Raise your hand if you think 83 million people wanting to play games with their friends at their own convenience is a fad and is going to be replaced any day now by those same people figuring out how to hook up an xbox, pay up front for xbox live, ...
@Ephriam I don't think we have anything to argue over. I agree that if you're attaching an internet connection to your game you should use that connection to provide value to the player. If it also provides value to the publisher, that should be at least perceived by the customers ...
The problem with anecdotes is that they're anecdotes and not trends. LAN parties have never been known as hot spots for legal file sharing. The only reason it's acceptable to show up to a LAN party without having purchased the games list beforehand is because it is understood that burned ...
Games are already giving out specialized one-time redeem codes to pre-order customers. If these codes were instead put into the packaging next to the manual, wouldn't that provide a way to decay the quality of your product once it is passed along to the second owner Maybe put two codes ...
