UUSED GAMS

I never thought I’d say this, but let’s go Capitalism. The people will by what they like better. The consumer dictates the market, not the other way around.

The government should be afraid of its people... Well something like that.

There's no such thing as "used digital files"

how the fuck does that even work

uh you keep people from selling used games by making the console connect to the xbox network when you put a game in it, and it checks to make sure that copy of the game has never been installed on any other console

i mean this isn't theoretical, this is what they have done

computer software already works this way, including rpg maker, so i'm not sure why you are confused. the only difference is that instead of having to type in a 600-digit key that comes in your instruction manual, that key is in a file on the game disc, and the system validates it automatically

however, with digital downloads, a.k.a 90% of game sales (will probably soon be 100%), it's even easier for a company to prevent used game sales, because uh, you have nothing to sell. you did not purchase a physical item, so i'm not sure what exactly you would be selling. you can't sell used files because a) what the fuck is a used file and b) you would be selling a copy of what you got, not actually what you got, which has been illegal all the way back since the concept of copyright law was invented




Edit: HOWEVER! I'd like to point out that you can actually resell every single game for the Xbox One. Do not think of the games as individual products: think of them as add-ons for your Xbox. If you sell your system, all the games you have installed to it go with the system. Right? I mean, unless you erase them first.

It's kind of like, once you've applied paint to your house, you can't sell the paint any more. Because it's been applied to your house. You can't peel it off and resell it. But when you sell the house, that paint that you bought and applied is now part of the house you're selling.