EA 放弃在新游戏采用联机通行证 (Online Pass) 的做法

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       EA 资深总监 John Reseburg 透露，不再对以后的新游戏使用自 2009 年开始成为趋势的联机通行证 (Online Pass) 的计划，他称太多玩家不接受这种做法。

联机通行证是发行商为了打击二手游戏，希望从二手玩家那里赚取利润。发行商会在游戏盒内附带一次性的兑换码，兑换之后才能使用一些重要的联机功能，例如下载免费内容甚至对战。二手玩家只能在 LIVE 独立购买 $10 的联机通行证才能使用那些功能。EA 首次是在《龙腾世纪 | Dragon Age》中开始这项计划，随后其它公司跟进。

一直有传闻微软新主机系统会有反二手游戏的机制，目前不清楚是否与此有关。



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Electronic Arts won't require an "online pass" — the one-time use codes required to access certain online features like multiplayer — in its future games, a company spokesperson tells GamesBeat. The publisher, which popularized the practice starting in late 2009 to encourage "original purchasers" of its games, says it has discontinued the program.

EA senior director of corporate communications John Reseburg told GamesBeat "many players didn't respond to the format." The system was designed to curb used sales of video games and generate revenue from players who purchased games secondhand, but wanted access to downloadable content and online features.

Some of the first games from EA to feature online passes were BioWare's Dragon Age: Origins and Pandemic's The Saboteur. Vouchers included with new copies of those games granted access to downloadable content. EA soon extended the concept, which the publisher referred to as "Project Ten Dollar," to online multiplayer and cooperative modes of its other titles.

Other publishers pursued similar efforts, with Sony notably attempting to stem piracy on the PSP with an online entitlement voucher for 2010's SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3. Publishers Warner Bros., THQ, Ubisoft and others followed suit, and online passes became a common practice for console and handheld games.

EA would forgo online passes for certain titles published under its EA Partners label, like Crysis 3 and the upcoming Fuse, but it appears future first-party titles from the publisher will also remove the restriction.

Microsoft's next-generation Xbox is rumored to have anti-used game features built into its system. The company is scheduled to release the first official details on the next Xbox at an event in Redmond on May 21.

icybreeze

绝对是个阴谋      

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yujian1125

当初弄这***事是你说不做的又是你。。。

Fegelein

这条新闻最***的是这都能跟微软扯上关系(我知原文就这么写所以不是说楼主)

微软的游戏现在连online pass都没有还反2手

zackxs

求索尼迅速取消，至少PSV上别搞这个了

133133

变相锁区要不得           

manafi490

所以在这之前，老实交代坑了我们多少钱？

moriyasana

看看.................

flighting

估计EA要来个更狠的。