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Originally Posted by HIPPEEDUDE
In regards to the next gen Xbox One & PS4,simply put we are completely screwed. If used games cant be used on your own console without having to go online,which sooner or later will cease to exist these games will be worthless. If you cant just put a disc into any machine what good will they be. You would have to have a console the game came from & hope the console never dies if you ever wanted to part with your collection for any reason. If you dont have it or it dont work,then all those used games would be worthless. What about new games,just as worthless if the online servers cease to exist & you have to be online to activate them etc. Next gen is possibly where video game collecting may meet its end unfortunately.
My two cents,peace out  |
I am of a similar mind
If DRM exists on both new systems (X1 and PS4) then we are not buying games so much as renting them for as long as the activation servers remain active
As you said, once those servers go so do the games unless they remove the authentication procedure but I cannot imagine MS being that benevolent
I think we are coming to the tailend of the golden age of collecting but that's just my thoughts of course