Now Kill Origin too.
MS no need to do this,just allow publishers do what they want is enough,market will decide which publisher is right which publisher is wrongEA kills online pass
MS rumoured to block used games
EA to appear at Xbox reveal
Ruh roh
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=554314They are likely replacing it with something else, like always online, which is even more strict and anti consumer.
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Am I the only one who didn't mind online passes? I always bought my games new. Didn't ever feel like the $5 you saved buying the used copy was worth it. The only problem that I had with it was rentals.
Now Kill Origin too.
What EA really fucking needs to do is get rid of their horrible "we run all our servers" policy. What do they gain from it other than the ability to be huge fucking pricks by shutting them down? Is that really worth the money it takes to maintain the servers?
probably that it's not needed due to what the new consoles will do.Whats the catch? Freemium? More grinding? Or just EA playing nice? (lol)
Whats the catch? Freemium? More grinding? Or just EA playing nice? (lol)
Microsoft runs the online infrastructures for all 360 games (which is why you're suppose to be paying them in the first place), PC servers can be independently ran for most games. I don't know how it works for the PS3.Isn't that the same for... everyone?
Microsoft runs the online infrastructures for all 360 games (which is why you're suppose to be paying them in the first place), PC servers can be independently ran for most games. I don't know how it works for the PS3.
What are the other options aside from p2p connections?What EA really fucking needs to do is get rid of their horrible "we run all our servers" policy. What do they gain from it other than the ability to be huge fucking pricks by shutting them down? Is that really worth the money it takes to maintain the servers?
On the PS3 Sony only runs the main infrastructure for logging in. Same with Nintendo and the Wii U. A lot of Xbox 360 games are also peer to peer so you're mostly paying for general infrastructure.Microsoft runs the online infrastructures for all 360 games (which is why you're suppose to be paying them in the first place), PC servers can be independently ran for most games. I don't know how it works for the PS3.
Discontinues online pass
Employs online-only authentication
Realy?!
WoW! What's next?
Stop DLCs and season passes and start releasing complete games?
License transfer his account to your 360.does this mean there making online passes for past games free? would love to play me3 multiplayer bu refuse to pay (my kid used card on his account the little shit.
So, online activations for next gen confirmed?
Call me a pessimist, but they wouldn't do away with online passes unless they had something else up their sleeves.
So, online activations for next gen confirmed?
Call me a pessimist, but they wouldn't do away with online passes unless they had something else up their sleeves.
What are the other options aside from p2p connections?
They probably just found out that nobody bought online passes if they had a used game, but needing to enter a code when bought new was frustrating for legitimate users and maybe led to lower online use or bad feedback.
Plus I assume it costs EA a cent or two to put an online code in the box and manage the infrastructure to support it.
But there is not really a precedent for that on consoles, no?How it was done before Xbox Live?
I mean, by giving people the software to run their own servers. Which is why you can still play Quake but not any EA console offering from before 2010.
EA wasn’t the only publisher using an online pass system. Activision and Ubisoft are among a handful that make use of it.
Isn't this wrong?
I remember somone saying a while back that the reason Acti didn't uses online passes was they thought they made more money off selling DLC to those second hand customers.
Was it really necessary to bold and underline Activision? Sony also uses this pass too, by the way. But I get the feeling it may not stick since EA quit doing it.
"EA wasn’t the only publisher using an online pass system. Activision and Ubisoft are among a handful that make use of it."
Get the fuck out of here with that shit! It was a way to further nickel and dime the consumer. Scumbags.EA said:Initially launched as an effort to package a full menu of online content and services, many players didnt respond to the format,