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Old 05-03-2010, 02:49 PM   #24
Hack&Lube
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Originally Posted by Esoteric View Post
It's not so much "tying" the game to an account, but adding in additional content for those who purchase it first hand.

Mass Effect 2 was a prime example; you bought the game new, and you got access to the Cerebus Network, free of charge. If you were to buy the game second hand, you would have to pay the $10 or $15 charge that was required to access the Cerebus Network, for those that didn't have the initial activation code.
Yes, that's another way they are doing it. The first purchasers get a code that unlocks things that are tied to their account.

The secondary market purchases then have to pay to get those things.
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