Confession of a Nerd


So, something I’ve been meaning to touch on for about a week is the new rumors circulating around about the new Xbox and the battle against the used game market. Apparently (according to sed rumor), the system might possibly include an “anti-used game” feature. That or games themselves will have product keys, much like PC games. Of course, my initial question was, “what if I wanted to borrow a friends game?” Now, IGN put up an interesting idea that you could simply link the game to an on live Gamer Tag, which makes sense, and in that case I guess you could simply sign on to another profile to play the game on another console. It’s certainly interesting. The used game market has a pretty large effect on video games in general and to be honest, I don’t really buy many used games. I read lots of reviews, watch game play videos and troll the Internet before I make my decision to fork over 60 bucks for a title. Only time will tell how this will play out but it certainly is interesting to say the least.


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