Tag Archives: pre-owned games
Wed, Jan 11, 2012 | 21:21 GMT
UK retailers keen to strike pre-owned revenue share deal
A couple of UK retailers have said they’d accept a revenue-sharing scheme for pre-owned games, if online pass systems are given the flick.
3 
Posted in: Retail, Trade, UK
Tags: online pass, pre-owned, pre-owned games
Tue, Apr 19, 2011 | 15:31 BST
Online pass is “necessary for games,” insists Mortal Kombat creator
NetherRealm Studios head and Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon has said that use of the online pass system is right for all games, including his gory fight franchise.
27
Posted in: Fighter, Legalities, PS3, Retail, Warner Bros., Xbox 360
Tags: dead space 2, ed boon, mortal kombat, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, online pass, pre-owned games
Thu, Oct 21, 2010 | 09:16 BST
David Braben proposes six fixes for used game sales
David Braben, the founder of Frontier Developments and a long-time opponent of the pre-owned games market, has written up six potential fixes to the “problem” – while also sinking his boot into the presently in-vogue “online pass” method.
29
Posted in: Publishers, Retail, Trade
Tags: david braben, frontier developments, pre-owned games
Tue, Apr 13, 2010 | 14:58 BST
Retailer GAME puts DLC warning stickers on used titles
UK retailer GAME has started slapping warning stickers on pre-owned games so that potential buyers are aware ahead of time that DLC bonuses on used games are not the same as the unused counterparts.
Xbox One: live TV available in US only at launch, requires separate device