Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate
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Dead or Alive 5 will require an Online Pass for both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Confirmed by GameFly, if you want to play online you will need an Online Pass. The game comes with a redeemable code if you buy it new, but if you get it used or rent it, you will need to buy the Online Pass digitally for $10.
NOTE: This game requires an Online Pass code to access online content. The Online Pass code is included with purchase, but not with rental of this title. A 2-day online trial is available via your Xbox LIVE gamertag or PSN ID while renting this title.
Recently a lot of games have implemented the Online Pass to ward people off from buying the game used or renting them. Let us know your take on Online Passes in the comment section below.
http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2012/sep/17/dead-or-alive-5-will-require-online-pass/
(I'm cool with it if this is true, mine will be new, and in a big CE box:)
Confirmed by GameFly, if you want to play online you will need an Online Pass. The game comes with a redeemable code if you buy it new, but if you get it used or rent it, you will need to buy the Online Pass digitally for $10.
NOTE: This game requires an Online Pass code to access online content. The Online Pass code is included with purchase, but not with rental of this title. A 2-day online trial is available via your Xbox LIVE gamertag or PSN ID while renting this title.
Recently a lot of games have implemented the Online Pass to ward people off from buying the game used or renting them. Let us know your take on Online Passes in the comment section below.
http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2012/sep/17/dead-or-alive-5-will-require-online-pass/
(I'm cool with it if this is true, mine will be new, and in a big CE box:)
MorrowsWings
[13] Hero
Why are they doing this?
Game stop and gamefly's business runs on selling and renting used games
Game stop and gamefly's business runs on selling and renting used games
DrakeAldan
Follow the rules!
Money. (For the developing or publishing company.)
The industry nowadays runs off of maximizing near-term profits to please shareholders. Instead of, you know, implementing policies and strategies that make sense, instead of antagonizing their audiences.
It's really quite simple. Provide value and offer the path to power to new players and they won't get bored and sell their game, or they will turn their rental into a buy.
Way back when I first started playing SCIV I just rented it, like I did all games at the time. I found my teacher completely by coincidence.
He showed me a few stun combos and suddenly I had power. I was winning where I wouldn't have before.
I bought that game. I never buy games and I bought that game. And you're damn well sure I bought SCV, too.
I'm just saying.
At least the trial period is there. But it's really not a good show of faith to the customers. You're supposed to build trust and brand loyalty, not break it.