[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"] Actually, that statistic is extremely far off. Only the newest games have begun requiring CD keys, even in that instance its something that can easily be avoided. but then again, like I said, they will carry those games many times. These not really any conflicts going on. It works perfectly fine. What I was miplying by my statement is that they don't carry MMO games like WoW, Everquest, etc. They do carry many online games like Quake and UT though. Hamachi is a perfectly fine way to fix the problem too, its basically a closed community.F-Minus
Well MMOs usually don't require you to have a CDKEY, but you mace an account with the key and that's it. You can't really trade that except if you trade in the account you created. Games started useing CDKEYs back in 1998, so the statement that games are starting to use them "just now" is wrong.
Quake3, Quake 4, UT2003/04, Rainbow Six: Raven Shield, Vegas, RTCW, WC3, SC, WH40k: DOW, UT3, C&C, WiC, CoD4, Crysis, NFS:xx, to name games from atop of the head all require you to have a CDKEY. And I'm more then willing to bet that over 80% of all games that offer a multiplayer component released from 2000 require you to have a correct CDKEY. I really wound't bother getting into problems after 1-2 years I bought a used game and the previous owner decided to play the same game again, picks up his old paper where he wrote down the CDKEY and starts playing. The store you bought the used games wont give a crap at that time. So the PC games are relatively cheap compared to other games, I rather buy new games in this case.
Games that are older 1995 and pre are usually free to download anwyay from abandonware sites, not all, but a lot.
Hamachi is as said closed community with, and that's the flaw. It's like playing World of Warcraft on a private server, half the fun is missing. But that's my opinion.
I said games started "largely" using them jsut recently within the last generation. It was something that was wide spread or that would have cause any kind of problem. And besides, I haven't ran across a single problem with Mckays, because they keep track of who trades in what, and it largely works on the honor system. Theres never been a single problem from in my stint there. You're trying to make a mound out of an ant hill, and let me tell you, its not going to work. Let me put it bluntly. There are retail chains that carry used PC games, never run into any problems concerning Cdkeys, and provide a cheap alternative to buying the games. Heck, I've even seen them carry WoW before, it was there the last time I checked. They carry more PC games than they do any other individual console. (Doesn't have a cellphone, otherwise he'd take a picture). Hamachi works perfectly fine. 
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