The rumor has been going around for years now that both Sony and Microsoft will make it so you cannot sell used games. You will have to activate a code that says the game is yours and it will not work on any other console. It seems that in 2013 you see this story every other week. But would this work? Or would people reject the idea and force them to go back to the old/current format?
To borrow what Jeff mentioned on Twitter, I think what they'll do is make use of an online pass policy so if you buy a used game you'll also have to purchase a seperate online pass OR the re-seller (e.g. Gamestop) will also include that with your purchase. I think they're not trying to exclude the second-hand market as much as they are trying to find a way to also get a cut from it and I think making use of an online pass is another way of doing this. I mean publishers are already doing it this gen with multiplayer features now I believe they've found a way to extend it to the entire game disc and not just the multiplayer features in the next- gen.
EDIT: Another way of looking at this is like what they do with PC applications like MS Office or Adobe Acrobat wherein you purchase a license and in this case, they'd be implementing that kind of system with next-gen games. If they actually decide to do that with used games, the re-seller might not get as big of a cut now unless they raise the price of the used game.
By that statement, do you mean more than one of the same console (e.g. mutiple Xboxes)? I think that would be easily addressed by having the same account logged on to those multiple consoles and said game would be tied to that one account. So if that account, isn't logged in or saved in that console from a previous log-in, then you won't be able to play the game.
That's a very touching story, good sir. I'm glad that you were able to share this story with us, your fellow duders, on Giant Bomb. It sucked seeing you for only one Happy Hour and then getting shipped out to deployment last year. Anyway, I don't know if this is possible but can you still apply for a GB internship even if they're at CBSi?
Connor was just...boring. He just lacked that certain charm that made you like him despite how much of a douche he could be. Connor was just kind of a douche in general.
Fair warning, I'm going to make a comparison that some people might be grumpy about and I'm honestly not trying to start a flame war, this is just my opinion.
I liken Connor vs. Ezio to DmC's Dante vs. DMC3/4's Dante. They're both idiotic power fantasies, but I just found new Dante to be kind of insufferably cocky rather than entertainingly cocky. Kind of like Nero was in DMC4, but Nero's melodrama was balanced out by Dante being around to act as a foil.
Well, you could also liken Nero to the current Dante with the whole teenage angst angle. Like playing as Nero though in terms of combat but didn't like him as a character. I liked his dad better (even though it's only alluded to and I'm not sure if it has been confirmed).
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