Crackdown on Used Video Games

[DarkPacMan77]

Check this out guys. Look what these game companies are trying to do... this disgusts me.

http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plug ... et/1390305

-DarkPacMan77-

that makes me sick and they wonder why so many people pirate.
ARRRRRR ME MATE'S!

the reason why games are so costly is due to piracy tho

dont get me wrong, i be a pirate but this measure is kinda extreme...

[DarkPacMan77]

They are just trying to get money by selling the same thing twice (without doing any work). It's disgusting.

To put this into perspective, think of it like this. Say I bought a John Deere tractor and use it for farming. After 2-3 years it's a little beat up and I sell it to another farmer. Only imagine this, John Deere says that in order for me to sell it I have to give them 15% of the profits that I make from selling my own property that I purchased myself even though John Deere hasn't paid for gas, shelter, or any upkeep on my tractor since I purchased it from them.

How the heck is this even SOMEWHAT legal? This is truly a sign of degradation of the American spirit, in my opinion. It's "reverse piracy", if you will. They are trying to legally "tax" you for selling your used stuff even though you purchased it yourself. The flipside is that the NEXT person that purchases that item may have to pay certain fees for reactivation and thus increasing the corporate-level piracy even more.

-DarkPacMan77-

well Thank God that aint happening in the KSA..

I can kinda see where there coming from, but they need to think it back over.

[DarkPacMan77]

I can understand re-registering for multiplayer components of various games because that actually helps secure some piracy issues as well as issues with using third-party tools/ cheats/ hacks in games. Most people, if they pay money, don't want to cheat because if they are banned then they are out of the money that they spent on the game to re-register.

At a certain point, however, they have to understand that "if I purchase a game, it is mine and mine alone and from reselling my own property I owe them absolutely nothing in return".

-DarkPacMan77-

It's called capitalism! Video Game companies have no right.

[Kanadier]

Whatever gets them off. All this means is that I'm going to have to illegally download more of their games to get full access. Bad decision on their part.

yeah..... they seemed stable enough WITHOUT doing this stupid money dive. its gonna make them lose more then they gain, i can see it now.

[JustinWoodypond]

This just makes used games even more worthless than they already were. People just need to continue to use things like craigslist and ebay and never let this kind of crap get big, And of course, pirates will never quit, no matter what!


"If it can be encrypted, it can be decrypted"

This just makes used games even more worthless than they already were. People just need to continue to use things like craigslist and ebay and never let this kind of crap get big, And of course, pirates will never quit, no matter what!


"If it can be encrypted, it can be decrypted"

This is why i treasure your opinion and the fact you have a Mario pounding peach picture .
but yea it'll never happon, if it does it wont last there loose to much money and in the end so many more people will pirate in the end there loose out tons more