EU Ruling on Digital Games

[Zavon]

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/07/03/crikey-eu-rules-you-can-resell-downloaded-games/

Thoughts?

[Sillywilly]

I like it. I'm getting sick of hearing about how I pay 60 bucks for something and 15 bucks a month for a "lease". Fuck you I bought that shit.

If Europe tends to do one thing right, and it typically is only 1 thing, it's they protect employees/customers instead of bending over to the large corporation.

The video game industry has long been plagued by shitty quality and shitty respect for the customer.

[Valec]

EA tried to start a trend with 'online passes' that they gave out with some of their recent games. They were tied to XBL accounts permanently. They basically wanted to cash in on the used games market without any real right or purpose in the market. I wonder if this isn't just one step in the process of telling them to go fuck off, they made their money off the game, and they need to move on.

[Sillywilly]

EA tried to start a trend with 'online passes' that they gave out with some of their recent games. They were tied to XBL accounts permanently. They basically wanted to cash in on the used games market without any real right or purpose in the market. I wonder if this isn't just one step in the process of telling them to go fuck off, they made their money off the game, and they need to move on.

I think that's exactly what it was. Corporate fucking America for you.