"In our understanding of the business model we are actually giving away the rights to play, and if you just pass it on, pass it on, pass it on, that is not comparable to second-hand sales in the normal physical goods area where you have physical wear-out - second-hand cars, second-hand clothes, second-hand books... they're all physically wearing out, so you have an inferior quality product."
And CDs and DVDs don't wear out either (not in the sense that he talks about) but you can still sell them on. Also, with computer games the graphics start to date as time progresses, which is the same thing as wearing out... you become less satisfied with what they do.
Ultimately EA wants to change the industry in order to make more money for themselves, which is understandable - what's not acceptable is that it comes at the expense of the consumer. At the end of the day if you don't want something and decide to sell it on to someone else then you should be able to.
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