Thanks Douche!

Of course you have heard about the increasing interest in using one time online authentication codes for new copies of games sold while selling additional keys, for online access, to used game owners? Right. I have no problem with that. If you want to restrict used game owners from online functions of a game, go at it, but don’t tell me that by purchasing a game used I am equivalent to a pirate and that used games are cheating you.

Cory Ledesma was quoted by CVG saying: “We hope people understand that when the game’s bought used we get cheated.” Really? Really? How exactly are you being cheated? Person A purchased 1 copy of your game. Person A sells it to a friend and Person B purchases that game. That is still 1 copy of a game and 1 person playing that game. Person A no longer plays that game, therefore, the transaction is transparent to you. What is the mathematical formula that takes me selling my game to equal two copies?

Do you really have that much of a problem with GameStop that you choose not to fix it and continue to work with them? Are you saying we have no right to sell the product we purchased? Are you going to just ignore your outdated business model and force everyone else to pay, pun intended? Do you honestly believe that your game is worth the price you are asking? Is the DLC milking train not netting you enough?

So many questions and not enough answers. If you want people to purchase new over used, then provide a superior product and continued service to new customers. Take their product authentication and net them discounts on sequels, DLC, or other items. Give them boosts, double points, or extra cash for multiplayer titles. Give them first access to Beta’s! Look at MAG. Own the game and get access to the beta. You want me to keep my disc, and you want me to buy new, provide outstanding and ongoing service for you product!

I can go on and on and I am sure many can argue against me but these are just my thoughts.

What will I be doing? I want to write some short stories, I think that will be fun. I want to play with creating a Google Chrome app. That should be fun as well and generally play with more web stuff since I am assisting with a website revamp at work. I’m a bit rusty.

“Our consumers are important to us and when they rallied for PS2 backwards compatibility, we removed it from our consoles. They enjoyed the many usb ports and memory card readers and we too removed those features. With firmware 3.21 we responded to our user base by removing the “Other OS” option after they showed dissatisfaction that the PS3 slim models didn’t have it. I think disabling the Blu-Ray drive within every PS3 console will be the next important step for our company.”

This isn’t new to Sony. In early 2009 Sony released some stupid piece of shit that didn’t work. Loaded with all the latest tech and features, it was programmed to never work. After further customer feedback, it was found that removing features, as opposed to making it difficult to use them, was optimal to the user experience. When questioned on details of future firmware Tretton did say to expect some “apocalyptic weekends that leap beyond your imagination.”

Today that all changes. My first time PC budget build will give me 4 cores, 4 gig of ram, and the biggest smile I could ever have.

Yeah.

1. Oh my god, this is amazing!
2. I would love to play a game using this!

Via NYTimes and Oblong Industries