Many developers welcome this idea because they believe that if all games are purchased new, revenue will increase. However, a few teams – including the studio that helped develop Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary – are against the proposed lack of used game support for Xbox 720.
Chief among those standing against this notion is Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch. Saber is hard at work on Inversion, which has recently been delayed from its February 7th release date to sometime in “early 2012.” Writing for CVG, Karch lays out his take on the issue, and he doesn’t exclude his own studio’s output from the debate.
Karch goes on to suggest a reasonable compromise that would address everyone’s interests.
On the surface, this plan sounds great, but what could the effects be? What if because of the lowered software prices, developers put less work and features into their products? Of course, any possible outcome is mere speculation at this point.
It is not unreasonable to believe, however, that if Microsoft moves ahead with the rumored plan and new video games become “bind on pickup,” Xbox 720 software sales could be much lower than the competition.
Ranters, do you believe Microsoft would be so bold as to keep used games from working on Xbox 720? Where do you stand on the subject?
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Source: CVG, Gamespot
