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Capcom Announces Unreplayable Game

Posted by timothy on from the unreplayable-not-yet-a-scrabble-word dept.

Hatta writes "Resident Evil: Mercenaries 3D for the Nintendo 3DS will be an experience that can be completed once per customer. Using a single, unwipable save slot Capcom ensures that a second hand customer gets a second rate experience. If you buy this game used, you will be stuck with the previous owner's progress, unable to start the game fresh."

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  1. I appreciate the warning by reimero · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That kind of move is a deal-breaker for me. I don't buy games often, but when I do, this is precisely the sort of thing that puts a game on my "do not ever buy" list. And it puts Capcom firmly on my "do not buy" list.

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  2. First Sale by EricWright · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No, not the doctrine ... this policy just decreases the likelihood of garnering first sales. What a clever plan. If nobody buys the game in the first place, they've effectively wiped out the after-market.

    Brilliant!

  3. Second-hand??? by pla · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What if, uh, the original owner wants to start fresh?

    Dear CapCom: DIAF.

    Thanks.

    1. Re:Second-hand??? by uncanny · · Score: 4, Insightful

      What do they care? they already have your money!

  4. Boycott it by Antony-Kyre · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Do not support these types of games.

    I don't care if this is device-specific or if it's the second time the original person plays it. Just say no.

  5. Oh the irony by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Second hand customers will get a second rate experience, yet pirates will get an even better experience than the original customer since they will be able to manage their saves from the flashcard.

    Good job, Capcom.

  6. I can't say this strongly enough. by Sparx139 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Fuck. That. Shit.

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  7. Re:Will anybody buy this lemon? by AnotherBrian · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Of course they will. Capcom wouldn't be retarded enough to publicize this anti-feature or disclose it anywhere on the box.

  8. They left their own best comment... by Kamiza+Ikioi · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "If you buy this game..."

    Nuff said.

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  9. Re:Will anybody buy this lemon? by delinear · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Dead right - if they make it inconvenient for legitimate customers to play the game without stripping DRM, they're basically encouraging their paying customers to go learn all the skills they need to pirate. From there surely it's a small step for a lot of people to just cut out the whole payment part of the process. That's especially the case if you live in a jurisdiction where DRM circumvention is illegal anyway - in that case you've already broken the law just to make it easier to play something you legally own, what's the disincentive of going that bit further?

  10. Re:First! by DemoLiter3 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You wouldn't buy a used car...