EA Sports Locks Out Multiplayer Modes On Used Sales

[ESFCE]

its gonna be $10 for the code plus $ for the DLC

$10 if you buy a used copy. Free if you bought it new.

According to EA Sports' own FAQ about the Online Pass, any online content or gameplay, free or otherwise, is enabled with this code. Used games, however, are likely to be sold by someone who already redeemed the code - and a new one will set you back $10 over Xbox Live or the PlayStation Network.

 

[drunkaholic707]

for new games you get the code and for used you gotta pay $10 to get the code if you want to play online and when you pay the $10 if they are giving away free DLC then you get it, but if there not you gotta pay how ever much there charging for the DLC you want

 

[ayo4yayo]

^^ That's why you don't sell your shit to the stores. You sell it online or to someone you know.

exactly! put games on craigslist or ebay.

 

[fillyacup]

so its an extra 10 on every EA sports game pretty much?



this is not good



BUT i would rather buy it used and say fuck you EA.





so buying it new gives me ALL the online for free?

 

[drunkaholic707]

if you buy a used copy you wont be able to go online at all unless you put in the code that you have to buy for $10 if you buy a new copy it comes with a code already

 

[Gas One]

not trippin i aint bought a EA game since like, nintendo

 

[2-0-Sixx]

that is fuckin gay. How much you save on a used game anyway?

Only EA sports game I ever play anyway is Fight Night round 4 and round 5 isn't coming out till 2011 so fuck 'em

 

[Gas One]

^^oh shit thats true, fight night 4..i forgot that was a ea game.....that smarts

you played that don king boxing jawn?

 

[2-0-Sixx]

^^i didn't like that one as much but some of the concepts and the shit you could do outside of fighting were cool though. If they could combine that with the game play of fight night 4, shit would be insanely dope.

 

[T-Rip]

2-0, gamestop be having good sales sometimes on used games especially if u have the edge card. If u catch the gamefly used games sales u can get games for hella cheap sometimes. I don't buy that many EA games myself not even maddens (finally bought 2009 used couple months ago) but its whatever. u can find deals posted on slickdeals.net and cheapassgames.com

 

[theYOCarea]

Sounds like just an excuse to get more money from people. Won't bother ma though, I never play EA sports games online. I have tried Madden online and Fight Night online and I get totoally destroyed. I enjoy doing the career/seasons more than anything anyways.

 

[[-KoRp$-]559]

I probably wont be buying any more EA games 2011. Unless something spectacular is added.

 

[MysticOracle]

anything to make an extra buck in a bad economy....im serioulsy waiting on PSN announcing that they will begin charging a subscription fee like LIVE

 

[RB20]

I can understand WHY they do it, but it is till garbage.

Developers dont see a penny more after the initial sale of a game. So 3 people might buy a copy of Madden 2011, but EA only sees $59.99 once. Meanwhile Gamestop makes billions off used game sales. Thats why they always push used games. Why let someone pay 59.99 for a game and make no profit, when you can convince them to pay $54.99, get another $5 off with your Edge card and still make $20 - $30 profit depending on how new the game is. At least now they get $10 from those othr two people if they want to play online.

But then on the flip side, these same deveopers who cry about used game sales hurting them will turn around and give Gamestop, a used game sales store, pre-order bonuses on new games.

I, like many other posters, don't buy EA games anyway....let alone play them online. However this isnt the first time this has happened. IIRC, Mass Effect 2 has free DLC IF you buy the game new. If you get it used or rent ir or whatever, you have to pay $15 to access the Cerberus network to get the DLC

 

[phil]

i support this.

probably because youre a fucking faggot.