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Rumor: Gears of War 2 Gets Gears 1 Map Remakes For New Copies Only
by Blake Ellison, Sep 30, 2008 4:55pm PDTEpic's upcoming 360-exclusive Gears of War 2 will get five DLC remakes of popular multiplayer maps from the original via a voucher in the sequel's package--if a post on the Evil Avatar forums are to be believed.
"There will be release day DLC that will contain [Gridlock, Subway], Canals, Mansion, and Tyro Station. These five maps will be free of charge but the only way to get them is if you receive a voucher, which every NEW copy of the game will have," says a user who claims to have received that information--and mountains more--from an exclusive preview in a coming issue of GamePro magazine.
If true, the trick would be the latest in a string of quiet moves by developers encouraging players to buy new, not used, copies of games. A used copy of Gears of War 2 would presumably already have its voucher used by the game's first buyer. Used game sales generate massive profits for retailers like GameStop but none of those profits go to game studios, inspiring companies including Electronic Arts and Bungie to publicly criticize the practice.
Shacknews contacted Epic's Cliff Bleszinski and received a "no comment."
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In what industry would the creator or publisher of any product ever receive further payment for a re-sale of a product.
If you buy a Used fridge, Does Maytag get some more profit?... or a Used Car? Who's giving Nissan money when I sell my car off?
Freaking rediculous, and I would of expected the music industry to start this whole thing and not game industry "leaders"
its laughable
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lol
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However, considering Cliffy's comments yesterday about how us folks who know how to build our own PC's are all pirates, I'm going to prove him right instead of buying new.
Because people know that their copy of the game will immediately be worth less on resale the moment they buy it, Epic and MS ought to consider pricing the game at $50 new instead of $60, or they might risk having reduced overall sales compared to what they would have had without this money-grab scheme of theirs.
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If publishers had the stomach and honesty for it, they could use Digital Distribution to compete with the used game prices.
If the boxed copy is $50 and the used copy is on sale on an average of $40 then sell the Digital version for $40 or less. Game retailers cannot sell second-hand DD games, so the tide will turn in favour of the publishers without limiting the choices for the consumer.
But of course, this assumes Publishers and Game Retailers are happy with free market competion and competing to offer good value for people like us....
...A man can dream.
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"My registration key doesn't work – I keep getting the following message: "The redemption code you entered was invalid or has already been entered."
Please note that the 20 bonus track offer is only for customers who have purchased a new copy of Rock Band 2. If you purchased a used copy of the game and your key does not work, we will not be able to assist you."
It's an issue of giving additional value to first purchasers of a game. There's no reason financially to give second hand purchasers the same things as those who actually support the publishers and developers of games. Think of it as not being able to transfer the warranty with a physical product when you resell.
Bottom line: I say the number of new copies that game makers sell would drop in reaction to the new, high, non-negotiable prices.
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Regardless... *revs chainsaw*
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