I real beasting Mortal these days but at some point I'll get back to the street fighter.Thanks for the heads up.You ain't play ME2 yet??? Game of the Year material. Don't stick
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As of 11pm the new Black Ops maps are out.Go give Kotick your $15 everyone
We live in a time when game publishers fear the secondary market. They sell their games for $50-$60 in stores, but then see nothing when these games are inevitably resold on eBay, GameStop, or other used game outlets. This has become so prevalent in the minds of publishers that the online pass has started to crop up in more and more games. Electronic Arts started the trend with their Online Pass. Now we've seen it show up from THQ with Homefront and Warner Bros. with Mortal Kombat. If you want to play the game online, you have to submit a code that comes with a brand new retail copy. Bought it used? You'll have to pay $10 to get online access.At the 2011 Game Developer's Conference, Epic Games' Cliff Bleszinski spoke briefly about this during his talk on being the power creative. He stressed how he believes the way you beat the secondary market is to make a game people never want to get rid of. You do this by supporting a game after release. In terms of Gears of War, they support it through double XP weekends and more rewards for players who participate in consecutive double XP weekends.Then we look at Gran Turismo 5. For those unfamiliar, the kind folks at Polyphony Digital have been providing very frequent updates to the game ever since launch. Their update schedule has only faltered during the recent PSN outage, but they got their update online almost immediately after the network came back online. These updates have included an online car dealership, races to qualify for a contest to drive an actual racecar, seasonal events, special challenges, development and car videos, and numerous gameplay tweaks and fixes.Now, they're even offering a limited edition Chevrolet Camaro as part of the Edge/Schick Quattro giveaway. Buy an Edge or Schick Quattro product and you can get a code for a free Chevrolet Camaro SS "Edge Special."For those developers that don't think this kind of support is worth it for a game, just take a look at the used game prices for big games release in the same month. Prices are dictated by the basics of economics: supply and demand. Low supply and high demand make for a higher price. Any game that gets traded in a lot and/or people don't want to buy will have a lower price. Games in high demand or that rarely get traded in see higher prices. Currently on GameStop's website, Gran Turismo 5 is selling for $54.99 used, the highest possible price they put on a used game. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (the latter featuring EA's Online Pass, by the way) are both highly rated games that are currently selling for $34.99 used.This is proof positive that the online pass strategy isn't the way to combat the secondary market. Supporting your games with great content like Polyphony Digital has done with Gran Turismo 5 is the way.
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What are your thoughts on this? Never really liked the online pass idea but I guess it is one way for publishers to make money.http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/86754/gran-turismo-5-this-is-how-you-support-a-game/QuoteWe live in a time when game publishers fear the secondary market. They sell their games for $50-$60 in stores, but then see nothing when these games are inevitably resold on eBay, GameStop, or other used game outlets. This has become so prevalent in the minds of publishers that the online pass has started to crop up in more and more games. Electronic Arts started the trend with their Online Pass. Now we've seen it show up from THQ with Homefront and Warner Bros. with Mortal Kombat. If you want to play the game online, you have to submit a code that comes with a brand new retail copy. Bought it used? You'll have to pay $10 to get online access.At the 2011 Game Developer's Conference, Epic Games' Cliff Bleszinski spoke briefly about this during his talk on being the power creative. He stressed how he believes the way you beat the secondary market is to make a game people never want to get rid of. You do this by supporting a game after release. In terms of Gears of War, they support it through double XP weekends and more rewards for players who participate in consecutive double XP weekends.Then we look at Gran Turismo 5. For those unfamiliar, the kind folks at Polyphony Digital have been providing very frequent updates to the game ever since launch. Their update schedule has only faltered during the recent PSN outage, but they got their update online almost immediately after the network came back online. These updates have included an online car dealership, races to qualify for a contest to drive an actual racecar, seasonal events, special challenges, development and car videos, and numerous gameplay tweaks and fixes.Now, they're even offering a limited edition Chevrolet Camaro as part of the Edge/Schick Quattro giveaway. Buy an Edge or Schick Quattro product and you can get a code for a free Chevrolet Camaro SS "Edge Special."For those developers that don't think this kind of support is worth it for a game, just take a look at the used game prices for big games release in the same month. Prices are dictated by the basics of economics: supply and demand. Low supply and high demand make for a higher price. Any game that gets traded in a lot and/or people don't want to buy will have a lower price. Games in high demand or that rarely get traded in see higher prices. Currently on GameStop's website, Gran Turismo 5 is selling for $54.99 used, the highest possible price they put on a used game. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (the latter featuring EA's Online Pass, by the way) are both highly rated games that are currently selling for $34.99 used.This is proof positive that the online pass strategy isn't the way to combat the secondary market. Supporting your games with great content like Polyphony Digital has done with Gran Turismo 5 is the way.