Gamestop giving used Arkham City buyers Catwoman code

[JohnDoey]

Now THIS is how you fight game companies who want to eliminate used sales. Render their schemes completely useless.

You fight them by buying online passes from them?

They create a online pass whose sole purpose is to combat used sales. The pass comes with used games. Their scheme is useless now.

Gamestop is buying online passes from WB, isn't that what WB wanted?

Let me put it another way: WB wants to make $10 on used copies. Gamestop helps them do it by purchasing passes for every used copy they sell.

We don't know how they got them yet. And even if that is the case, this is still a win for the consumer.

They are obviously buying the codes from WB considering randomly generate the codes is illegal and they'd get sued in a heartbeat.

 

[Some_weirdGuy]

Problem is they'll just buy the codes then slap the cost on to the used game cost, so really it's no different to you buying the code yourself.

Though it does mean the game's makers get to see a bit of the money which would have gone solely to it's leech-like retailer instead.

I find it funny how the game companies are self entitled pricks for wanting some money from the resale of their games 'a game they already sold, the bastards', yet the retailers, who sell the games, then buy them back at a fraction of their worth and then sell them on again, are completely different, the loveable little scamps.

hold on a minute:
Maker: makes and sells games, wants money from resale of same game.
Retailer: buys and sells games, wants money from resale of same game.

What exactly is the difference again, asides from one profiteering from the others work? (and buying games at a fraction of the cost they then go and sell them for[yes i know that's how profiteering works, but it still feels like a scam])

 

[intheweeds]

Seriously guys?

Gamestop doesn't give a crap about smacking down EA -or- being nice to you. EA is trying to encourage new sales. Gamestop makes MAD CASH from used sales. They want you to buy used.

Getting you to not buy new is the ONLY reason they are doing this. Sorry to break it to you, but they really couldn't care less about you crusade.

 

[CaptainChelt]

Brilliant

I will happily join in on ***** slapping WB

 

[Aprilgold]

Well then. At least it is something to get all the poor, whining people to shut up. It also helps promote their used sales, so solid business decision.

Thus why their doing it, they'll get more money, used game sales give more money then full price do. If I was a dev / pub, I would just not sell my game at places that wouldn't give me second hand profits.

 

[Naeras]

I love how people bring up the "ethics of buying used games" in this case while pretending that publishers give a shit about ethics themselves.

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

So I gather their next ad campaign will be "Gamestop, not as bad as Warner!".


Well, it's definitely superior to "Your mom will hate it."

 

[Arafiro]

I suppose this isn't such a bad thing. The developers still get the $10 I guess, even though it may deter some actual new games sales.

That said, I hope you guys realise that this means every single game will now come with an online pass (which is still a good idea to me), as they can just have video game stores purchase them and sell them with preowned copies.

I guess I'll never understand people's need to moan when preowned copies are (rightfully) inferior to new copies, as PC games aren't retradable and that's pretty much the only platform I play on.

 

[Irridium]

I love how people bring up the "ethics of buying used games" in this case while pretending that publishers give a shit about ethics themselves.

Indeed. If they cared nobody would have had to make this thing [http://www.gamersbillofrights.com/].

It's the basic set of customer service and human decency that pretty much all other industries follow. But the game's industry? It's a huge damn thing.

Unbelievable.

 

[Lyri]

Unfortunately, being Australian, I suffer from incredibly high games prices. I'm talking upwards from $100 so getting it for $50 (+$10 DLC) is a bargin!

Also *arms open* hug? You said there would be a hug?

Yeah it would be a bargain for you guys however for me here in the UK I was pretty annoyed when I saw those prices.
I can get a digital copy of Mass Effect 2 for £19.99 and the digital deluxes pack for £30. I'm pretty certain I could find a new or used copy for that price.
The only saving grace the $50 copy had was because it was on the PS3 and gave our all the DLC except for homecoming for free on PSN.

And one more thing.
*Flyinghugtackles*

 

[MrPanafonic]

...what has changed? The only difference is that you'll be giving your money to one "multi-billion dollar corporation" instead of another. Gamestop isn't trying to make a stand, they are trying to keep customers buying used games so they can keep their profit margins high.

Go fight the power somewhere else Che Guevera

*claps furiously*

Thank you for being level headed and not blind to this, Gamestop isn't trying to save your money they're trying to take it from you and not give it to Warner Brothers.
Customer best interests don't come into it.

Ya and after that OnLive incident they need to get those people back that were pissed about gamestop taking the codes out of the Deus Ex game

 

[MrPanafonic]

And in completely unsurprising news, Gamestop is an evil money-grubbing corporation that wouldn't give a fuck if you needed it to live.

roflmfao, you tool. Gamestop is buying those games, they can do whatever the fuck they like with them. If WB doesn't like that, well guess what?? That's right! They don't HAVE TO SELL TO GAMESTOP. YOU FUCKING IDIOT. Go choke on a cock, fucking corporate dickrider.

Just like they dont have to make 60-70 percent of there profit.....

 

[Frostbite3789]

In before senseless hatred of GameStop

I like this move. It takes EA's dick move of the online pass, and bashes them for it.

You do know this isn't an EA game, right? Your post is hilarious. "In before senseless hatred of GameStop, while I senselessly hate on EA which has nothing to do with the OP!"

 

[MrPanafonic]

And in completely unsurprising news, Gamestop is an evil money-grubbing corporation that wouldn't give a fuck if you needed it to live.

That's every corporation on the planet.

OnLive would like to have a word with you as well

 

[Pandabearparade]

OnLive would like to have a word with you as well

Call me a cynical bastard, but I firmly believe that any corporation of significant size would sell asbestos teddy bears and cyanide-flavored soda if they could profit off of it.

 

[veloper]

Gamestop make such rediculously high profits over the backs of their used customers, they can afford to buy DLC codes from Warner Bros and include those codes with the used games.

Gamestop isn't messing with WB here. They are giving to WB exactly what WB wanted from used buyers in the first place.

Ultimately the customer is still paying the price.

 

[MrPanafonic]

OnLive would like to have a word with you as well

Call me a cynical bastard, but I firmly believe that any corporation of significant size would sell asbestos teddy bears and cyanide-flavored soda if they could profit off of it.

Well concidering that both Valve and OnLive do infact spend a a good size of there profits either giving sales [valve] or giving items [onlive]

im not sure on how valve does the split but onlive is 40/80 meaning onlive doesnt get all that much of the profit and STILL gives free consoles, games, discounts, $5 Fridays, and a lot more stuff

i think that we can add a few more names into this argument but by far the biggest companys are the most cut throat..... hell just look at disney for that.....

 

[Buizel91]

And in completely unsurprising news, Gamestop is an evil money-grubbing corporation that wouldn't give a fuck if you needed it to live.

roflmfao, you tool. Gamestop is buying those games, they can do whatever the fuck they like with them. If WB doesn't like that, well guess what?? That's right! They don't HAVE TO SELL TO GAMESTOP. YOU FUCKING IDIOT. Go choke on a cock, fucking corporate dickrider.

Now now kiddies...play nice.

OT: why did i click on this thread? idiots left right an centre.

Now if you lot will excuse me i have 6 days to wait until i buy Batman: AA and will be playing with Catwomen and Him for the whole of that day (Unless i'm at work, damn Showcase Cinema and there stupid roter -.-) enjoying the game as i should with not a care in the world. Did you lot see what word i used there? ENJOYING. You know...having fun? Which is what games are about?

Stop going on about who is the most dickish out of all this and grow the fuck up. Yes we know EA are dicks, Yes we know Gamestop are dicks. But complaining over the internet about it isn't going to a thing.