant genre of music anymore? its because WE control our own tastes... not some douche in a suit.  I know it doesn't fully apply to gaming, but as a musician, I fully support the people choosing how they consume and enjoy the entertainment they pay for.

[QUOTE="fueled-system"][QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]As someone who doesn't engage in the self-destructive used game industry I think its a great thing.tenaka2

Think of the money that would go to its rightful place... the gaming industry.

As someone who doesn't engage in the self-destructive used game industry I think its a great thing.blue_hazy_basic

[QUOTE="fueled-system"][QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]As someone who doesn't engage in the self-destructive used game industry I think its a great thing.tenaka2

Think of the money that would go to its rightful place... the gaming industry.

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[QUOTE="fueled-system"]Yeah who cares about businesses like redbox and gamefly that would lose tons of money not to mention the employee cuts that would follow from a stupid idea from this. Yeah oh yeah it is a great thing....fueled-system

Think of the money that would go to its rightful place... the gaming industry.

I get the majority of my games on Steam, it wouldn't be worth the hassle of re-selling a game I paid 5.99 for. Plus having hardcopies aropund is a pain in the ass especially when you move around as much as I do.