Ubisoft, THQ and EA have recently created a stir with their new plans to control the second hand market, or just to try control piracy in general. New Ubisoft PC games require users to be online at all times, while EA will be issuing once off online activation codes for the online components its sports games. This means that if you buy the game second hand, you will have to buy an online pass directly from EA for $10 if you want to use the game in any online capacity.
While many gamers are angry, it seems as though these companies are simply pioneering these new controls, and yet another developer has now stated that they are keeping an eye on how they pan out.
“We don’t plan to do anything like that for Black Ops, but it is interesting to see how that’s going to work out for EA and THQ,” said Treyarch’s Jason Olin to MCVUK. “It’s no secret that pre-owned game sales do pose problems for developers and publishers, so it’ll be interesting how well that works to mitigate that issue.”
Namco is also keeping an eye on Ubisoft’s always online DRM system, so don’t be too surprised if it makes an appearance in The Witcher 2.
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