[SideswipePrime]

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Originally Posted by Sean

Yes, but at the same time, this is nowhere near new for them. Look at what we have now for the 360. You must be logged in and online in order to just play the arcade games that you paid your hard earned money on. Is that right? Hell no it isn't, but it is the way it is. Not saying that it's right, in fact it's sickening. Nobody has been causing an uproar over that though, but now all of a sudden everybody is yelling about their rights as consumers? Either go all or nothing. This is not new. And again, I really REALLY doubt that this will come to pass. Hell, I agree with you, but saying that you'll give up over a $20 difference that will support hard working developers is just ludicrous. And let's not even go into backwards compatibility. We're barely getting that as it is. I've been saying this for years about the 360 every single time my hardware failed... I feel as though I am more just licensing a rental of the games that I purchase over actually owning it. God knows the 360's won't last. It's bullshit. Whether from Sony, MS, or Nintendo. There should always be a new outlet to play what we have already purchased. There is no excuse not to have it's inclusion.

Ok...say a used game is $20...and it's impossible to find new. That's $80 rather than $60. I'm an 18 year old without a job (though, I'm trying to get one) so $80 is a lot of money to me, and even if you took that part away (since it only applies to me) $80 is quite a bit closer to $100. If it were a $5, maybe a $10, then whatever. Even if we were to ignore the money side. It's the principle. You also mentioned arcade games, that's a bit more understandable since you got it off of Xbox Live, rather than buying it in a store. I think the reason why there isn't any backwards compatibility is because the architecture is so different, so if they included it, it might bump up the price by $100. Then you would have people complaining that it costs too much.

and what about the kids? (and before anyone says "kids only play smartphone games" No. I've seen many a kid at Gamestop with their parents). When I was younger, my mom only bought me used games. Do you really think that parents are going to spend $20 on a game, only to then find out that they have to spend another $60 just so their kid can play it? Not unless that kid's parents are very wealthy, and the kid is spoiled. Worst-case scenario, they would spend however much on Angry Birds and let their kid borrow their tablet, so Microsoft (and by extension, the developers) aren't be making very many sales at that point.