While I somehow understand your opinion and agree that s/o should pay IF he bought a pre-owned copy of a game and wants to play online I certainly disagree with you about the rest.
First of all, I think it's alright to pay ONCE for getting a new account in order to play online. It means work for the publisher/owner of the servers and therefore this is okay.
BUT: The publisher made money with the disc/the game the first time s/o bought it. Why should he get extra money from s/o else using exactly the same damn copy? This is like you would have to pay Microsoft again for using the Windows Vista copy of your firend that sold it to you OR gave it to you for free because he bought Win 7. Would you do that, too?
It simply makes no sense. It is just another way to sqeeze out the maximum amount of money from customers. I certainly am not willing to pay for the server costs of a publisher if s/o else has paid for it already. I compensate the person I buy the game from for having paid the publisher. And that should be it.
If I buy a new game, okay. Here's another example: I buy a used Volkswagen from a friend or whoever and then Volkswagen would charge like 1000 Euros from me becuase I haven't bought a new one? I don't think ANYONE would do this!
I see your main point it online gaming. But what if I get the account name and password from the guy I buy the game from? No more work for the publisher, not a single byte more workload and traffic on his servers than if the guy that owned the game before is using the game.
You see? The company has already been paid for the "costs" I cause. It's already in the calculations when the game was released and priced. Therefore, I don't see why I should be charged with extra money.
It's different if it comes to extra stuff like new maps and/or extra items within a game. If there is new value added to the game, then it might (under certain conditions) that the one that buys a game preowned pays for it. Because it means new value and therefoire an enhanced gaming experience.
But still, my general opinion is: NO EXTRA FEE for prewoned games by the publishers.
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