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Saints Row: The Third Will Require Online Pass To Play

TQcast: "We just received our review copy of Saints Row: The Third, and it came with a very special surprise. Inside the FedEx package was a copy of Saints Row: The Third, Saint Flow Energy Drink, and some press release materials. What we didn’t expect to find was what was inside the actual Saints Row: The Third case."

MoneyLaunderer5317d ago

SO sick of people complaining about online passes. Devs want to make money off of used games, and they rightfully should. Why should GameStop be making all the money off their games? Buy games new. Support the devs and not GameStop.

bumnut5317d ago (Edited 5317d ago )

Why should they make money selling the same item twice?

If I buy a used car I don't have to send the manufacturer cash to drive it. If they adjusted their prices to a reasonable level they could crush the used market overnight, but they are too greedy.

EDIT - Providing free DLC to people who buy the game new and charging people who buy a used copy could also work, that way people still get to play online.

SpartanQ85317d ago

Agree 1000000%, well said man

MoneyLaunderer5317d ago (Edited 5317d ago )

Well put. My point was most devs (not all, which would mean some don't deserve anything extra) spend time maintaining the online experience, which is where they end up making more of their money after the game is released. Car dealers don't offer maintenance on a car unless you pay for it. So why shouldn't they make a little extra for online?

I do see what you mean, though. I'm just sick of online passes always being considered "news".

EDIT - And I definitely agree with your point of Free DLC vs. the online pass.

jimmywolf5317d ago

games are not cars games don't break down need new parts that you can sell for more profit you still have option don't buy it day 1 wait for price drop or sales or get it really cheap so it off set online pass cost remember entitlement is bad everyone need money so they need find way make it as people complain about dlc

jrbeerman115317d ago

makes sense bumnut but videogames are not "Physical" property. as in it doesnt depreciate because wear and tear (it does depreciate on demand though). your buying intellectual property which works differently.

your using their program not their disk. the disk is just the means for delivery. someone who buys used will get the same experience as those that buy new.

i do not enjoy season passes either. I rented battlefield 3 to try multi before buying but couldnt so.....lost sale for EA. couldnt they at least give me a week free?

i do think its a flawed mechanic for collecting on their property but i understand why. Used copies really does cut profits big time.

Hopefully the new generation of consoles copies the steam model that i think is perfect. its not far fetched with how cheap storage has become these days. the discounts they give on their games destroys used game prices and the devs get money. Win/Win.

only flaw for some would be that they cannot trade in games they are done with, but you save more using steam sales and not trading in, than you would trading in and buying used.

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BuffMordecai5317d ago

Gamestop is cancer, especially with all that pre-order bs dlc that should be included in the game.

hazelamy5316d ago

you can't blame gamestop for that exclusively, not when the most publishers have a dozen different preorder bonuses spread amongst a load of retailers.

Biggest5316d ago

It's because those retailers asked for something to make them stand out. If retailers sold the games as they used to there would be no pre-order bonus exclusivity. GameStop wants to be the best game retailer, so they offer the developers/publishers some extra money and advertising to garner exclusive game items. The other retailers have followed and now the developers have to make four or more different pre-order bonuses (often arbitrary junk) to keep everyone, including themselves, happy.

farhad2k85317d ago

I hope GTA V doesn't need an online pass.

xX-Jak-Xx5317d ago (Edited 5317d ago )

r u kidding u just received the game
my friend got it 3 days ago

kramun5317d ago

That's ok, I wasn't going to buy it anyway.

cvflyboy5317d ago

Same here bro. part 1 sucked and part 2 sucked in my opinion.playing this BS game is only gonna make the wait for gt5 longer

Lirky5317d ago

Does online passes work for any other accounts on your Ps3? If not then online passes will fail and change at some point. Especially if some ppl use 2 main psn accounts.

Tired5317d ago

Yes...it unlocks access for all account users on the Ps3. At least resistance 3 does...that's the only one I've bought with a pass so far.

I've also downloaded it to my other ps3 and all accounts are unlocked there too.

Lirky5317d ago

ok thanks i gave u a bubble.. im glad it was a one time pass unlock instead of unlocking on each account lol.

Candy15317d ago

We're paying full price and should be entitled to trade it without fear of restrictive prison like ankle tagging.

Lirky5317d ago

Oh so online passes make it so that if u refund or trade the game in that no one else can use it they have to buy a new game instead of a Used one to play online.

So does online passes also require that one psn account can only use online or all accounts on the ps3 once u unlock the online pass to your ps3.

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Games with Best Character Creation Systems

GF365: "We all love experimenting with character creation to make unique protagonists. These are the games with the best character creation systems."

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IamTylerDurden11125d ago (Edited 1125d ago )

Slightly disappointing game but Wo Long had a good creator. I was impressed by Oblivion back in what 05, 06? But the worst i have ever seen, clearly, Valheim.

ModsDoBetter1124d ago

What was up with Wo Long?

Not looked at any reviews and did download it on my Xbox before I sold the console but never got around to playing it. Saw it drop in price on PS5 and was thinking of picking it up.

RE: Character creation

Oblivion hold a special place for me, when it came out on PS3, it was the first game of its kind that I had played and the character creator took was amazing.

I do like Monster Hunter: World & FFXIV, personally.
Cyberpunk did good in that department, despite its numerous flaws.

IamTylerDurden11124d ago

I played Oblivion day 1 on 360 and was impressed with the creator. Damn near 20 yrs ago, it was impressive at the time. Special game, unfortunately 90% of current gamers on social media have not a clue about the older stuff. Elder Scrolls is just Skyrim to many. They know not of Gothic and the old guard that paved the way. Flimsy ass rhetoric and recycled opinions about the same bs is what garners attention. Meme culture. Insight and intellect hold no place on the current day internet. Fuck likes, follows, BS. I say what i believe is relevant, what i'm interested in, and following means fuck all bc i don't respect 99% of the ppl online anyway.

For the "TLDR" bs. I'ma not space it out on purpose. Fuck you very much folks.

isarai1124d ago (Edited 1124d ago )

Honestly the one I remember being easiest and flexible enough to make any character I imagined was the PS2 WWE games, and Saints Row 2. I did really enjoy Dragons dogmas character creation too

EternalTitan1124d ago

Where is Black Desert Online?

IamTylerDurden11124d ago (Edited 1124d ago )

I was gonna mention Black Desert but the game is horrible so...

Creator was the best part.

bunt-custardly1124d ago

Lol CP 2077 is one of the easiest and less detailed editors around. It's all a mish-mash of presets.

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jwillj2k41229d ago

Honorable mention to Drive Clubs Ferrari Fxx-K. Should be there over Horizon.

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TheColbertinator1228d ago

The Suzuki Escudo Pikes Peak from the Gran Turismo series

Nissan Skyline from Need for Speed Underground

Motorcycle Steamroller from Dead Rising 3

And finally a car you never drive but saves your ass over and over : Honey Badger from COD MW2

Gardenia1228d ago

I was thinking of Mad Max. That V8 felt really good to drive around in, especially with upgrades.

dumahim1228d ago

No one liked the Batmobile in Arkham Knight. Top 10?

toxic-inferno1228d ago

I don't know... It was a strange addition to the game, and the parts of the game where you had to fight in it were tedious. But driving it around Gotham felt brilliant.

BrainSyphoned1228d ago

FFXIII-Snow's Shiva motorcycle
Persona 5-Makoto's Persona motorcycle

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Interview: Director of Immortals Fenyx Rising and AC Odyssey Talks about His Career

In a recent podcast with Wassup Conversations, Scott Phillips the director of many games such as Immortals Fenyx Rising, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, Saints Row The Third and Saints Row 4 talks about behind the scenes of those games.

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