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GAME has announced a new policy regarding the sales of second-hand video games.
Some customers may not realise that with certain games, downloadable content (DLC) is available via serial codes that come in the box.
However, when the original purchaser has redeemed the codes and downloaded the extras, the person buying the pre-owned version can’t download the same goodies.
Well, they can, but with no code to get them for free, the second owner has to pay up.
Hence GAME are now putting warning stickers on games which carry such DLC.
For example, EA’s blockbuster RPG Dragon Age: Origins carries vouchers and codes for a free set of blood dragon armour, and extra content in the form of the Stone Prisoner, an episode of quests and a new character.
GAME has made the move after legal action was brought against a retailer in the US, when a consumer was not best pleased to discover he had no DLC with his second-hand copy of Dragon Age: Origins.
I applaud this move! Beneficial for both consumer and vendor, and represents another step forward in a country devoid of any sense of service culture.
The ps3 version of bad company 2 also has a
code included for access to the VIP club. This let’s you download 2 additional maps. However if you don’t have a code it costs you £9.99 to get the maps.
It just boils down to EA been greedy and basically trying to kill the second hand games Market.