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9/16/2015 2:19:41 AM
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I have never bough a game that requires a Key Code to unlock content. I believe some of EA's games like Battlefield required that, but because of this I never bothered with those games. I suspect that once you enter the code you get a Local and System license for that game, so anyone else on the console can use the online component, but once you sell the game the next owner can't. This kind of DRM was to give the publishers the ability to sell the "online keys" to subsequent owners of the disc, so they can get a little revenue from the aftermarket game business.
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Edited by Wagsman1: 9/16/2015 3:59:33 AMSo you have seen key codes in the past, and I said in another thread, that selling keys at a reduced price could be a potential "fix" to this. Allow people to buy 1 copy of the game, and then allow individual accounts to buy "keys" to that copy. You could further limit it by providing a limited number of keys to each copy. So a dad could buy a copy of the game for himself, and then give his kids the two keys that come with the copy. the kids then log into their accounts and enter the key which allows them access to the copy of the game, and then they pay a fee granting them media usage rights to that copy in addition to the dad, and bam everyone wins.
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Yeah, but I still don't agree with you about the publishers right to invalidate the local license. What I have seen is publishers selling a single player game on disc, and including a free multiplayer key with the package. I believe this key is still a local license for the mp portion, not a system only license. But as I said I have no experience with this because it's a crap move from the publisher.
