Kombatants Will Need An Online Pass

Actually, i kinda understand this... I know it cost the company loads of money to keep the multiplayer up online and buying the game used makes a huge hole in the company's wallet resulting in less support. This little strategy will at least keep the money rolling even years after the game comes out and may actually hinge the piracy world a bit and in a understandable way. I also take it people who buy this game just to play locally may get more money in trade back if they don't use the online code, so kudos to them.

And beside, i always play game new! so what the heck should i know.

This really blows for people like me who rent games off of GameFly since you have to pay $10 to play the online of a game you're only renting. I can most certainly see where developers are coming from in order to have some safety revenue in store, but it just sucks for us who rent.

TheDiesel: They should probably offer 1 time use free trials of online play. Like, you sign up for that account they were talking about, and even without a code they let you play online for 1 week. Then after that you have to pay for it. Best of both worlds that way.

But yeah, I don't really have an inherent problem with adding incentives to purchase something new. I do think however that this conflicts with the 360 Business Model of Gold Subscription accounts. On the PS3 it's not such a big deal, since online play is free (or at least it's handled on a per game basis). But on the 360, you're already paying a monthly fee to play online... In my opinion, that damn well better be all encompassing. If suddenly each individual game ALSO wants you to pay 10 bucks (if you buy used) there is a problem in my opinion. Double dipping into the online market. Publishers better have a chat with Microsoft about how they want to handle this, it should NOT go both ways.

Why should people who have gamefly get special treatment like the rest of us buying the ****ing game does and why rent something as good as this

I don't really have a problem with this since I try to buy games new to support the developers (and not the game store). I only buy a used game if it's been out for quite some time.

I have no real problem with it either but this, plus DLC. You'll have to pay $100 if you wanna get the whole experience and thats starting to get pricey

Well, I do have a problem with it. Why should the publisher get paid twice for a single piece of content? Someone had to buy the game new otherwise it wouldn't be sold used. When you buy a used Corvette, Chevy doesn't get a cut before you can drive it, why is it different for games? The overall cost of keeping the servers running doesn't change when games change hands, there are still the same number of total users. Honestly, to me, it looks like pure greed.