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Pre-owned DLC penalty ‘entirely fair’
It seems as if every day a new publisher jumps aboard the in-box DLC code bandwagon, and industry analysts have given their full backing to the new payment model.
EA talks DLC codes
Outspoken EA boss John Riccitiello has sought to defend the firm’s recent efforts to reward customers who buy new copies of its games by bundling one-off DLC codes in the ...
Walmart confirms pre-owned plans
As claimed by MCV just last week, US retailer Walmart has confirmed that it is to have a second stab at cracking the pre-owned video games market.
Pre-owned 'a bigger problem than piracy’
As EA is set to implement a divisive $10 pay-wall in a bid to curb pre-owned sales of its games, one experienced UK developer believes the threat of second-hand sales ...
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EA Sports reveals Online Pass
EA Sports boss Peter Moore has lifted the lid on what the company is calling the Online Pass – it’s own take on the DLC code system that rewards those ...
Green Man Gaming finally goes live
Gamers can now for the first time trade in their digitally downloaded titles with the official, albeit slightly delayed, launch of Green Man Gaming’s ecommerce portal.
Now GAME slashes first Modern Warfare
UK games retailer GAME has once again targeted the popular Modern Warfare franchise for some heavy discounting with both new and pre-owned prices for the original Call of Duty: Modern ...
Wal-Mart planning pre-owned invasion
The monopoly once enjoyed by the likes of GAME and GameStop in the pre-owned market is under threat like never before, and now one analyst has predicted that Wal-Mart in ...
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Best Buy UK will sell pre-owned games
Best Buy is the latest UK retailer to enter the used games market.
Missing features for pre-owned Sims 3
The Sims 3 will be the latest title to penalise those who buy the pre-owned version of the game when it arrives on Xbox 360 and PS3 later this year ...
Pre-owned website buying unsold stock
New website tradeyourgames.co.uk, which buys and sells pre-owned titles, will roll out a business-to-business service so that independent video game retailers can sell excess stock.
US: 7-Eleven to sell pre-owned games
In a move akin to Budgens or Cost Cutter introducing such a range to its stores in the UK, American retail behemoth 7-Eleven has confirmed that it is to begin ...
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GameStop sued over EA DLC
GameStop has been accused of “deceptively misleading” a customer into believing that a pre-owned copy of Dragon Age: Origins came with all the DLC extras advertised on the box.
Pre-owned specialist gets cash injection
In news that hits home the importance of the second hand video games market, Maryland based pre-owned specialist Game Trading Technologies has secured a substantial $3.9m worth of investment.
Dubious report calls PS3 overpriced
Earlier this month MCV ran a story highlighting a ‘report’ claiming that 87 per cent of PS3 owning males had bedded their girlfriends on the night of the infamous PS3 ...
BioWare: Cerberus offers ‘great incentive’ to buy new
In an interview with MCV about the Cerberus Network – which offers free DLC incentives to those who buy new copies of EA’s Mass Effect 2 – acclaimed RPG studio ...
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Sceptical reaction to pre-owned trials
Indies and analysts have already written off plans by supermarket chains to sell pre-owned games – just a week after trials began.
Take-Two looking at pre-owned crackdown
In what is quickly becoming a very common trend, Take-Two has admitted that it is investigating the possibility of embracing the recent trend for including DLC codes in the boxes ...
EA Sports eyes DLC codes
EA, the current front-runner in the new drive to reward those who buy their games brand new with in-the-box codes for free DLC, is looking to expand its plans by ...
ERA defends supermarket pre-owned push
The Entertainment Retailers Association has defended Tesco and Asda’s decision to take their first tentative steps into the pre-owned market.
ASDA and Tesco enter pre-owned market
MCV can reveal that both Asda and Tesco have begun selling pre-owned video games in some of their UK stores.
Nintendo won’t rule out pre-owned move
With Sony and EA recently unveiling bold new moves to counter what publishers see as the threat posed by the pre-owned market, Nintendo has refused to rule out taking similar ...
Now Sony joins pre-owned offensive
Echoing the controversial measures announced by Ubisoft last month, Sony has revealed that users of SOCOM: US Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3 will need to register their game online before ...
EA continues pre-owned assault
Following the model laid down by Mass Effect 2’s Cerberus Network, EA has confirmed that the upcoming Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will also penalise those who buy it second ...
Pre-owned penalty for Mass Effect 2
An interesting experiment with Mass Effect 2 will see EA looking to discourage pre-owned sales of the game.
