The recent trend for publishers to lock out content to customers buying pre-owned versions of games was supposed to be a swipe at GameStop, but the giant retailer reckons the move won’t hurt it one bit.
https://lastchance.cc/code-required-for-ufc-undisputed-online-play-5543083%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
“We do not anticipate an impact to our used margins due to this program. The amount of used game buyers currently playing online is low, and as it grows, our proprietary models will manage trade and sale pricing to reach margin goals.”
And how will the company do that? One guess is that they’ll simply slide the prices of any affected games accordingly, but another reason is a little more obvious
https://lastchance.cc/gee-you-guys-must-really-hate-using-credit-cards-5543276%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Doesn’t matter how much the milk costs if you also control the sale of the cows…