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New Xbox unable to play used games. Say what?!

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scott:
If this is true, I also find it unlikely that I'd buy the next Xbox system. Anything that prevents me from picking up games I've missed out on is a horrible horrible idea. They do know that their games are only printed for a certain amount of time, right? Unless they want to print old games for the entire life of the system. Then you'll just end up with an over-saturated market and burying them along side ET in the desert. ha

darko:
There's no way that they would be that stupid. Who in the hell would buy a console like that? Nintendo isn't doing it with the Wii U and I really, really doubt Sony would be a part of such a ludicrous idea. Also, you think GameStop would continue to sell their games/hardware? There's just no way. The company makes some sick amount (like 80-90%) of their income from used game/hardware sales. GS is a very powerful company. Choosing to completely turn your back on them is a death sentence, even for something as popular as the xbox.

I could see them possibly going forward with something to limit online gameplay (like that garbage passkey system in Homefront) but even that is a stretch.

jcalder8:
I highly doubt this is true. I wouldn't be surprised to hear that MS, Sony and Nintendo have all talked about doing something like this but the bad press they would receive would outweigh anything they could make from it. Like darko said GameStop is too important to the industry at this point too and going this route would ruin anyone who tried.

amauriel:
Why not get rid of discs altogether (from a company standpoint)? I read somewhere that it could possibly have a blu-ray player that was just that, then have a marketplace for ALL their game content. At that point, they were trying to figure out if it was financially viable, given that 20-something % of 360s have never been connected to a broadband connection at this time. Completely remove the discs from the equation, remove used games.

darko:
If they do decide to get rid of physical games, I'll more than likely have a lot more money to put towards my collection of older items since there's no way I would buy something like that. I know a lot of you guys really like steam, but I have to have something I can physically touch or I don't collect it.

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