Re: EA's "Project 10 Dollars"



"Morgan" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:Sczgn.54369$kS2.42831@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The alMIGHTY N wrote:
On Feb 20, 7:26 pm, Morgan <nos...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Tom wrote:
The company has sold one copy. If a customer wants to sell that one
copy on then there should be no issue at all. If the customer has
already paid for the right to access DLC (DLC available on release day
is morally suspect IMHO to start with) then those rights should be
passed on with the product. There is no other product on the market that
I can think of where a publisher/manufacturer can impose restrictions on
resale.
The issue is not about whether one can sell their used game, there's
no law against it.
I didn't suggest that it was.

>It is simply about (EA in this case) charging the

used game purchaser a fee for having access to the DLC that the
original buyer didn't have to pay.
Seeing as it was part of the original product then it should be passed
on with the rest of the content. The fact that it has to be downloaded
separately is immaterial, it is still part of the product.

Who's to say that it was part of the original product?

The code needed to access it is part of the original product, it's inside the DVD case.

>I believe EA
said early on that the specific content was designed as bonus material
specifically for people who purchase a new copy of the game.

Doesn't matter what they say. It's included as part of the original product.

This is EA basically trying to squeeze money out of people, whether it's fair or not is a matter of opinion. Take Shayle from DA and the Marc chap fro ME2, both were blatantly developed as part of the original game but deliberately marketed as "extra" content.

Like I said, what's this si a fair practice or not is matter of opinion. I don't buy used games anyway so it's not an issue for me but it strikes me as underhanded.



The code instructions are very specific though and (at least) on the PC version, it states that once the code is used, it no longer is a valid code. So I think EA made it clear for what and how many times this code is to be used. That would be like getting a game with a 48hr trial code for use XBL and being able to use it over and over again just because it was the original code with the retail package.

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