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The Federation of German Consumer Organisations hopes to have Steam in court by the end of the year. The body is challenging Steam’s refusal to alter its terms of service following last year’s ruling from the European Court of Justice that European consumers should have the right to re-sell their …
Read More »Rebuilding HMV’s games offer
Just six months ago, the games industry feared HMV would abandon video games. It had decimated its games team, cutting its count of ten buyers down to two, and even after it was saved by Hilco in April, the chain said it would concentrate on music and visual”, but there …
Read More »Consumers want to sell their digital games, claims new survey
Gamers around the world want to be able to buy and sell their digital games. According to a new survey conducted by WorldPay, 65 per cent of consumers would like the chance to sell their games just like they can a physical product. China is the country that has called …
Read More »Bushnell: Microsoft "screwed up" Xbox One launch, thinks trade-ins are good for industry
One of the founding members of the games industry has blasted Microsoft for its handling of the Xbox One reveal. They totally screwed it up,” Atari founder Nolan Bushnell told VG247. When I heard some of the announcements and the analysis of it, I’m shaking my head and saying, ‘What …
Read More »Green Man Gaming launches Xbox 360 and PS3 trade-in offer
Gamers can now trade-in physical Xbox and PlayStation games at online retailer Green Man Gaming. The store, which already lets users trade-in digital games, has launched its physical offer now. Customers will receive their money for their games as soon as they promise to send them in. There’s no need …
Read More »Sony doesn’t want to harm ‘fragile retail’
PlayStation has vowed not to risk damaging the ‘fragile’ UK retail market with new business models. The firm responded to Xbox One’s sales restrictions, which could have impact trade-ins. But Microsoft has since changed its mind on its new policies following a consumer backlash. PS4’s business model remains the same …
Read More »EA Sports: Online pass was impeding our games
EA Sports boss Andrew Wilson says that the firm ditched online pass because it damaged the games. Speaking to MCV at E3 last week, the label VP said that forcing gamers to put codes in to access content had become too big an impact for fans. And he denied that …
Read More »Nintendo: Want to block pre-owned? Then make better games
Spirited Nintendo America boss Reggie Fils-Aime has said that there’s a very simply solution to the ‘problem’ of pre-owned – make better games. The exec was also keen to point out that Nintendo has the lowest software trade-in rate of any platform holder – a fact perfectly illustrated by the …
Read More »Cliff Bleszinski defends Xbox One DRM, reckons Sony will do the same
Former Epic dev and the self-professed Tony Stark of video games” Cliff Bleszinski has argued the case for Xbox One DRM. His fundamental argument is that the current triple-A model is broken. Haha Mattrick ‘if you’re offline get a 360 fuckers’ amazing,” he said on Twitter, referencing Don Mattrick’s controversial …
Read More »Xbox One pre-owned and online policies are "definitive", unlikely to change in near-term
Those hoping for a swift U-turn from Microsoft look set for disappointment. Microsoft’s studios boss Phil Spencer has told CVG that the policies regarding Xbox One’s online and software authorisation requirements are definitive” and will remain in place. For now. "We wanted to set our definitive policy in black and …
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