Game Devs Using One-Time Bonuses to Fight Used Game Sales 229
ShackNews reports on an emerging trend which sees game publishers offer one-time bonus codes to unlock extra content for certain titles. Rock Band 2, for example, comes with a code which will allow free 20-song download, but is only usable once. NBA Live '09 has functionality to update team rosters on a daily basis, but will only do so for the original owner. "'This information and data is very valuable and it wasn't free for us,' an EA representative explained on Operation Sports. 'T-Mobile is paying for it this year for all users who buy the game new. This is a very expensive tool to use, and if you don't buy it new, then you'll have to pay for this. It isn't greed at all.'"
Re:Another such incentive... (Score:3, Funny)
Damn you for mentioning RT II, I had Steam open. Now I'm out 5 bucks.
Re:Better than root kits (Score:4, Funny)
I disagree.
I'm a tweaker and tend to re-install windows very often, especially when tweaking for a specific game.
Maybe if you weren't taking so much meth then you'd remember you'd installed Windows properly the first time? Just a thought...
Re:There's another reason for bonus content (Score:3, Funny)
Er... and by "frown" I mean the 8 1/2" x 14" kind of "frown"...