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    Incredibly disappointed in you guys for supporting shoddy business practices by WB Studios and Rocksteady with the new Batman game.

    Mark Kern (not sure of the exact spelling) saying it "fixes the used game problem" is a slap in the face to anyone who games and should be permanantly banned from ever appearing on a podcast ever again.

    I guess it's easy to defend stuff that screws customers when you get review copies for free.
    Oct 17, 2011 2:26pm PDT
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    Incredibly disappointed in you guys for supporting shoddy business practices by WB Studios and Rocksteady... : Wuggyboobeaufuf

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      I very much concur. The money I spend on a used game is worked for just as hard as a new game, so whe... : ChaosNovaXZ
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        What irks me is they chop content out left and right, then expect us to pay full price AND the extra for ... : Wuggyboobeaufuf
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          Well, I suppose they wouldn't be getting away with it if there weren't a ton of suckers out there that al... : ChaosNovaXZ
          • I agree it's not entitlement and I agree it's underhanded - particularly with Catwoman. They made a b... : Wuggyboobeaufuf
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      It rewards buying new and is able to make a viable means to earn money from used sales. Is it really tha... : mogwaiinjustice
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        It doesn't reward buying new. That's content that is already there and is being locked out for used buyer... : ChaosNovaXZ
        • My first paragraph in my last post made me wonder, since both many of us and the guys on the show have sa... : ChaosNovaXZ
        • I just feel like it is just semantics and marketing that makes the difference between regular old DLC and... : mogwaiinjustice
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          The Catwoman and Robin content are both several dozens of megabytes. If this content were on the disk ... : MHSilver
          • Ahhh maybe. I just long for the long-gone days of yore where we could buy something used or new and get t... : ChaosNovaXZ
      • It doesn't reward buying new since there are people (like me) who don't take their consoles online. A... : Wuggyboobeaufuf
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      I think it's important to note that, at the time of recording this episode, Warner Bros. had yet to respo... : XAVdeMATOS
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        Okay, fair enough. Thanks for clarifying. I apologise for getting snippy in my original post. : Wuggyboobeaufuf
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          Another little nugget - I realize they're going to advertise the Catwoman DLC thing, but I discovered tha... : ChaosNovaXZ
          • Giant Bomb has a really good discussion on this. : Wuggyboobeaufuf
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      Your righteous indignation is misplaced. If you have a problem with it, then don't buy the latest GOTY... : MHSilver
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        I'm sure the studio gets a small piece of each sale, but aren't developers paid on salary during the deve... : ChaosNovaXZ
        • I should add, why can't all publishers do that? I'm sure Gamestop just paid a load of cash to WB for a st... : ChaosNovaXZ
        • I'm pretty sure the most common payment structure sees that devs get a bonus based on revenue collected b... : MHSilver
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        1) I'm not buying it. I canceled my pre-order and will buy the game if the content is included on a GOTY ... : Wuggyboobeaufuf
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          If Gamestop is giving people codes with used copies, then what the hell are you complaining about? : MHSilver
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            Because they should be just putting the content on the disc in the first place. Putting a code in to enco... : Wuggyboobeaufuf
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              I agree with your second point. If you're going to set up a deal with the retailer to cover the costs and... : MHSilver
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                Ahhhh, not that I mean anything negative by this, but if people continue to support that practice, we're ... : ChaosNovaXZ
                • >I suppose I'm in the minority here. I'm not convinced to buy new through this strategy, I'm driven away ... : Wuggyboobeaufuf
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                  Once everything is digitally distributed, and your games are tied to an account and can't be resold perio... : MHSilver
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                    Maybe. But once it's digital and the only way to get the game then would be directly from WB...what's to ... : ChaosNovaXZ
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                      As always, the marketplace will determine the price. They can try and jack the price up to $80 or $18... : MHSilver
                      • Some games are worth more than others sure, put aren't all the heralds of digital distribution everywhere... : ChaosNovaXZ
                  • >Once everything is digitally distributed, and your games are tied to an account and can't be resold peri... : Wuggyboobeaufuf
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          So Rocksteady misses a sale but you miss out on an amazing game because of a minor inconvenience. I think... : mogwaiinjustice
          • >So Rocksteady misses a sale but you miss out on an amazing game Subjectively, it could be amazing or... : Wuggyboobeaufuf
    • So I just heard what the deal with this game is and I must say it's not that big a deal. So what it's not... : Mysssss