GamersBliss.com writes: "What happens if big companies get what they want? What happens if we allow used games to be blocked in the industry? Do we block used DVD’s or used CD’s… well maybe not the latter. Let’s discuss this topic and look at it in a little more detail."
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bad and I don't think it will happen. You have to think about the millions of money and plastic used to produce the discs, so you are looking at billions of discs to be disposed off every year. Imagine how that would be bad for the environment, so "blocking" is out of the question. "Unlocking" is something publishers want because they see the money making business opportunity.
What happens is that the market quietly shrinks. The "missed sales" which some devs have constantly complained about, like David Cage with Heavy Rain, never become real numbers. Or those people wait for prices of new games to drop if they ever do. Also the rental market goes away.
At some point big companies will have to lower or raise prices overall on AAA titles or stop making AAA titles altogether since fewer and fewer people will pay for $100 for a game no matter what bells and/or whistles it has.
If it happens expect lesser sales in games & look for game prices to start going up because lack of game sales. Just my opinion.
Both sides loose. Gamer's can't borrow or lend games to each other.And many studios would close down cuz people won't take the risk of buying any unknown games and would just stick to franchises we know.
I hope it won't happen. I'm guessing it won't for a long time if at all cause look at music CDs which are still being made and sold as pre owned.