Whelp, another reason to boycott Capcom.

[BurningDoom]

What a bunch of bullcrap. I hate how much the video game industry cries about used game sales. Every other media in the world gets sold used: Music, Movies, Books, and PC Programs. Why should video games be any different?

And the whole "it's more damaging to sales than piracy" I'm calling bullcrap on too. You're telling me that someone else paying for a game that's already been paid for is worse than someone who takes a game that's never been paid for? Right.

Also, don't they think that this will hurt sales even more? How many people can really afford to keep up on their gaming at $60 a pop. They're looking at the small picture. Losing a ton of fans because those fans simply can't afford it anymore is gonna hurt sales a lot more than used game sales do.

[dogman91]

Wow, I was actually considering getting this, but of course I will spend my money on a game that I know I will be able to replay if I wanted to...

Capcom's really shooting themselves in the foot with this one. I guess I will wait for a cracked version to play this game, which of course will be many years from now, or if they re-release the game without this BS attached to it.

I wonder if they still consider the value to be full-price (60 bucks) if it's only useful for ONE play-through, compared to games that have unlimited play-throughs.

[MrPopo]

And the whole "it's more damaging to sales than piracy" I'm calling bullcrap on too. You're telling me that someone else paying for a game that's already been paid for is worse than someone who takes a game that's never been paid for? Right.

It is. With regular piracy you have a non-paying customer. With used games you have a paying customer who doesn't pay the people who made the game.

Also, don't they think that this will hurt sales even more? How many people can really afford to keep up on their gaming at $60 a pop. They're looking at the small picture. Losing a ton of fans because those fans simply can't afford it anymore is gonna hurt sales a lot more than used game sales do.

Ok, that's multiple times I've now seen people call it a $60 title. It's a 3DS game. It'll be $40.

Personally I don't have a problem with this. I'd like to see a slowdown of the "play once and resell" mentality. A few people have brought up that there's a used market for everything. While this is true, it seems only video games have such a high turnover. How many of you buy a movie, watch it once, and then resell it? How about buy a car, drive it a month, then resell it?

[brunoafh]

Personally I don't have a problem with this.

Why is that? You're okay with the fact that once you finish the game it's a paper weight?

[dogman91]

So you don't mind paying full price for a game each time you want to replay it? What happens when the game becomes "retro" and hard to find; it simply cannot be played anymore from the beginning. I would think this all encourages piracy/hacking if it results in a product preferable to their retail counterpart. It will result in lowering it's value for the used game market sure, but it will lose it's value in everything else as well, and Capcom will lose money overall because of it.

I'm not saying game companies SHOULD lose money, but there needs to be a better solution IMO that doesn't flat-out rip off consumers.

[Hatta]

How many of you buy a movie, watch it once, and then resell it? How about buy a car, drive it a month, then resell it?

That's all renting is, really. Lots of people do that. Gamers prefer resale because the rental period is indefinite, and the time it takes to finish a game varies pretty widely. But it's essentially the same thing.

[ChuChu Flamingo]

Yet another time when piracy/homebrew will fix this dumb idea. Just like downloadable content.

Pretty bad when piracy will be the only way to maintain both this game save and digital downloads.

[Xeogred]

So you don't mind paying full price for a game each time you want to replay it? What happens when the game becomes "retro" and hard to find; it simply cannot be played anymore from the beginning. I would think this all encourages piracy/hacking if it results in a product preferable to their retail counterpart. It will result in lowering it's value for the used game market sure, but it will lose it's value in everything else as well, and Capcom will lose money overall because of it.

I'm not saying game companies SHOULD lose money, but there needs to be a better solution IMO that doesn't flat-out rip off consumers.

Good point. This effectively murders its potential value down the road, big time.

[Inazuma]

Capcom - "DLC/DRM is the solution for piracy/buying used games."
Gamers - "Piracy/buying used games is the solution for DLC/DRM."

Honestly, this is fascinating but pretty fucked up at the same time. Who will win in the end? Or maybe everyone will lose. >_>

[Bradtemple87]

This leaves a sour taste in my mouth