[TouchMyBox]

I once had to type in a key using a virtual keyboard to play a round of uncharted 3 multiplayer like I was some kind of sucker that one time.

It was pretty weird.

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

Yeah. Brought Resistance 3 second hand without even thinking about the pass.... so single player only.

[Ricky_R]

No need to avoid them since I buy everything new. I hardly play online these days anyway.

[Vorg]

Yes I tend to avoid them and make sure I buy second hand if the game has them. I know I'm missing out on content. Don't care since the game was dirt cheap anyway.

[sixteen-bit]

Did Gears 3 have an online pass? If so, no. If not yes.

[Deadstar]

I will NEVER pay for an online pass. I'll wait until the price bombs or I won't buy at all if there's an online pass.

[gogogow]

I think the only console game I bought that had a online pass is UC3. Never touched the pass though, since I don't have any interest in the MP mode. Other games that also had a pass, were ME2, 3 and Batman AC, but I bought those for the PC and were incorporated into the game/install key.

[A Twisty Fluken]

In the few cases I ended up with a game with an online pass I have sold it with the pass unused. I will never activate one of these.

[nincompoop]

Yep, I'm not even sure what exactly they are, other than that they're another bullshit way for publishers to fleece consumers out of money. One of the many perks of being a non-PS360 gamer.

[Hey You]

Doesn't bother me at all because I usually by my games new anyway

This.

Usually I get the games I want Day 1 and I like supporting the developers.

[Santiako]

I've used online passes that came with my games, but i've never bought an online pass.

[SolarPowered]

I usually buy my games new, but I definitely check for online passes. They are a good excuse to not bother with the game unless it's a bit more friendly like the one in SSX. My backlog is massive as it is.

[dallow_bg]

Yep, I'm not even sure what exactly they are, other than that they're another bullshit way for publishers to fleece consumers out of money. One of the many perks of being a non-PS360 gamer.

You'll have to add Vita as they now have Online Passes too.

I've never redeemed one for a console game yet, but did for Hot Shots Golf.

[Sqorgar]

I've got a few games with online passes I've never registered. I've since moved on to not buying games with online passes at all (which basically means that I have a permanent boycott on EA games).

In other words. I tried it once, but it made me really paranoid, so now I don't touch the stuff.

[AbsoluteZero]

I've yet to buy a game that had an online pass in the box, yes.

[Teppic]

Haven't bought any game with online passes yet.

[ShinUltramanJ]

I'll never pay for an online pass.

If it's a game I know requires a pass and I intend to play online (Battlefield 3), then I'll buy new. Otherwise, I'll buy used and enjoy the single player mode which I've done in games like Dead Space 2 and Need for Speed Hot Pursuit.

I almost bought Uncharted 3 new until I found out Gamestop prints the online pass code on the receipt. Worked out nice because I was getting it as part of a buy two get one free promo.

I also think the whole online pass thing is a big boon for publishers, because it allows them to shut the servers down sooner. It's one thing when a game is getting fresh players online from second hand purchases, but when you eliminate that, the online community is smaller, and dries up sooner, thus allowing a publisher to shut it down earlier than they normally would.

[OldJadedGamer]

You'll have to add Vita as they now have Online Passes too. I've never redeemed one for a console game yet, but did for Hot Shots Golf.

PSP had/has them as well.

Yep, I'm not even sure what exactly they are, other than that they're another bullshit way for publishers to fleece consumers out of money. One of the many perks of being a non-PS360 gamer.

PC games don't count because there are no used game sales.

[shinkansen.3000]

Safe so far, but it's been extremely easy for me, since I never play online.
Even if I were to buy a game that had it I most probably wouldn't use it.

The only "premium" I paid so far has been the Prince of Persia Epilogue DLC as in "We'll sell you how the story really ends".
Except that not only it didn't end, but the normal ending was much more satisfying than the DLC one!!! I'm still RAGING!!!

[Reikon]

For a second there, I thought that said OnLive in the title. :/

Me too. The capital L in online is unnecessary and confusing.

[Haunted]

I just borrowed Saints Row the third from a friend and let him borrow my Battlefield 3 and we talked last night at a bar about the online passes. He is buying the online pass to play online for a while and I refuse so I'll just play single player. Granted, he has the MP game and I have a mostly SP game but it just made me think how big of a stick in the mud I am about it. I didn't even rent Resistance 3 because of the pass. I didn't mind when I rented Assassin's Creed Rev because I had a three day trail with it which gave me my fill and I moved on but the no trail at all kind of sucks balls. Now that way more games do it, where do you stand on the online passes?

Have not bought one, will never buy one.

You're not being a stick in the mud, you're going with your principles and voting with your wallet. Good man.

[OldJadedGamer]

Me too. The capital L in online is unnecessary and confusing.

Sorry, I play OnLive a lot so got used to writting it that way and transfered over without thinking. I don't care if a mod changes it.

[Jive Turkey]

I buy everything new so it isn't a problem for me. I also tend to be less interested in games with passes (not because of the pass, just not interested in the game). In fact, I think the only game I have that uses a pass is Mass Effect 2.

That said, I'd never reward a company for this behavior by buying one.

[SykoTech]

Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One is the only game I own so far with an Online Pass.

Not that I'm purposely avoiding them. I plan on purchasing Batman: Arkham City, SSX, Uncharted, etc. eventually. That's just how it's worked out so far. And I buy games new anyway. I probably won't even need an Online Pass for Arkham City anyway thanks to the GotY Edition.

I don't think I'll ever buy an Online Pass separately though. That's up there with having to pay to go online. I'll never be suckered into doing that.

[El-Suave]

Honestly, I very rarely sell my games and when I did, the used online pass didn't bring down the value.
As long as I can download the online pass on my nephews PS3 so he can play the full game on his account when I borrow it to him, I don't really mind.

I would never pay to play online though, but I don't like it that much in the first place.

[Henry Jones Jr]

I always buy my games new, and don't really actively avoid games with online passes. But I do have some games that I have played through with unredeemed passes. Maybe I should sell them?

[Fantastical]

I barely play games online. I've only used the SSX one because I love SSX.

[Sega1991]

I have not bought a single game with an online pass, new OR used.

[Accoun]

I won't buy any game that I know has an online pass.

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[VGChampion]

I haven't even entered any of the online passes that have come with the few games I bought with them included.

[mclaren777]

I buy my games new and don't really play online so I don't care.

Same here.

[Htown]

I play on PC primarily, and Wii as my secondary, so online passes have no personal impact on me.

They're still shady as fuck, though.

[Randolph Freelander]

I bought SSX, did not use the online pass prior to trading the game a week later. At which time I bought Mass Effect 3, and also did not use the online pass prior to becoming extremely bitter about the ending.

Me: 2
Online Passes: 0
EA: "we still got your money, fool."
Me: -2

[Thoraxes]

Yep, and if I ever buy a game that has them, I always sell them off for more money back in my wallet.

[Littlegator]

I've refused to purchase titles with online passes, so yes.

[BannedEpisode]

They have literally no effect on me since I buy most games new.

That and I view used game sales to be more damaging to the industry than pirating, I'm fine with it.

[Zoc]

I bought Deus Ex a while ago, and made a new account to activate the pre-order stuff on. My friend did the same for Arkham City for the Catwoman stuff, so when we traded, we just swapped login info for the special accounts. Trophies and everything were still on our real accounts, too, since any account on a machine can play the content, as long as one account with it is activated on the console.

Maybe if I ever sell the game, I'll deactivate my machine and include the login/pass on a paper in the case.

[Eusis]

Most of the games with proper online passes (read: they're not just bonus content) I get on Steam, I think the only exceptions have been ME3 and Hot Shots Golf, the former being due to ME1/2 on 360 and HSG for being a Vita game. I did rent Wipeout and Uncharted 3 though, I simply didn't bother with online since it wasn't a big priority for renting anyway.

Actually that's the funny thing: as shitty as EA has been, they're one of the companies with the right idea: offer a few days free before requiring the pass. It's a perfect compromise between rentals (getting a taste of the game or blitzing through single player) and getting your cut from used sales. THQ seemed mixed there (no option for SR3, level cap in Space Marine), while Sony just doesn't let you play online whatsoever period.

[5amshift]

I buy new.

[toddhunter]

U2 multiplayer was really quite fun and well put together. I enjoyed my time with it.

U3's multiplayer? No idea. I didn't want to use the pass and devalue my game by doing so.

[cultofweaver]

Every single game I have bought second hand that has some kind of online pass content has not been redeemed when I bought it. That is now six games in a row.

People just don't seem to bother redeeming them.

Although I'll still rarely buy a game with content I give a shit about second hand. In that case I'll buy it cheap new or, more usually, just not buy the game.

[Strike]

I buy games new at discounted prices. Only exception was Killzone 3 and the code was unused.

[A Human Becoming]

Only game I got recently with an online pass was Bulletstorm and I got that used. I wasn't interested in playing online anyways.

[stalker]

I've done my best to avoid them completely up to now. Probably will break the rule with Arkham City sooner or later (if I understand correctly there's a pass for the Catwoman stuff).

Sometimes it's difficult to know ... for example, does Dead Space 2 from EA have one of these passes?

[Brannon]

I've done my best to avoid them completely up to now. Probably will break the rule with Arkham City sooner or later (if I understand correctly there's a pass for the Catwoman stuff). Sometimes it's difficult to know ... for example, does Dead Space 2 from EA have one of these passes?

It does, but holy crap is the online in that game bad.

It's so bad. Don't bother.

[Gartooth]

No, I never tried to avoid them because alot of my favorite video games now are starting to use some form of the online pass system. However, I guess the one thing I have done is that I will never pay for an online pass. (basically if I buy a used game I won't bother dropping $10 to enable online play)

[qq more]

I don't think I've ever bought a game that has an online pass. Mainly because I was never interested in those titles to begin with. Aside from saint rows 3 but I'm buying the pc version so I don't think that counts!

[Curufinwe]

I buy almost all my games new so I don't care about online passes for games with multiplayer like Uncharted 3 and AC Revelations.

[a Master Ninja]

And before anyone says Mortal Kombat, the online pass is no longer required on any version (regular, Komplete, Vita). So get the game if you avoided it because of that! :p

Major props to Netherrealm/WB for doing that.

[alr1ght]

I buy games new at discounted prices. Only exception was Killzone 3 and the code was unused.

KZ3 did not have a pass.