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Sega Interested in Success of EA's Online Pass

By james_fudge

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Sega says that it will watch EA Sports' Online Pass very closely - a hint that the company may want to implement a similar system for dealing with used games in the future. Speaking to MCV, SEGA West president Mike Hayes told the UK publication that Online Pass "is a very clever idea" and something they "are certainly taking a look at."

SEGA has joined the growing number of publishers in support of EA's Online Pass system - a method of charging players to play EA Sports games online when they purchased the title second hand. Sega has joined a chorus of corporate voices who want to use system to exact extra fees from consumers who buy used games. Companies expressing interest in such systems so far include THQ (who introduced a $5 charge with UFC Undisputed 2010) Sony, Codemasters, Microsoft, Take-Two and Ubisoft. Earlier this month Activision owned studio Treyarch - the developers of all future Call of Duty games - said that it was also interested in EA's success with both Online Pass and its "Project Ten Dollar" initiatives. Read More

Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on June 04, 2010 (boomark / email).