Xbox 720 Might Reject Used Games

[Daniel]

Online passes are a recent staple in staving off used sales. Limiting what used buyers can access is a protective measure for publishers, much to the chagrin of parts of the gaming community. Chris Kohler of Wired argues that the death of used games is inevitable, and passes are the first step toward something exactly like a native anti-used game something integrated into consoles. He notes, of course, that digital is the future of buying games, but in the meantime we may be looking at 'an interim period in which the disc as a delivery method is still around but ... becomes more like a PC game, which are sold with one-time-use keys that grant one owner a license to play the game on his machine.' Also at Kotaku, the source for the Wired article (which is the source for the IGN article)."

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/121/1217257p1.html
http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/01/xbox-720-used-games/
http://kotaku.com/5879202/sources-t...t-play-used-games-and-will-introduce-kinect-2

 

[welcome2jungle]

Gamestop made so much money off used games that the video game industry is against them... Gamestop is big business and alot of profit is made of used games & used systems

 

[Bretteo]

I dont think it will happen, if microsoft did it then people would move to a sony or nintendo console