Shame them into paying their fair share and getting rid of the tax dodges.
It's that, or these rich scum will find their doors smashed down and getting a free ride to the guillotines at the hands of the masses who are sick of just scraping by while these "people" sit on vast wealth, doing nothing to help society. The time is coming where society will soon just help itself....
1) With digital distribution, old "rare" games can't go out of print either. Now whether they will run on newer hardware/OSs on the other hand...
2) DRM on the disc is easier, as no network connection is needed to play the game you paid for
3) There are ways around this...much more difficult and of shadowy legality
4) Why include ANY middleman? Why do you need M$'s, or anyone's elses "Permission" to sell your used games? No "middleman" is needed. And since it's a "resale", why would M$ give anything to the Publisher? Why should the publisher get a cut shen they already got their money? Why need "codes" or "verification" at all?
Console games are on Discs, no need to for extra "DRM" like requiring a hard drive install and tying it to an account. And, as another user has mentioned, Steam has amazing sales with more realistic prices than consoles.
Dunno that Sony is going to be any better on that issue though...
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Don't want an overpriced box that does everything. I want a game console that plays games and doesn't need the internet to "check in" with the home office...
Living in a civilized society has costs, paid for by taxes. Go live on a deserted island if you don't want to participate and pay your "admission" fee....
Next time a burglar breaks into your house, no police will come help you. Next time you home catches fire, no fire fighters will come to put it out or rescue you from it. No more paved streets or water/sewer system for you.
You get what you pay for, and you want to pay nothing....
Because the world is changing and it's no longer socially acceptable to just pay what's legal, it's considered inappropriate to pay less than what people would consider to be a fair amount. If you're paying $1 of tax on $1000 of earnings because you've cleverly nested your business assets overseas in a complex web of tax avoidance schemes, then most people would consider that unfair, even if it is legal.
A company is doing its shareholders a dis-service if they pay more tax than legally required.
If you don't like the amount of tax a corporation pays, due to their corporate structure, petition your government to close the loophole.
Too bad we don't have millions and billions to bribe the lawmakers with, because to maximize profits, the corporate scum are cutting wages and jobs, leaving the bulk of the population barely able to afford food, housing, and the clothes on their backs.
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Methinks intermodel doesn't understand SARCASM...
This will kill Gamefly, since the disc if effectively useless without paying M$ "their cut"...
But then, maybe no one rents games anymore.
Never heard of Gamefly, eh?
"They must also sell it at a market price"
Then what the FUCK is the point of used games?
Fuck you Microsoft, you are dead set on killing the multi-billion dollar video game market, eh?
The government should fear it's citizens, NOT the other way around.
Shame them into paying their fair share and getting rid of the tax dodges.
It's that, or these rich scum will find their doors smashed down and getting a free ride to the guillotines at the hands of the masses who are sick of just scraping by while these "people" sit on vast wealth, doing nothing to help society. The time is coming where society will soon just help itself....
You are really confused, are you wearing a tinfoil or a lead hat?
1) With digital distribution, old "rare" games can't go out of print either. Now whether they will run on newer hardware/OSs on the other hand...
2) DRM on the disc is easier, as no network connection is needed to play the game you paid for
3) There are ways around this...much more difficult and of shadowy legality
4) Why include ANY middleman? Why do you need M$'s, or anyone's elses "Permission" to sell your used games? No "middleman" is needed. And since it's a "resale", why would M$ give anything to the Publisher? Why should the publisher get a cut shen they already got their money? Why need "codes" or "verification" at all?
And choosing what to eat has what the fuck to do with paying your fair share of taxes?
Console games are on Discs, no need to for extra "DRM" like requiring a hard drive install and tying it to an account. And, as another user has mentioned, Steam has amazing sales with more realistic prices than consoles.
Yep, pricing is king and you need to make wise choices
So if you have to install games to your Xbox ZERO or "deactivate" them to sell them, why bother with a console at all, just get a PC...
Their actions need to be checked to verify they are completely legal.
Sort of how the IRS can audit you to verify you didn't take any deductions or credits you weren't actually entitled to.
Dunno that Sony is going to be any better on that issue though...
Don't want an overpriced box that does everything. I want a game console that plays games and doesn't need the internet to "check in" with the home office...
Living in a civilized society has costs, paid for by taxes. Go live on a deserted island if you don't want to participate and pay your "admission" fee....
People like cayenne8 have a mental problem where they mistakenly believe that :
Legal = RIGHT
Illegal = WRONG
They are severely deluded however.
Next time a burglar breaks into your house, no police will come help you.
Next time you home catches fire, no fire fighters will come to put it out or rescue you from it.
No more paved streets or water/sewer system for you.
You get what you pay for, and you want to pay nothing....
A company is doing its shareholders a dis-service if they pay more tax than legally required.
If you don't like the amount of tax a corporation pays, due to their corporate structure, petition your government to close the loophole.
Too bad we don't have millions and billions to bribe the lawmakers with, because to maximize profits, the corporate scum are cutting wages and jobs, leaving the bulk of the population barely able to afford food, housing, and the clothes on their backs.
Especially considering it's lawyers making the laws they are poad to make by the very people benefitting from the loopholes.
Time to make these corporations pay their fair share.
New law, not paying taxes? No copyright or patent protection for you.
Nope, YOU have to prove they exist, not vice versa
Excuses excuses.
I like how you advocate letting these scumbag companies get away with it by saying "it's too hard" to fix the problem...
The government MAKES the tax laws that they let the scumbags exploit to not pay their share
why class warfare is alive and well and why everyone hates the government so fucking much?
And where is all this wealth going to come from?
Star Trek isn't real, nor is this supposed Utopia so many seem to think will happen.
There'll be a lot more death and suffering before any of that has a chance to come true,