Developers Inventing New Strategies to Fight Used Game Sales

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    November 10, 2008 11:55 AM

    Have these assholes never heard of the right of first sale? Do books come with codes that you have to enter online in order to unlock the last chapter? Do music CDs come with codes to unlock the most popular track? Do DVDs require authentication before playing the denouement?

    No, they don't, because that's not how the fucking world works. If Epic wants to continue to charge $60 per video game, then they must continue to provide a $60 value which includes the right of re-sale. If they provide less than a $60 value by blocking resale, then they should either (a) charge less than $60 or (b) expect many people not to pay retail prices for incomplete products.

    If I can't charge for the full "used" price of a video game when I resell it, then I won't pay full retail price of a video game when I buy it.

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      November 10, 2008 12:18 PM

      They've heard of it, they just want to be special and have it not apply to them. That's fine though, as a consumer I do what is right for me, the other side of the equation is their problem. They'd love nothing more than equate used game sales to piracy because they don't see the money in it. Alas, the real world doesn't work that way.

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        November 10, 2008 1:06 PM

        from what I can tell nobody is trying to take away anybody's right to sell their property.

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          November 10, 2008 1:09 PM

          It's easier to redefine who's property it is.

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