Gears of War 2 Takes Aim at Used Game Sales
As if $60 a pop for a new Xbox 360 wasn't enough, now it appears Gears of War 2 (hitting the streets 11/7/2008) is taking aim at resale of their video games. Now, I've got a copy pre-ordered, but I was going to wait it out and get myself a copy around Xmas time when I figured used GOW2 would be hitting the streets en masse at my local GameStop. I figured, what the heck, its GOW2, I'll buy it new and it will be one of the few games I bought new this year - but not because of what I found out just tonight.
According to Gears of War 2 features five classic maps, only in new copies Gears of War 2 will feature content only accessible to new game owners - a code allowing downloading of five additional, updated classic maps (click link above for list of maps). Epic says these maps will not be offered as updates to the game after it hits the streets.
That doesn't make a lick of sense. It's going to be terrible for consumers, and it may hurt their xbox Live numbers.
This is the first effort I've ever heard of where a game maker has tried to put such a large emphasis on saying "buy our game new or you'll miss something", and its by such a popular game , too. I don't know what it will do to MS's Xbox live numbers, and I think it will suck for consumers - it will certainly result in more new purchases of the game and fewer purchases of the game used. That means some of us that routinely rotate through games (buy games, sell/trade and get other ones) will have to shell out some extra $$$. Those of us gamers that delight in buying new and keeping our library of our favorite 20 games will probably not be effected at all - this time.
It's cool to make more money but there is a point where the big businesses behind the games can go too far - I'm not too sure yet how I feel about this, but I must admit I won't be playing online so it will probably not effect me, plus as luck would have it I've reserved a copy anyway.
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