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Sony Joins the Offensive Against Pre-Owned Games

Posted by Soulskill on from the saddle-up dept.

BanjoTed writes "In a move to counter sales of pre-owned games, EA recently revealed DLC perks for those who buy new copies of Mass Effect 2 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Now, PlayStation platform holder Sony has jumped on the bandwagon with similar plans for the PSP's SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3. '[Players] will need to register their game online before they are able to access the multiplayer component of the title. UMD copies will use a redeemable code while the digital version will authenticate automatically in the background. Furthermore ... anyone buying a pre-owned copy of the game will be forced to cough up $20 to obtain a code to play online."

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  1. Re:NOT PIRACY by tepples · · Score: -1, Troll

    I only want a multiplayer videogame that I can play at home with my friends

    A lot of people who regularly post to Slashdot seem to think split-screen sucks, and they think multiple gaming PCs and multiple copies of each game per household are worth the price. I am not one of them; I just wanted to warn you about the groupthink you're up against.

  2. Excuse me Mister Smartass troll. by JDmetro · · Score: 0, Troll

    But I own a company and I can't do whatever I want. The size of the company is what matters not the company in itself. Large companies give LARGE campain contributions and so our goverment does whatever they are told in exchange for the money to get elected. So in short the large companies own the government. Has nothing to do with hippies.

  3. Good Lord by seven+of+five · · Score: 0, Troll

    Twenty dollars only to sign up? Haven't they learned anything? They should be charging $20 every time you play.

    /sarcasm

  4. Re:Used games are not harming the New Game Market! by DrXym · · Score: 0, Troll

    Perhaps the entire context that contained sentence sailed past you. Better go back and read it again.