Wii (Wii)Nintendo using codes with WiiSpeak to avoid pre-owned salesDestructoid - November 12, 2008
Submitted by OuterHaven (570)
at 9:16PM PST on November 12, 2008
Nintendo is packaging a unique code with each WiiSpeak peripheral that will allow users to download the WiiSpeak Channel for use, but also screws anyone who wishes to purchase it secondhand. The code is only good for one use and will be the only way to download the service that works with the peripheral.
This is the latest incidence of publishers striking back at used game sales, which is an epidemic crushing profits and putting the entire industry at a near standstill.
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No the map pack is only available using the code, it isnt available as seperate DLC, not at this point anyway and for the significant future i would imagine.
I also rarely sell my games, not because i want to collect them, just that by the time i come to sell the price is too low and i dont see the point. I would rather keep a game so that i can come to play it again rather than get like £10 for it, and then they sell it at £25. I think that if they introduce any real measures (and if anyone is to do it my bets on Epic first) then it will have a negative impact on sales as alot of people like knowing that when they spend £40 / $60, if they dont like it they can still get 2/3 of the price back so they will turn to rentals instead.