The CEO of Heavy Rain game developer, Quantic Dream has stated that used game sales have cost them as much as 10 million euros.
Guillaume de Fondaumiere claims that the PlayStation 3-exclusive title has lost out on between €5 to €10 million due to sales of their flagship title in the second hand market.
These comments are sure to add more weight to the critics (mainly developers and publishers) who are fighting for the use of ‘online passes’ for all games in future that offer an online experience. The idea behind the passes is that the original buyer gets a free pass with the new copy of the game and then any subsequent purchases of that disc must by the online pass to access all the features.
This has hit a sore nerve with many gamers, namely the ones who like to buy games on a budget or those who buy early and trade-in their games while they still have a high value.
