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re: Xbox 720 not the only next gen console to lock out used games...PS4

Posted on 3/28/12 at 6:31 pm to
Posted by LewDawg
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Posted on 3/28/12 at 6:31 pm to
It'll be free
Posted by MaroonDawg
N0Z
Member since Nov 2009
3171 posts
Posted on 3/28/12 at 6:35 pm to
as long as it has the same internet browser that is currently on the ps3 all will be good.
Posted by Devious
Elitist
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Posted on 3/28/12 at 6:38 pm to
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
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Posted on 3/28/12 at 7:28 pm to
frickkkkk that shite.
Posted by Eyothrie
Mobile, AL
Member since Jul 2010
965 posts
Posted on 3/28/12 at 7:34 pm to
If used games are going to be locked out, they will have to sell new games at a lower cost. $65 will not cut it. There will have to be a middle ground.
Posted by MintBerry Crunch
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 3/28/12 at 9:01 pm to
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Posted by ColdDuck
BR via da Parish
Member since Sep 2006
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Posted on 3/28/12 at 11:15 pm to
What happens to those guys that bring their PS4 tailgating? No Internet, no games?
Posted by LosLobos111
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Posted on 3/28/12 at 11:34 pm to
this is just plain dumb
Posted by bluebarracuda
Member since Oct 2011
19415 posts
Posted on 3/29/12 at 12:31 am to
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If used games are going to be locked out, they will have to sell new games at a lower cost. $65 will not cut it. There will have to be a middle ground.


This.

The games will have to be cheaper since we wont get an in-hand copy (even though I don't think they will be). I wont be paying $60 (I RARELY buy games new, unless I do trade-ins) for a game that I cant play with my anywhere I want.

The prices to the games might even go higher than $60. Whenever the 360/ps3 came out the game prices went from $49.99 to $59.99, so it's not crazy to think that the prices will go up even higher.
This post was edited on 3/29/12 at 12:32 am
Posted by Chimlim
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jul 2005
17773 posts
Posted on 3/29/12 at 7:04 am to
I need to find a new hobby. This is just getting too expensive. I mean - only one account can play a game? What a crock of shite.
Posted by Siderophore
Member since Nov 2010
3338 posts
Posted on 3/29/12 at 7:29 am to
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Meh, the movie industry has been popping out with shite for a long time now, and it really hasn't hurt them too much.


Movie industry's investment is a lot less though.

9 dollars or so and a few hours of your time.

70 dollars is a hell of a lot steeper than that.
Posted by MaroonDawg
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Member since Nov 2009
3171 posts
Posted on 3/29/12 at 8:56 am to
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only one account can play a game? What a crock of shite.


how is this going to work with families that have more than one account on a console? you are now going to have to buy a copy of the game for each kid?
Posted by TK421
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2011
10420 posts
Posted on 3/29/12 at 11:01 am to
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If used games are going to be locked out, they will have to sell new games at a lower cost. $65 will not cut it.


You think NexGen games are only going to cost 65$?
Posted by sbr2
Member since Apr 2011
15421 posts
Posted on 3/29/12 at 11:10 am to
Remember when the original Warcraft was $70 back in the day? Peaks and valleys people.....peaks and valleys.
Posted by CP3LSU25
Louisiana
Member since Feb 2009
52570 posts
Posted on 3/29/12 at 11:20 am to
You telling me all the brilliant businessman sat down at a table and said how can we frick over our great customers and piss them off tremendously.
Posted by Eyothrie
Mobile, AL
Member since Jul 2010
965 posts
Posted on 3/29/12 at 11:42 am to
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You think NexGen games are only going to cost 65$?


I remember paying $70 for Final Fantasy 1 on the NES back in 1990. The cost of games from generation to generation for the most part remains constant
This post was edited on 3/29/12 at 11:43 am
Posted by TK421
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2011
10420 posts
Posted on 3/29/12 at 11:49 am to
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. The cost of games from generation to generation for the most part remains constant


PS1 - 40$
PS2 - 50$
PS3 - 60$

I would expect PS4 games to be 70-75.
Posted by CornDogCologne
Mental Defective
Member since Nov 2007
8914 posts
Posted on 3/29/12 at 11:55 am to
I can maneuver around a lot of the proposed changes for the next gen systems, but the lack of a secondary market (used games) to drive prices down sucks major balls. With the cost of production being what it is for AAA games, I don't suspect any price cuts. I'm thinking the price only goes higher.

I'm also not a fan of tying a game to one specific account. Games on Demand on xbla works that way and I hate having people use my account. I'd rather them set up their own account and play the game. Less opportunity for anybody to frick up my settings/saves.

I don't think that it will spell another gaming crash, but I suspect that there will be some fallout if all this shite gets implemented.
This post was edited on 3/29/12 at 11:56 am
Posted by Eyothrie
Mobile, AL
Member since Jul 2010
965 posts
Posted on 3/29/12 at 11:56 am to
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I would expect PS4 games to be 70-75.


Not if the used game market is out of the equation which was my point. Publishers and developers wouldn't be losing $$ to the second hand market anymore, so they could afford to sell their games at a lower cost. Whether or not they actually do this, who really knows. But it would be in their best interest to do so. 70-75 is more than the average consumer would be willing to spend, and they know this. They would lose sales.
This post was edited on 3/29/12 at 12:15 pm
Posted by sbr2
Member since Apr 2011
15421 posts
Posted on 3/29/12 at 11:57 am to
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Less opportunity for anybody to frick up my settings/saves.


How about you stop being so selfish George
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