The Milner Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 What!!??You have to pay to get online, again!Well thats put to bed then lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted April 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 If you buy a new copy of it you don't need to pay. If you buy a preowned copy chances are the previous owner used the online pass code in the box meaning you'd need to buy a new one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teabags Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Yep. EAs way of stopping people using preowned games. Arseholes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 I'm nae going to splash out £40 on a new copy so nae chance, thats shit from EA, but to be expected now a days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted April 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Pretty disgusting really. A really greedy practice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted April 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 It's nae £40 though milner http://www.amazon.co.uk/Electronic-Arts-Battlefield-Xbox-360/dp/B005C2Y6OM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334759603&sr=8-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 They are all doing it now, i wouldnt be surprised if before long Origin makes it way onto the xbox. With the introduction of that and Steam getting bigger, most of these companies are looking at ways to destroy the second hand market, because they dont make anything from it instantly.If Origin makes it onto the xbox ill be done with the xbox i think, there was a rumour that the next FM could be origin based, i would not buy it if that was the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodsinho Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Yeah, it's completely ridiculous that games companies should want to make money from what they create rather than seeing their hard work rewarded by getting nothing when people buy games on the preowned market. Crazy. How dare they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted April 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 I just can't get my head around why video games think they should have a share in the second hand market. It actually blows my mind.Imagine Ford started selling cars with wheels that only one owner could use? If a customer sold something at a carboot sale that they bought from me I'm not standing over their shoulder making a noise about it. Fucking disgusting. In order for there to be a multi million pound pre owned market there needs to be a multi million pound new game market! Terrible banter. These 'online passes' and day one DLC deals piss me off soooooo much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Yeah, it's completely ridiculous that games companies should want to make money from what they create rather than seeing their hard work rewarded by getting nothing when people buy games on the preowned market. Crazy. How dare they?Do you feel the same for everything second hand? Or just computer games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodsinho Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 I reckon they deserve a share in the second hand market when people want to use the online services that they continue to support. If that's the part that folk have to pay extra for it seems reasonable to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teabags Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 I reckon they deserve a share in the second hand market when people want to use the online services that they continue to support. If that's the part that folk have to pay extra for it seems reasonable to me.EA don't even keep servers open for games Like NHL for longer than 2 years. After 2 years, they close down all online activity so you have to buy the latest instalment of the game. That'd be like Modern Warfare 2 going offline because Black Ops and Modern Warfare 3 are now on the market. It's fucking ridiculous.Compare that to something like Team Fortress 2. Which came as past of the Orange Box, they continued supporting without any more income coming in, and then ocne they made micro transactions available in the game, they made it free-to play. And they're still supporting it.EA are just cunts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodsinho Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 I'm happy to accept 'EA are just cunts'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teabags Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Another case is Mirror's Edge. Servers have been offline for fuck knows how long. The game's still on sale, even on the xbox marketplace, but there's no online community any more. And they don't tell you that when you're buying it of course.They made their money, ran servers for 2 years or so, then boom, fuck the customer cos we're not making any more money.Unlike theeir sports franchise games, no sequels. The prototype for a sequel was cancelled.They're cunts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 What really pisses me off is games that restrict you until you buy the DLC content, like Halo 3, you cannot play big team battle, unless you have all the DLC, which is still luckily for sale at the same price it was when it came out, so you could spend an extra £40 just to play a 5 year old game online to its fullest. Or the lovely guys at Bungie decided to include all the maps on disk, but only if you bought ODST which was the biggest waste of money as a game, so again another £30. Horrible horrible way to go about things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted April 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 I remember when halo 2 was out. The new maps cost four pounds! and after a while when the maps became part of the main playlists you could download them for free!Fuck DLC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroopy121 Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 To get online with Assassins Creed 3 you need a uPlay passport. I got a 3 day free trial with my £40 brand new fucking game, after that expires I believe I shall be expected to fork out more cash to get online. Fuck. That.xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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