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Their incentive is to keep players buying new games rather than playing old ones.


Exactly. If you're happily playing Abandoned Title III, why would you need to buy New Hotness XXVII?

It's pretty much the same kind of thinking that counts each viewing of a pirated movie as lost revenue — nevermind that you can watch a DVD or BD over and over and over, and not get charged each time...


Nevermind that going to a theatre to watch a movie over and over would GET charged each time...




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