Rumor: Mortal Kombat Reboot Locking Multiplayer Behind Online Pass

[Amethyst Wind]

The problem I have with schemes like this, is that the retailer is under no obligation to knock a full $10 off the price for a used copy of the game. They knock any less than that off and you're forced to buy new to get the best deal. That's not right. This concept is to help the developers balance their books against used sales, the approach taken should not be this draconian.

I don't really like the sales part of video games right now because everybody is trying to undercut each other. I like video games and want to help the developers, but they really are fighting the symptoms and not the cause here.

 

[Irony's Acolyte]

This is screwed up. I'm all for companies using day-1 DLC like Shale in DA:O to help get people to buy their game new, but keeping you out of online multiplayer because you bought used is going to far for me.

Everyone always talks about the fact that used games don't give any part of the profits to the developers. I'm fine with this because the copy was already bought new. It's just changing hands now with some money transaction between the people who are handling it. Having developers get money from used games is like having them get money from games given as gifts. Essentially they are getting twice the amount of money for one copy of the game.

Making people pay for extra content when they buy used (as opposed to getting it for free if they buy new) is fine by me. But locking out parts of the game like that just because you weren't the first one to use that copy is crossing the line for me. I wasn't considering getting Mortal Kombat, but I was interested in F.E.A.R. 3 and Batman Arkham City. Now I doubt I'll be getting those.

 

[VanityGirl]

Well if you were going to buy it when it came out, then you wouldn't have to pay the $10 to play online. I'm buying it new the day of, so this doesn't effect me.

Why are people so upset about this? I prefer to buy games new when I can so I make sure I get a good disk.


Why I do think they should do though, is after a few months or a year as gone by, stop making people enter codes in. Unless you have a CoD game, many games will slack up online traffic after a year. Let the people play for free so you can ensure people like your game and may buy from you in the future.