So much to respond to...
[citation][nom]gho16[/nom]Kelavarus, nor SHOULD the publishers receive anything from a 2nd hand sale. . . . As others have said, you wouldn't expect your car dealership to get anything if you sold your used car.[/citation]
What is your view of the very successful MMORPG business model? After all, you buy a software package that is useless unless you pay $10 a month! EA could easily argue they are being quite generous for allowing online content for a mere $100 a lifetime instead.
(This question goes out to all outraged against EA - specifically, why do you view the business models so differently?)
[citation][nom]LLJones[/nom]Can you imagine if the auto manufactures implemented this idea. . .[/citation]
When I sell the car, can I still have a version of it in my garage? A usable version? Can I crack it and give all my friends copies of my car?
As has already been argued, there is a difference between digital/virtual products and tangible/real goods. This is why so many of us want to see intellectual property laws changed - but this is an up and down stream sort of thing. It means we cannot draw valid analogies between the goods because they are different, so the car one doesn't hold water.
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[citation][nom]invlem[/nom]One can only hope this will knock $10 of the gamestop used pricing scheme. You know, instead of charging $45 for a $50 retail game, they might charge only $35...[/citation]
Probably. However, the way the used market works means that the game will fall significantly in resale value also. This translates to higher cost to purchase for the initial buyer due to lower expected resale value.
Will EA stop selling? I think they have cornered the market on licensed sports franchises, and seeing how we in the US seem to value sports above all else that means people will keep buying no matter what. They keep buying/pirating RIAA music as well as gas-guzzling SUVs, so why would they change their habits over such a trivial thing as an extra $10. I mean, can you even see a movie for that much any more?