The End Is Near for GameStop

kube00 writes "The rumor mill is saying the next generation of consoles might not play used games. What does this mean for retailers such as Amazon, GameStop, and Best Buy? Will gamers flock to the one console that can still play used games? GoozerNation speculates if the Mayan apocalypse draws near for used game sales."

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Re:Gamers are not idiots ...

[IndustrialComplex]

They aren't talking about being burned in the sense of watching a bad movie, they are talking about getting burned in the sense of:

1. Playing a Game for Windows Live (GFWL) game on Steam and having the GFWL fail to connect, disconnect midgame, and choke up so often as to make a fun game unfun (Dark Souls...)
2. Renting a HD movie from Amazon on a Roku box, and deciding to finish watching the movie on a bigscreen powered by a HTPC only to discover then that Amazon won't show HD content on a PC.
3. Having the multi-player servers shut down and not being given an option to run your own.
4. Forced configurations and patches for non-multiplayer games. (Opps, looks like that patch changed something you liked, or broke the game for your machine)
5. Paying again to access services you already pay for (Netflix on Xbox)
6. Online requirements for single player games
7. permanent locking of games to accounts
8....

Yeah, there are a lot ways to get burned by companies even without considering if the content is actually good.

Those I've listed above are just those that have directly impacted me, I'm quite sure the list goes on.

Oh wait, I forgot about whatever the hell that nasty DRM break your CDROM malware is. Starforce stardock? I can't even remember the name, I just remember having to spend a couple hours trying to get the damned crap off a PC a couple years back.