1. I know plenty of people who were going to rent this game that would be better than 90% of the people online. I haven't played an MK since UMK3 because I don't like 3D fighting games and I'll be better than most.
I suppose I do understand wanting to rent the game and try it online first before deciding whether to buy.
2. Wanting the used game market to go away is complete retarded. It does nothing but increase the community playing a game. One person is no longer interested and someone willing to purchase for a lower price does. That helps keep games alive longer.
It's annoying and I don't think it's totally fair given that car makers, movie studios, and record labels aren't freaking out about their respective used markets, but it's not retarded. I would argue that there are ways in which not using activation codes can be a good move in the long term - good long-term support means they can sell more DLC and increase loyalty to the developer and the series. Unfortunately, many publishers only care about the short term and would rather save a few bucks here or there by doing things to curtail the used market.
3. 99% of people who play fighting games online are scrubby. Don't believe me? You're probably bad.
LOL, I don't even play fighting games at all, so I am most assuredly terrible at every single one of them. You sound very uptight about how good you are in comparison to others. Is that common amongst all fighting game enthusiasts?
4. Voting with my wallet doesn't mean anything to me. I refuse to pay for terms I don't agree with. If every game starts doing that, I'll play MvC3 for another 10 years.
Fine, have it your way.
In my earlier post I implied that having codes for online multiplayer was just fine and that I didn't care. But that's not true. I think it's annoying and hurts long-term interest in a game or series. That said, it's happening whether we like it or not. I do not play a whole lot of games online so when I do find an online game I want to play, I guess I'm willing to buy it new rather than used. And perhaps these activation codes will end up driving down the price of used games to the point where it balances out.
Knowing how people tend to do things on eBay and other places, I bet games with intact original activation codes will sell for, on average, much more than $10 more than ones whose original code has been used.
