Sony Considers Charging For All Used Games That Play Online

[BohBalmerOsbohs]

http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/...t-play-online/

nice one sony, its ok tho, think of the bright side, you dont have to pay that huge $5 bill to have a amazing Online experience.
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When EA first announced that it would begin to charge $10 for gamers that bought their titles used and attempted to play online, it apparently started something that may now become the future of online gaming- at least as far as used games go.

It is no secret that publishers don’t like the flourishing second-hand game market. They see little to no benefit from the sales, and many publishers believe that it is hurting both the industry in general, and their bottom line specifically. In order to combat that and attempt to recoup some of the profit from the second sale, EA announced their plan to charge for online access of used games. THQ and Ubisoft both soon followed suit. No word yet on whether or not other publishers will follow, but odds are that they will.

The newest company to consider charging used game buyers to play online is Sony, who told Gamesindustry.biz that it not only supports publishers plans to charge for second-hand games through online play, but it is looking into it for its own first-party titles. [/quote]

[theFRANCHISE]

Good thing I don't play online much anyway. I've always preferred multiplayer gaming with my friends in-person.

[JO_75]

Wow! It seems to me that all Sony and EA(with the online pass) is doing is running people off because only the people dumb enough to pay for online will continue to play online and do that regardless they have to pay extra.