Which doesn't make it any less bad... going back to how gamers refuse to vote with their wallet and get screwed over.

I can honestly say that I don't really care much for any of those titles. I don't like fighting games period, and the others are just pale shadows of games that might have been good once I suppose. They haven't really done much as a company lately to deserve my attention, aside from DRM scandals apparently. I don't think I've ever owned a single Capcom game...

Okay, I'm confused, you seem to imply there is a misunderstanding as to what it is. Genuinely honest question : can I lend the game to my nephews so that they start fresh ? Can I pick up the game a few years later when I don't remember, and have a new go at it ?

If I can't do either of those things, whether or not stuff like that are already done, that's bad practice.

Like said, mercenaries has no real story or campaign. Imagine it more like Tetris (with guns) or something like that. It's just a bunch of self contained time limited missions. Imagine it like unlocking new maps on mario kart or unlocking a new character in street fighter.
Would you wanna delete those unlocks just to go through the entire grind to unlock them again? 99% would not. The [censored] would I ever want to delete my save data on Soul Calibur, because unlocking all that [censored] is a [censored].

People saying it's "unplayable" or it "can only be played once" is [censored].

Reminds me of DIVX.

Then how is this accomplishing anything at all other than trolling a lot of people?

Well of course it's a move aimed straightly at reselling (it also has the nice side effect though that idiot little cousins or friends don't accidently delete your unlocked [censored] ). Nobody is arguing that.
But saying it renders the game unplayable for someone who buys an original copy is complete and utter [censored].

My point is people need to get their facts straight and not just blindly listen to the overblown [censored] posted on gaming boulevard sites like Kotaku and what not. They post these headlines because gullible people eat that [censored] up and give them the hits they want.

People are not rationally discussing this, most people posting here probably weren't even interested in getting Mercenaries. It's just typical pitchfork mentality.

I'm not concerned with the game's contents or quality. It's their attempt to wipe out used games that irritates me. The game companies have been trying to do it for a while ( Steam for example ) and this is just showing that we're not putting up enough of a fight. If we were, they wouldn't insult us with such a ridiculous system.

I can see the results for the review now:

Grahics: 8
Audio: 7
Gameplay: 7.5
Replay value: 0

Overall average Score: 5.6

It's good that you point this out, considering how many of the people here are ravenous fans of steam. Steam is infinitely worse in terms of reselling

Wanna yell at someone? Yell at digital distribution. This [censored] is small time in comparison.

:lmao:

I'm proud to say that i belong to the 1% that does just that

Hmmm, got it (sorry, it's like 35°C here, not the right temp to understand a second language). Still, while I can get it it's not much a bother for the type of games you mention (doesn't prevent to replay, you just replay with more choices, all the stuff you unlocked), you do concede it's a move designed to make a used game unsellable. Then what prevents them to do the same thing for another type of game, for instance, an instalment of Okami? You can replay, but all the weapons you got stay got. Tried that kind of second-replay with the PS2 game, that got boring quickly.

I'm torn on the whole used game sale issue. It's great for consumers, but terrible for publishers and by extension developers. As someone who hopes to one day be a developer, i can't really get behind used games sale in it's current form.

This though, this is [censored] ridiculous. I can't say it any other way, this tactic is laughably stupid. Effective yes, but also a surefire way to piss off your customers, and newsflash: These are the people you want to give you their money. People who don't like you rarely give you money. I can see how that'd be hard to grasp...

The temp is [censored] killing me today

Well think of it more like a multiplayer game that is tied to an account like Call of Duty or Team Fortress, where you can select unlocked perks, weapons etc before a mission. That is how it's setup. It's not a campaign or story mode like the main Resident Evil series.

Wow that's Royally (Censored) Stupid. I think I'll boycott any future games from them (Including Dragon's Dogma) until they get some common sense and apologize for what they have done and promise not to do it again.

Used games are great I don't understand why so many people are against them. If I wanted to buy a game like let's say Oblivion I should be able to buy a used copy. I doubt I'll be able to find a new copy of Oblivion this many years after it came out.

Dev and publishers hate it because they don't profit from it all. All money goes to the store.

I'll care when a company that publishes good games adopts this strategy.

So I don't see a problem with that. Companies like Gamestop are a business and they need to make money. This situation that capcom put themselves in is a business killing move and I won't buy any of their future products until I get an apology and if I don't get one well I've got other places where I can spend my money.

I was thinking about getting it... Until I heard about this, not to mention it's basically a mini-game being sold for $40 USD.

So you know what? I'll get it used. Take that Capcom!

And hey, just means I unlock everything faster.

Other publishers are concerned about used game sales too. If this proves to be succesful for Capcom then other publishers may well adopt it. I'm looking at you, Activision <_<

If that happens I'll boycott all of their future products even Bethesda. If I want to buy a game used I should be able too, publishers just need to deal with it.

That is very stupid.

Thats just dumb.....I mean it's a 3ds game :facepalm:

The game needs a good amount of content if they want to do this. Fallout 3, GTAseries, ElderScrolls, are good examples.