Entries in 'online pass' (36)

Moore: People see Online Pass as a plus

Moore: People see Online Pass as a plus

Publisher EA has once again defended its use of the Online Pass system in its console-based sports titles.
It’s a tactic that has provoked some debate, but Moore believes the ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Oct 14th 2010 at 3:15PM in News
THQ defends anti-pre-owned tactics

THQ defends anti-pre-owned tactics

THQ chief Brian Farrell says the publisher must monetise used games and has called on retail to help.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Sep 17th 2010 at 10:23AM in News
Consumers ‘positive’ about Online Pass

Consumers ‘positive’ about Online Pass

EA has claimed that it hasn’t experienced any sort of backlash from consumers as a result of introducing its Online Pass in titles such as Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Sep 15th 2010 at 10:56AM in News
Sony ‘supportive’ of Online Pass

Sony ‘supportive’ of Online Pass

Having required buyers of SOCOM Fireteam Bravo 3 on UMD to validate their game online by using a code before they could play online multiplayer earlier this year, it looks ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Aug 24th 2010 at 6:07PM in News

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Online Pass boosts ‘net play

Online Pass boosts ‘net play

Publisher EA has said that its first two titles to include an Online Pass – an in-box DLC code that is required to access some of the online features of ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Aug 5th 2010 at 11:30AM in News
Has Tiger been damaged for good?

Has Tiger been damaged for good?

Though EA has stood firm by Tiger Woods as the sordid scandal surrounding his personal life has unravelled in the media, one analyst has claimed that the golf star’s dented ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jul 19th 2010 at 12:08PM in News
GameStop: We don’t like pre-owned

GameStop: We don’t like pre-owned

UPDATE: An official spokesperson from the US GameStop office has contacted MCV with the following statement: “These comments from an unnamed and unknown person claiming to be a GameStop employee ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jul 13th 2010 at 1:12PM in News
EA Sports: It’s our job to make you not want to trade in

EA Sports: It’s our job to make you not want to trade in

“One thing I have to do, and it's my job, and my development team's job, and my marketing team's job, is make you not want to trade the game in.”

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jun 28th 2010 at 12:34PM in News

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Sega: Online Pass is ‘very clever’

Sega: Online Pass is ‘very clever’

“It is a very clever idea and is something we are certainly taking a look at” – those are the words of Sega West president Mike Hayes when asked by ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jun 4th 2010 at 10:00AM in News
‘Online Pass is great value for money’

‘Online Pass is great value for money’

EA Sports president Peter Moore says the publisher’s controversial Online Pass allows the firm to deliver more and better digital content.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jun 3rd 2010 at 9:45AM in News
GameStop: Pre-owned will live on

GameStop: Pre-owned will live on

As the number of publishers choosing to lock out content from players buying pre-owned games continues to swell, retailer GameStop has insisted that second hand games still have a ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on May 21st 2010 at 11:02AM in News