Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate

Dead or Alive 5 will require an Online Pass for both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Confirmed by GameFly, if you want to play online you will need an Online Pass. The game comes with a redeemable code if you buy it new, but if you get it used or rent it, you will need to buy the Online Pass digitally for $10.

NOTE: This game requires an Online Pass code to access online content. The Online Pass code is included with purchase, but not with rental of this title. A 2-day online trial is available via your Xbox LIVE gamertag or PSN ID while renting this title.
Recently a lot of games have implemented the Online Pass to ward people off from buying the game used or renting them. Let us know your take on Online Passes in the comment section below.

http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2012/sep/17/dead-or-alive-5-will-require-online-pass/

(I'm cool with it if this is true, mine will be new, and in a big CE box:)
 
MorrowsWings said:
Why are they doing this?
Game stop and gamefly's business runs on selling and renting used games
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Money. (For the developing or publishing company.)

The industry nowadays runs off of maximizing near-term profits to please shareholders. Instead of, you know, implementing policies and strategies that make sense, instead of antagonizing their audiences.



It's really quite simple. Provide value and offer the path to power to new players and they won't get bored and sell their game, or they will turn their rental into a buy.


Way back when I first started playing SCIV I just rented it, like I did all games at the time. I found my teacher completely by coincidence.

He showed me a few stun combos and suddenly I had power. I was winning where I wouldn't have before.

I bought that game. I never buy games and I bought that game. And you're damn well sure I bought SCV, too.

I'm just saying.



At least the trial period is there. But it's really not a good show of faith to the customers. You're supposed to build trust and brand loyalty, not break it.
 
But Developers don't get any money from a rented or used copy being recycled from user to user...

Nothing is stopping anyone from buying it new at a reduced price later or catching a sale a few months down the line. I know if I buy a game used I have no intention of buying it new ever. Hell I brought, played and enjoyed the whole Mass Effect series and I have never brought a new copy of them so I didn't complain when I shelled out the 10 bucks for the ME3 online pass. I had no right too.

I'm sure there is plenty of others who buy used games and don't ever intend to buy it new. In my case it would be even worse because I did the whole series dirty.

Also as long as you aren't switching between more than one (360) console you have nothing to worry about. Every account you have on that console where the pass was activated will have access to the online features. Idk how PS3s license system works but I'm sure they have some sort of work around.
 
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Mmmmmyyyyyy Preeeeeeeeciooouuusssss....
 
Huh, interesting. Rig's wearing a similar tracksuit that Kokoro was wearing in some leaked screens.

Also, if Kokoro doesn't work out, I may just pick up Rig... might be a good tag team partner at least.
 
Windstar said:
Huh, interesting. Rig's wearing a similar tracksuit that Kokoro was wearing in some leaked screens.

Also, if Kokoro doesn't work out, I may just pick up Rig... might be a good tag team partner at least.
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Rig is definitely going to be a problem in this game. I'm glad that I actually like him so I want have to spend time learning his stuff just to beat it.
 
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