DICE studio becomes the newest member of a growing list of publishers and developers who like the idea of next generation consoles blocking the ability to play used games.
In an interview with CVG, Patrick Bach, interim CEO of DICE and executive producer of Battlefield 3, states he sees the idea as a "win-loss" situation with the win being more games bought new and the loss being consumers might end up buying less titles overall than before.
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“Yeah, I heard about that. I think that can be a win and a loss,” he told CVG. “I think it’s a loss if it only means that you will be able to get fewer games for the same money. But in theory you could see it in the other way, because a lot of companies making games today are struggling based on second-hand sales.”
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He does favor the banning of used games personally with his reasoning being it would automatically mean more new and diverse IPs can be created.
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“So if you think that there are too few new IPs on the market, no one can take that risk if their game is at risk of being resold too many times. Therefore you see a lot of online games being the most popular. You mentioned that you feel like a lot of [online shooters] have the same formula and this is one of the reasons, which most people seem to not realise.”
“So on the positive side you could see more games being created because of this, and also more new IPs, because there’d be a bigger market for games that don’t have for instance multiplayer. There could be awesome single player-only games, which you can’t really do these days because people just pirate them, which is sad.”
“From a gamer perspective, if you want to buy as many games as possible then this could be a problem, but if you want more diverse games then it’s a more positive thing than negative. The only thing I know is that people are not doing it to be evil and stupid, it’s about trying to create some benefits for consumers.”
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His reasoning though don't cover the large percentage of gamers who trade in their games to help cover the costs of a new game. Nor do they cover those who purchase used games as a cheap way to be introduced to a new series.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...in-and-a-loss/
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